The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-12-13
Israel Ia lrs

Israel Ia irsl
The Rev. w. a. CalapBe
rector of ST.: Paul's Church, ~ e. sees4
most interesting end i'm m :
lecture at the South Carolih
Wednesday evening on 1.-THE Al
Israel Identity Theory"
The subject, he said, was so exten.
sive that in a lengthy address he could
only give a general outline. He
began with the Bible and gave q brief
sketch Of the Hebrew race until the
days Of Rehoboam, when they became
two separate nationalities, judah and
Israel !; the people of the former being
known as Jews and the latter as Israel
ties. All Jews are Israelites, but all
Israelites are not Jews.
Israel was carried into captivity by
the Assyrians 725 B. c., and disap-
peared from the nations Of the earth:
About lao years later Judah suffered
a similar fate and was taken into cap
tivity by Nebuchadnezer, and remain
ed in Babylon until restored TO their
own country by Cyrus the Great.
Their city and temple were rebuilt
and the nation prospered until a. ID:
20, when Jerusalem was captured and
destroyed by the Romans and the
people scattered among the nations Of
| tile earth. Il
Israel was carried off tothe region
southwest Of the Caspian Sea. Some
believe they became extinct, but they
must be in existence somewhere OF
prophecy is falsi6ed.. They were Ger:
tainly in existence in our Lord 8 day.
The dispersed are frequently mention
ed in the New Testament and Jose.
phus records that in his day they were
| in great numbers beyond the Euph.
| rates. Some imagine they are the
people Of Afghanistan, or the Chinese,
or the American Indians. But all
such surmises are without proof,
absurd and inconsistent with prophecy,
which declares the greatness and glory
Of Israel, their vast numbers and
wealth. The prophecies concerning
the Jews and our Lord were literally
fulfilled. May we not suppose that
those concerning Israel were also
literally fulfilled ? They were literally
fulfilled for two thousand years, but
when the Ten Tribes were lost and to
all appearance the prophecies were
about to fail, the theory Of spiritual
Interpretation was invented.
A number Of prophecies we're quoted
which have apparently failed unless il
can be shown that they have been full
filled in some nation Of the present
day, and England alone meets them
! all.
One Of the prophecies Of particular
| interest was that which related to the
Prophet Jeremiah, who was appointed
| and established in all generations to
| pull down and destroy and also to
build up and to plant, that lis to
| declare God s purl Nse Of pulling down
and destroying and Of building up and
planting His people. There is no
| question as to the pulling down and
destroying, but where did he build
and plant? he then proceeded to
show that Jeremiah with the daughter
Of King Zedekiah, the last King OF
the Jews Of David's line, settled in
Ireland and that from her is descended
the present Queen Of Great Britain,
the throne of David, and the prophecy
fulfilled, all ofiwhichtis supported by
historical, traditional, ethnological
and pathological evidence. Jeremiah
found Israelitish coloniesiin Ireland.
The wandering Israelites were traced
from the East by 'twaymarks" through
Europe to Great Britain and it;was
shown that the tribes who overran
Europe in the Middle Ages we're all
from the very locality to which Israel
was transported, and no even plausible
| explanation of their origin can be
given if they were not lost Israel
Numerous marks were related by
which lost Israel will be discovered
and identified in the latter days, ans
Great Britain meets them all.
Prophecy must be fulfilled, and il {
nation can be found in which all the
prophecies, promises and blessings
| relating to Israel are fulfilled, that
nation must be Israel, and Great Bri
tain is that nation; the British arr
distinguished by every mark thai
serves to identify them with lost
Israel and fails not in single one.
The main argument is derived from
prophecy. If, as Kuenen and Others
assert, the prophecies concerning
Israel have not beenfulflled, then tht
veracity Of the Bible is impeached
! IF Israel is lost and cannot be discov,
cred as great and powerful nation
or as q multitude Of Non-Palestine
nations, we cannot successfully defene
the inspiration of Scripture. The
spiritual interpretation theory salts
fies and scoffers; it made David Hume
an in6del.
Mr.. Campbell EXPRESSED the opinion
that in Gods time and at no distant
day the identity would be established
and this will be a wonderful confrma.
tion Of the truth Of the Bible ane
forever silence doubters and unbeiev
ers. Lost Israel, lost to history fol
more than twenty-five hundred years
must and will be discovered and iden
titled because God hath made an ever
lasting covenant with their Fathe,
Abraham that he should be the fathel
of great and numerous peoples distin
guished by many temporal blessings
l-Meps and Courier.