The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-08
THE ios7 TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
Theory That They Have Been Found In thu
An0lo-Saxon Race Of Today.

From the New York Mail and Express.
A question that IS rapidly forcing
itself to the front in religious circles
is the location Of the lost tribes. In
view of the prophecies that when the
children of the house of Judea, or
Jews, return to Palestine they are to
be accompanied by their brethren of
the house of Israel, whose identity
among the nations has remained so
long undiscovered, the subject is in
tensely interesting alike to Jews and
Christians.
For many years devout minds have
been engaged in Investigations that
have yielded continuous streams of
light from sacred and secular history,
chronology, astronomy and numerous
other sources. Scores of men eminent
in the realms of religious, scientific,
historical, chronological, and philologi-
cal research have pursued their in
quiries increasingly, and claim at last
to have solved the mystery in the dis
tinguishing marks whereby the lost
tribes are to be finally recognized.
Prof. G. Piazzi Smyth, late astrono-
mer royal for Scotland, in reviewing
a book by Prof. G. A. L. Totten, Unit
ed States army, an enthusiastic and
,voluminous writer on the subject, ex-
presses himself as follows:
"What is the effect of so unexpect-
ed discovery on the Bible itself? 1t
is twofold. First, it causes us to be-
hold and acknowledge therein the ac-
complishment of a true miracle, and
of the mightiest kind through the
ages, consummated in our own days.
And, second, it causes the Bible to
become for the Neo-Israelitic Anglo
Saxons of America and Great Britain
with her colonies, as it was for the
tribes of Israel of old, an infallible
book for their national guidance in
politics, as we'll as a collection of in
spired instructions for each individual
soul in religion"
Naturally, the supposed discovery
of truth so long hidden from theo-
logical eyes ELECTS considerable critic.
ism from conservative expositors of
the Scriptures; but no earnest seeker
after light can afford to treat with dis
dain the opinions of devout and
scholarly men, except at the risk Of
placing themselves in the category of
those possessing the Pharisaical spirit.
The opponents of this belief complain
that they do not receive fair treatment
at the hands of the religious press.
Whether this complaint be Just or not.
truth itself must eventually be vic
torious and can afford to patiently
await the Issue.
The faith of the christian is in no
degree threatened by the controversy,
as evangelical activity is increased by
this new testimony to the faithfulness
of Jehovah to His promises, while to
the loyal Jew the discovery is preg-
nant with an early fulfillment of the
glorious hopes that have sustained
him through long centuries of gloom
and disaster. Briefly stated the facts
are as follows:
The house of Israel was banished
to Assyrla about 721 B. c.; the house
of Judah to Babylon about 100 years
later. The house of Judah returned
to Palestine under Ezra and Nehem-
iah after seventy years of captivity.
but the ten tribed house of Israel
never returned. According to numer-
GUS prophecies they were to become
Lo-Ammi--not my,people- -gentilized,
outcast, divorced and known under
another name. On the other hand
all the great prophets predict that
while in the land of their dispersion
they were to be recovenanted and be-
come the sons of the living Coda
strong nation and chief of the nations
in the isles of the sea and the isles
far off-in the north and west-posses-
sing the gates of their enemies and
to be among the nations in the midst
of many people as a lien among the
nations in the midst of many people
as lion among the beasts of the
forest. All of which promises I'M
doubtedly refer to the ten tribed or
lost house of Israel and not to the
house of Judah. It Is commended by
the opponents of this supposed dis
covery that there IS no possibility of
the fulfillment of these prophecies if
they do not refer to the English
speaking people.
At any rate, it is subject replete
with international interest and should
be accorded dignifed discussion and
candid consideration.
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