Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-26

hast tasu lakeu a. AWAY 70 die IN the viii
s-raess" Down the rysr bank come the
buffalo snd ths ezttis or kins to drink
AID it was the asse.tors Of these cattle
tAaf Inspired yharo~h's dream q tAs lean
kline AID tbs fat kina
Hare we a.ssn bark . little while fog
Esnphis, "a fros the Nile 10 the right
M=nphis founded BY the rpt king Of
Egypt ana for long while tbs capital A
city Of marble and gold Hsne II the
Phzrashs CITY nlncsesn miles In circona-
fereace. yass ooionaAdes through which
Inn posl az process. oEs marched Hsre stood
the fsnpse OF tas Sas, isse'f ~ brfitianey
sna snone On by another san. Thsbss in
power ever . thousA1d one handred years.
or EeAriy ten times ~ long a. tie United
States have existed. Here IL = rscu n bert
statue sssecsy-nvs feet long. Bronsod
gsssways A metropolis cAilsd the haven
Of tho elsst +" Here Joseph was prime
minister. Here PAwaoh received Jacob.
All pssslols spieacors were built up in.o
this royal eisy. Hosea. Ezekiel. jeremiah
and Isaiah spssk of 10 as something won-
derful
Never die visit city with such exalted
hnticipat.ons. aud never did my anLicipA-
tons drop 80 fat. Not = pillar stands.
Not q wall Is unbroksn. Net . fountain
losses in the sun. Even the ruins Ia 70
been ruined and all that remains are chios
Of marble, small pieces Of fractured scuip-
ture and spiintered human bones. Eers
and there . letter Of some elaborate IN
seriptian. too or ear Of Q sta,ue that once
stood In niche OF palace wall Ezekirl
prepaesied It's blotting out, AID the proph-
coy has been fulfilled. Ride on," said
to our party, land don't wait for me. ~
And as l stood there alone the city of Men,
pnis Ia the glory OF past centuries returned.
And heard the rush Of her chariots, and
tho dash Of her fountains, and the conviv-
iahsy OF her palaces, and saw the drunken
mobiles roll on the hocrs OF mosaic, while
In stastiing contrast araid all the royalties
OF the place saw Pharaoh look up into
the face Of aged rustic Jacob, the shepherd.
saying, "Uow old art theur'
TnEBEe
But back 70 the Nile and on and up till
you reach Thehss, In Scripture called the
City Of No. Hundred gated Thebes. A
quadraagular city four miles from limit to
limit Four great temples, two Of them
karnac and Luxor. once mountains of ex.
quis.te sculpture and gorgeous dreams
solidihed in stone. Statue Of Rameses II,
eight hundred and eighty-seven tons In
weight and seventy five feet high. but now
fallen and scattered. Walls abloom with
the battlefields of centuries.
The surrounding hills Of rock followed
into sepulchers on tho wall Of which are
chiseled In picture and hieroglyphics the
confirmation OF Bible story In regard to
the treatment OF the Israelites in Egypt 20
that, a. explorations 60 on with the work,
the walls of these sepulchers become COM
mentaries OF the Bible, the Scriptures
originally written upon parchment here
cut into everlasting stone. Thebes mighty
and dominant i've hundred years. Then
she went down In fulfllment of Exekiei's
prophecy concerning the City of No, which
was another name for Thebes: II will ex-
ecute judgment in No. I will cut of the
multitudes Of No." Jeremiah also proph-
esied. THUS saith the Lord, / will punish
the multitndss of No"
This city of Thebes and all the other
dead cities Of Egypt iterate and reitera.e
tho veracity Of the Scriptures, telling
the same story which Moses and the
prophets told. Have you noticed how God
kept back these archaeological confirms
tons of the Bible until our time, when the
air is full Of unbclief about the truthful
ness Of tho dear old booki He waited I'M
til the printing press had been set up in its
perfected shape, and the submarine cable
was laid, and the world was intelligent
enough to appreciate the testimony. and
then he resu-rected the dead cities of the
earth. and commands them, saying: open
your long sealed lips and speak, Memphis
and Thebes, Is the Bible trueY ''Truer'
respond Memphis and Thsbes. "Babylo 4,
is the Book Of Daniel, true" "Truer' rs-
spends Babylon. ruins of Palestine and
Syria, is the New Testament true."
'True" respond the ruins all the way from
Joppa to the Dead sea and from Jerusalem
to Damascus.
What mercy that this testimony Of tho
dead cities should come at a time when the
Bible is especially assaulted. And this work
will 60 on until the vcracity of tho Scrip
lures Will be IA certain to all sensible men
and women rs that two and two make
four, rs that an isosoeles triangle is one
which has two Of its sides equal, a. tn /.
the diameter of q circle il q line drawn
through the center and terminated by the
circumference, as certain a. any mathe-
NAUTICAL demonstration.
Never did / feel more encouraged than
when, after preaching q sermon on evil
dences OF the truth OF the Bible drawn
from oriental lands, . distinguished sena-
tor of the United States. known and hon.
ored everywhere. but now deceased, came
up to the platform aud said, Il was
brought up Ia the faith Of Christianity,
but got specializing on all these subjects,
and had given up my faith in the Bible,
but those facts and arguments archeolo2-
zeal take me back to my old faith In the
Bible which my father and mother taught
me-" The tears rolling down his cheeks
evincc the depth Of his emotion. When I
read Of the senator's death was comforted
to think that perhaps l may have helped
him a little in the struggle Of his life, ard
perhaps given him an easier pillow on
which 10 die.
TIE BIBLE re- TIVE GREATEST BOOK.
Two great nations, Egypt and Greece.
Giplomatized and almost came to battle
for one book. q copy Of "Hschylus. Ptoi-
envy, the Egyptian king. discovered that
IN the great library at Alexandria there
ives no copy Of "lEschylus. The Egyptian
king seat up 70 Athens. Greece. to borrow
tnc book aud make copy OF 1t. Athens
demanded deposit of seventeen thousand
seven hundred dollars a. security. The
Egyptian king received the book, but re-
fused to retcr Tn that which he had bor-
rowed. and 50 fsvfestsd the seventeen thou
sand seven bundr~i dollars.
The two nations rose ia contention con-
corning that one book. Beautiful and
mighty book. indeed Bat IL is book Of
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