Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-24

Babylonian people. they must also. at avefy
remote late, have been able TO weave linen.
muslin, or silk OF n very iine texture. and to
construct dresses Of these materials scarcely less
elaborate than those worn In their palinest days
by the Egyptians and Assyrians.'
The writer OF the above quotation Is a
believer in evolution, and the article ~
written with the view to prove an ex-
IRENE antiquity for the civilization OF
Babylon, Egypt, and Assyria. This will
account for the appearance OF inconsist-
ency in the statements. After speaking
of the Babylonians having only rud.
imentary acquaintance with the arts, he
declares that in some Of the highest
types Of what moderns call civilization
they were equal to the Egyptians and
Assyrians in their palmiest days. The
quotation Is made that the reader may
understand some OF the things which the
Jaredites were conversant with when
they left their Babylonish countrymen,
and TO prove also that the most ancient
settlers OF America were not savages.
Time works great and devastating
changes upon all things human. What
appears now as heap Of rubbish, or a
dull mound, as unimportant as an ant
hill, was once gorgeous palace, an I'M
posing temple, or some other monument
OF dazzling architecture.
In proof of this we quote few
passages from page 47s Of Museum OF
Antiquities" giving all account OF the
Explorations OF Niebuhr and Rich"
"rhe immense mounds Of brick and rubbish
which marked the sites Of Babylon and Nineveh
had be. used as quarries by the Inhabitants Of
the surrounding county. The boundary
,of Nincvchl, which may be perfectly traced all
round, now looks like an embankmeni OF earth
OF rubbish, OF small elevation, and has attached
10 It. and in lis line at several places mounds OF
greater sire and sodty. The largcs; OF these Is
SUI posed to be the monument Of Minus. This
mound has revealed the grandes, and most
s,upendous remains Of aneien, Nneveh.'
These heaps Of earth and rubbish form
the outside covering which time has
spread over the runs OF the mightiest
city Of the old world.
Babylon, and her twin sister, Nincveh,
once glofying in pomp and power,
naughty and magnificent that
said In her heart I am and there
is none beside me presents no more
attractive features to the eye than the
rounded earth Of an ancient grave. In like
manner the earth heaps, theiuncouth and
lonesome mounds, scattered upon the
waste places, or hidden in the umbrage-
Gus soliiudes Of the forests OF America,
entomb the grandeur, the magnificent
and cunning works OF the best and wisesi
fnen, the mighiiest and most populous
cities, the most polished and lofty civil
ization that has existed upon the earth.
These statements may provoke smile
OF incredulity. but their truth will yet be
verified 10 the world.
Tie leading and primal idea OF the
import OF sacrifice is that Of voluntary
outlay-the parting with something
valued by the donor for n specific
purpose. This motive seems TO be i'm.
puted to the Deity by one OF the sacred
writers:
For God 20 loved the world. that lie gav;
Ills only often son, that whosoeyrr believctt
on Him 4 o I'D no, perish but have everlasting
ne" l,hn. ;; 70.
The law OF eternal justice requires AT
equivalent to be paid for what Is re