The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21

Eists Have Verified the Route of
the Exodus
From the Springfield Republican.
MAJ. Gen. Tulloch has just published In
London a report which substantiates the
biblical story that the Jews escaped across
the Red sea dry shod. He has been MAX
ing governmental surveys Tor Great Brit-
ain in that part Of Egypt where the lie
brew children accomplished their famous
journey; in the spring Of this year he was
engaged in surveying the borders OF Lake
Menzahleh one Of the great lagoons north
Of the Red sea, some 30 miles long. on
one occasion a sudden and violent wind
storm arose, the force of which was so
prodigious as to carry everything before
1t. including incidentally the water Of the
lake. In few hours the whole body Of
water had been abducted and nought re-
manned save vessels, mud. sand and the
major general. The vessels moored in the
lake were stranded high and dry, with no
water In sight. This is undoubtedly what
occurred in the gulf Of Suez in the DAYS Of
Moses. and gives a new interest TO that
triumphant flight of the captives dry shod
through the way Of the waters. whose re-
turning flood destroyed their oppressors.
For an exact comprehension Of the whole
matter a review of the biblical history is
essential Taking from their context in
order those verses of the sacred narrative
Whlch are necessary, we have the follow
ing concise record from the book of Exo-
dus:
And they took their journey from Sue
coin, and encamped in Ethan, in the edge
of the wilderness
And the Lord went before them bv dav
IN pillar of cloud, to lead them the wav
ana by night in pillar of fire, to give
lheh hSht to go by day and night
ANA II was told the king of Egypt that
the people fed, and the heart of Pharoah
anu OF ms servants was turned against the
people, and they said. why have we done
tIls' that we have let Israel so from serv-
And he made ready his chariot. and took
his people with him.
And he took COO chosen chariots. and all
the chario's OF Egypt, and captains over
every one of them
ANA the Lord hardened the heart of
Pharaoh, king Of Egypt, and he pursued
after the children Of Israel; and the chill
dren OF Israel went out with an high hand.
But the Egyptians pursued after them,
all the horses and chariots Of Pharaoh. and
ms horsemen, and his army. and overlook
them, encamping by the sea, beside pin
ahiroth, before Baal-Zephon
ana the angel OF God, which went be-
fore the camp Of Israel, removed and
went behind them; and the pillar OF the
CLOUD went from before their face, and
stood behind them.
And II came between the camp of the
Egyptians and the camp OF Israel: and II
was n cloud and darkness to them; but il
gave light by night to these; so that the
one came not near the other all the night
And Moses stretched out his hand Ger
the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to 90
back by strong east wind all that night.
and made the sea dry land, and the waters
were divided.
And the children Of Israel went into the
midst OF the sea upon the dry ground: and
the waters were a wall unto them on their
right hand and on their left.
And the Egyptians pursued and went in
after them to the midst Of the sea. even
all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his
horsemen.
And Moses stretched forth his hand over
the sea, and the sea returned to its
strength when the morning appear; and
| the Egyptians fed against IT. and the
Lord overthrow the Egyptians in the midst
Of the sea.
And the waters returned. and covered
the hosts of Pharaoh that came into the
sea after them; there remained not so
much as one of them.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out
of the hand Of the Egyptians; and Israel
saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-
shore.
Such is the Biblical record of one of the
most startling, as it is one of the most in
teresting, miracles known to history Next
TO the resurrection of Christ Ii has at
tracted the most attention from scholars
Books have been written concerning It,
some explaining one thing, some another,
some nothing at all. For years the faith
full accepted II as a miracle Of the most
marvelously mysterious sort with entire
! confidence. With equal confidence the
skeptical denied It altogether, both as to
manner and effect. Latterly, however,
there have been notifications on each
side.
Archaeological Investigations in Egypt
have verified much of the scriptural story
that It's substantial accuracy is generally
admitted. An examination of the various
routes over one or another of which the
fleeing Hebrews took their way has DEM
onstrated the fact that in many places
they could have managed crossing of the
sea, under favorable natural conditions
AS a result of this Christians now believe
that the escape through the waters was
by miraculous Intervention from God,
working through natural intermediate
causes. The skeptic, on the other hand,
admits the escape, but denies the provi-
dental Intervention.
Admitting then. that the Israelites cross
ed the sea, as the scripture tells u.s. our
interest centers in the two questions,
''Where?" and Howl" and these two
questions affect each other so closely as
to make them one for the purpose of in
vestigation.
The nearness with which scholars have
approximate to the route of the people In
the exodus is amazing. The exact identih-
cation of localities Is exceedingly dfficult
when there are no monuments to bear wit
ness. The scholars are agreed as TO the
whereabouts of the land of Goshen, and
they are also agreed in saying that the
Wady Tumilat was the center of 1t. Aris-
totle, Strabo and Pliny testify that the Nile
ran along the Wady Tumilat. and the
ancient remains. so far as discovered, cor
roborate their witness.
In the time of the exodus the lagoons
of the Suez Gulf extended further TO the
north, otherwise the eastern borders of
Egypt were much the same as now. The
Egyptian kings Of that period spent part
of their time at Memphis a part at Tanis,
or Zoan. The latter was In Goshen, the