Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-06

turtles, such marvellous Illustrations OF
ancient history and undeniGble testi-
monies % the truth Of the Bible nara
tive. 1--WE cannot forget the kings OF
ASsyrja 10 the pages of Scripture play
log their fierce part 60 the history Of
Israel-Sagou and SednaCherib, Pul and
TiRlath -PileSer, nor the gods Nisroch
aud DagOn, Bel and NebO aud
Assur, after whom Gods people went
Rstray." The Independent evidence
that such personGges existed, and that
such deitles were worshiped, may be
found 10 the objects dug up during the
excavations OF khorsabad, Nimroud
and KOyunjik, many Of which may be
seen in all their majesty 10 the several
galleries OF the British Museum. When,
for example, we now read 10 Genesis
* 81 Of NimrOd that 'he was a mighty
hunter" we are able 20 point 70 one OF
the baS-reliefS discovered by LaYard 10
the palace Of ASsur-NaZir-Pal az MINI
roud, on which there is q representa-
ti0n Of this King Of Assyria engaged
in lion hunt. This king is supposed
70 be the father OF ShaImaneser H., the
FIRST Of the AsSyriau kings VINO came
10 contact with the IsraelitsS To $50
3. G.
As regards the mound Of Nimroud
Itself, the Inscriptions found there per-
NIT US TO Identify 10 With the Calsh &C.
curing 10 Genesis K. II, II. What
commentary upon Bible history is az
ford ed by the discovery Of the obelisk
OF black marine with cuneifOrm insCrip-
tjons bearing upon the cOuQuests Of
Shalmaueser IL. 10 records the tribute
brought, among other peoples, by Jehu,
King OF Israel. The CuneiiOrm inScrip-
ton runs: The tribute Of Gana'
(Jehu), "son of Khumri' (Omir),
"slIver, gold, bowls Of gold,
vessels of gold, gOblsts ,of gold,
pitchers OF gold, lead, scepters
FOR the Kings hand and slaves, 1 re
eeiged." Besides this mention Of Jehu,
the obelisk refers 20 Benhadsd and Ha-
zaeI, persons mentioned 10 the Bible
as contemporary with Jehu. Thus
again we have the accuracy Of Scrip
ture history confirmed. A cylinder and
q large bas-relief FROM the eighth CEN
tury b. c., now 10 the British Museum,
come 20 the aid Of the Bi0Ie student 10
identifying the nam9 Of SaTgOn, King
OF AssYria (lsaisb TX. u, as one
Of the most powerful Of Assyr-
ian mOnarchs. { The circumstance
that the name occurs but once
IN the Bible was, until the discovery Of
these relics q, point Of difficulty TO
students, and it was sought TO identify
him With souke other king whose name
was more f9miliar 70 US. There is now
no reasop/ 70 doubt the statement Of
the BibleI even 10 this detail. Another
important witness 20 Bible truth is sup
piled blythe cylinder narrating the ex-
petition Iof SennaCherib, King Of As
syria, and the siege of Jerusalem OIL.
Kings XVIII The expressions used in
this mOnd mentaI record are similar TO
the naughty and defiant terms Of his
message To Hezekiah.
When we, wander through the Assy-
rian room, the Koyunjik aud Nimroud
galleries Of pur great National Museum
~ Bloomsbury, need we any longer be
puzzled 60 D bderstand the form OF the
winged l,viAg creatures or cherubIn
which Ezekidl G.) saw in his vision, or
the great beasts which Daniel 0ehed
will? Need we doubt what was the
form Of idol htrY known as the ash
era, or 'grd " when we look az the
Sacred Tree Id 1.-The baS-reliels, before
which two 4 he are worshipping? Or
that the fOrhN the Fish-g0d DagOn
was any otder Than that incidentally
described in /. \ amuel v. 4? Nor should
we omit Ell n eferenCs 90 the tablets
(which are but eopieS) giving the Chal-
dean account Cd the Creation" and the
"Deluge.
IL wouldbe h possible 20 refer in this
place TO al q be priceless objects of
interest w,chI during the past dfty
years, sine RIayard began his labOrs,
have beenY broaght 10 light ia cOnneC-
tiOn with GssyriOlOgy, nor would it b.
possible TO overestimats the value Of
services rendered by such men as Lay
ard for I'd ends OF Bible study.
In the duly number Of the Imperial
and AsjdS c Quarterly ReUiClC there is a
highly int sreStiug article on the His
tory Of A syrian aud BabvlOnisn Dis
coveries. Additional interest at
taches % this article, lnaSmuch
as il is wkitten by a cO-WOrker with
Layard, HPrmuzd Rassam, and appear
ed just al few days before Layard'S
death. Wb would content ourselves
with Quotihg the concluding passage Of
that article, as 10 Is fraught with inval-
liable advice coming from an authority
on that subject There are still, l
have no doubt, invaluable ancient re-
mains BURIED Underground 10 Biblical
land, which will % lost TO the world
forever II those to authority do not
use their energy and influence 70
check the illegitimats traffic, and
TO save what remains Of buried
treasures Cor the benefit Of science
and Biblical studies. England of all
other countries ought % try aud pro-
tect those sites where she has been mar
velouSly successful 10 her operations,
which weI9 carried on ia the first place
by Sir Henfy Layard, and since then
under my pperintendence; aud l think
10 is a greah shame that we are not al
lowed 20 r cover the remainder OF the
Assyrisn a d Babylonian royal libraries
which weE discovered By Sir Henry
Layard In Ninevah, and>by me az AbOo-
Habba, he Sepharaim Of the
Bible think all scientific
public in litutiOns all over the
world on BIT to join together and
solicit the elR Of their respective gov
ernments use their influence with th6
Sublime III he the present custodian Of.
all ancien iical localities) TO allow
proper. to be conducted By e
perien orers, either on their ov
accoun Pntrust this work TO
agents museums, and TO lea
the ali the OBJECTS lSseoye
10 futl eratio1
The hi2g, after
that Pc pie,
OF occ afer e