Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-30

al haze IN Scripture as claiming the honor
~ huiId,ng f,abylon. Has anything oecn
fonnd IN Babylon indicating tnat tne
monarch ever made such Doastl ot.slns =,
10 relate the claim - found recorusa ~
the very writings OF keoucnaunezzsr u .t'n,
sslf On one OF his tablets he writes tna'
~, huilt nine great Babylonian tonpies.
His chief work seems to have oeen tne
bu;,ding Of walls. The inscription reans;
.frhs GREAT double walls OF Babylon
buiit Mattresses for the embankments OF
40 ditch / completed. Two long emDans,
ments with cement and brick maze, nhu
with the enhancement which my ihtne,
had made Joined them. L streng.hs.gu
the oitv. Across the river-li. e.. the
Eunhrates. which ran through Babylon
and along whose emptied banks cyrus
on the night of Belshazzars feast
wac 10 hurry his conquerng armyI west
ward | built the wall OF Babylon with
BRICK
MIR. Rawlinson says: He was one OF the
most indefatigable of all The builders that
have left their mark upon the world. ITO
was tho Augustus OF Babylon; ne found
il a psrishiu0 city of unbakcd clav, ne
left il one of durable burned BRICK"
In Ezekiel XIV, II, Is found startling
prophecy. II is the announcement that
the great city OF Tyre would be destroyed
by NebuchndneZZar. Even the manner OF
the invasion IS described IN detail. Nhile
no BabylOnian in5criDtIon has been found
when shows that this prediction WAS full
filled. yet the records OF Tyre mention
this terrible invasion by NebuchalneZzar.
The prophet jeremiah also sounds q
doleiul note of warning concerning the
great Nebuchadnezzer. In his Egyptian ox-
lie home he tells OF coming disaster. Jere-
mIah xiii, S-l3. reads Then came the
Word Of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying
Behold, / will send and take Nebuchad-
neZzar, King of Babylon, riy servant
He shall smite the land Of Egypt, and shall
deliver such as are tor death to death.
Ezekiel also foretells this invasion. and his
prophecy is recorded in two places LIE
KEEL xxx, is, 10, and AK, 10. But were
these prophecies ever literally fulfilled !
Did this invasion ever occur Inc
pages OF history. let II be said, con-
tain not q single reference to such q
campaign. Even Herodotus. when writing
12j years later. seems ignorant OF any sucn
occurrence. and consequently these Scrip
ture passages have been held up by ssep-
ties as specimens of unfulhlled prophecies.
But their sneerlng lips have at last been
stopped by two witnesses who have the
greatest right TO speak. The first word OF
testimony comes from the land or Egypt.
An inscription found on a statue and writ
On invasion from Asia. in which countrJ
the Babylonisn empire held tho chief po-
sition. The official record reads: have
caused to be made ready my statue !;
nv name will be made ready by means OF
it; il will not perish IN this temple. mas
much as took care OF the house when IT
was injured by the foreign hordes OF
the ASjd'ic and the foreigners: from thls
Inscription We learn that the invader came
A in In lEl t4ft
gives us the name OF the invader. Upon .
tablet is found an inscription written By
King NebuehadneZzar, in which no
addresses his god. Merodach, rs fol-
lows MY enemies thou usedst to
destroy - IN those days thou
madest my hands TO capture. etc. In the
tbrty-seyenth year of NebuchadnelZar,
king of the country (of Babylon) Nebu,
chadnezZa 10 Egypt 10 make lcdr 'cenf' ETC.
Thus is confirmed the prophecy concern
ing the Egyptian campaign OF Nebuchad-
nezZar.
Many have claimed that the narrative III
Daniel about the fiery furnace and tho
three Hebrew children was picture OF
cruel barbarlsm which was never really
enacted. But once more the newly-resur-
rected testimony IN Babylon is on the SIDE
of the Bible. The inscriptions tel US that
in Babylonia this fiery form of punishment
was often applied TO criminals. On one OF
the monuments of Assyria King Asur- bari
pal writes of punishment which had been
visited upon his brother. whom he had
made king Of Babylon. He says; Saul
Mugna. my rebellious brother, who made
war with me. IN the fierce. burning fur
mace they threw him and destroyed his
life" This same writer declares of another
criminal that over furnace they placed
him and consumed him entirely"
ELpRIDGE Is. HATCHER.