The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-09-08

1t Is found in a translation of the
scriptures made about 300 years be-
fore he was born. The manner of his
death even to the dividing of his gar
ments among the soldiers, the piercing
Of his body, the kind of persons he
would have as his companions in
death, all this and more are given
without any attempt at double mean
ing. How can we account for it? BY
simply accepting the claim that the
God who moved men to write the
book could see ahead and tell what
was coming to pass. and that he
moved them to write what they as
men could not possibly have known.
This Jesus, whose biography was
thus written by the prophets, is him
self a prophet, and tells his disciples
that certain things would come to
pass while they could see no indica-
tons of their approach. He said of
jerusalem: The days shall come
upon thee, and compass thee round,
and keep thee in on every side, and
shall lay thee even with the ground,
they shall not leave in thee one stone
above another; because thou knowest
not the time of thy visitation" duke.
19:43-44) Now, has this been full
filled? You have but to read JoseDhus
and you will see that it was literally
fulfilled, when Titus, the Roman gen.
eral, laid siege to the city and utterly
destroyed it.
While ancient Babylon was in her
glory a prophet wrote her doom in
these words: Babylon, the glory of
the kingdoms. the beauty of the Chal-
dess' excellency, shall be as when God
overthrow Sodom and Gomorrah. It
shall never be inhabited, neither shall
it be dwelt in from generation to gen
Grafton; neither shall the Arabian
pitch his tent there; neither shall the
shepherd make his fold there; but the
wild beasts of the desert shall be
there" Us, 13:19-21.) Il will also
make it a possession for the bittern
and pools of water" U.s., 1929. We
have but to turn to any authentic
book of travels to read the fulfillment
of the prophecy. The place is a DESC
lation, stunned even by the wander
ing BedOuin. Owls boot and wild
beasts prowl among it's ruins. The
marshy pools of water and the bit
tern are there. It is without inhabi-
tant and will remain so.
Nahum prophesied that Nineveh,
then in her glory, should be destroyed
by water and fire. History confirms it
by stating that, after the swollen river
had washed away a part of the wall,
the besiegers rushed through the
breach and set the city on fire.
Tyre, the queen of the seas, the
Liverpool of ancient times, had her
doom written for her while there were
no signs of weakness. or decay. God
said, through Ezekiel: Il will also
scrape her dust from her, and make
her like the top of a rock" (Ezek.,
26:4)
We know that Alexander the Great
demolished old Tyre, and with its
ruins built a causeway half a mile
long on which his soldiers might pass
to new Tyre on the island, and from
that day to this her site has been like
the top of a rock. Of Tyre Ezekiel
says again: Thou shalt be a place
to spread nets upon; thou shalt be
built no more" (Ezek., 26:14). That
is the prophecy. Here is the history
written by the infidel Volney: THE
whole village ofsTyre contains only
fifty or sixty poor. families. who live
obscurely on the produce of their lit
tie ground and a trifling fishery"
Bruce, the traveller, says that Tyre is
like rock, wherein fishers dry
their nets"
OF the Jews it was prophesied by
Moses and Ezekiel that they should
be scattered among the nations. de-
spised and prosecuted, and yet remain
distinct. (Deut., 2S:64; Eek, SIS,
36:19.) We need not to be told that
this prophecy has been fulfilled. for
we have the proof of it every day be-
fore us. The Jew of to-day is a stand
ing miracle in proof of the inspira-
ton of the Bible. Frederick the Great
asked a learned man to give him in
one sentence a good reason in favor
of Christianity, and his reply was.
The Jews, your majesty" No candid
man, it seems to me, can read what
the Bible says about these people and
then trace it's fulfillment in their his
tory without being convinced that a
foresight more than human wrote the
book, and a providence more than hu-
man has preserved them a distinct
people.