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from Babylon became the rals. -; Y
MoNUMENTs-On s,o,.
days. 'e0ofds Of the1
The Cyrus Cylir Ter fo,na
IN 1873, now in British Musa,,ua naoyd
scum. o III British M
Annaiistic tablet of Cyrus -,
uoh by him. written shorty iceland
conquest of Babylon. ~ after
lhere were three eras Of c.a.,.
for the children of Israel a. su''
were several eras of return. Thu u y
captivity was by Nebucbadn.
when Daniel and his friends wa.s 1a
RED captive. Seventy years from :
brings US to B. C. 536, the finn.
the completion of the return desasa
in this lesson. '''
Neouehadnezzar again capturos !,
city, sent great amount of ,yoss
from the palace and the tamn,a
Babylon, with 10000 of the mora
portant of the people. Among i.
were the prophet Ezekiel and !,
great-grandfather of Morcecai ouss
Esther's cousin. The third cant,Ts
was also by Nebuchadnezzar II
after siege of year and half
July, 5S6, completely DESTROYED !,
city and the temple. Seventy Va,
from this time brings us TO tho =,
pletion of the temple, B. C. 515
The discipline of the exile bas
complished its purpose SO far thai
is wise and safe to permit Ia
number to return and renew the
cfent nation. 1t would be useless
bring back TO Judea people who Won
commit the same sins which made
exile necessary and who had
learned TO some extent the lesso
which their hard discipline was g
to teach.
The power of idolatry was forev
broken. They never again YIELDED
IT'S destinations. They were taugh,
set new value on the filing Of
the forms of worship with the spi
of religion. God had allowed even
city which was the type of heaven
the most glorious temple dedicated
his worship to be DESTROYED vi
these became substitute for true
ligion instead OF an aid to it. n
were also taught by their absence
value and necessity Of religious ID
tutions. of the means of worship
the Sabbath day.
II led to renewed study Of the
cred Scriptures. The exile was
period in which the guardiand
transcription and study Of the vrh
Scriptures became the special
OF distinct class, afterwards ian
as the great order Of the scribet
led, also, to the establishment d
synagogue for social worship and \
ing Of the Scriptures, with Its 90
panying schools. To this period
that OF the return belong the ant
ship of some of the noblest and !
est religious literature.
The captivity served as miss
airy scheme to spread the knovle
of God over the world. II was =
in preparing the world for the
ing of the Lord Jesus Christ ma
the spread of the gospel by the
ties. Thus there was the prom
land. the homeland the center
ligious life. and the dispersion
agency In every country Of the
world.
The journey home and the
movement may be made most ~
all. and especially to child'sa,
tracing the journey on the map
the great rivers to be crossed "
bridges, the desert lands, inc =
tribes, the countries OF Their oa
mics, the rugged mountains
traversed. hunger, thirst and pau
long weary months OF travel ou
and the desolate city ana ue'e
homes at the end of their ,oufn' I
II we may trust later tradition y
setting out of the captivity ~ A
estine was joyous in the extTem'. Il
escort of 1000 cavalry accom-
them, for protection against ~ \
ert Arabs. then as now given y y
der, and they started to inc - NJ
tabrets and flutes. Form ~ !. y
gates of Babylon they roue, v
sound Of joyous music-a :. "a y
horsemen playing on flu'e' - y
rets, accompanied by tneil :. 9t
minstrel slaves and 12S slnse'. d
temple, responding to the r. ~
voice, as they quilted the 'a ssms q
gigantic walls and fouha . ano Re
in the open desert beyond cssld Z
of Babylon. Flee from inc , s
with a voice of singing W. W.
tell this. utter it even TO tns ! n
the earth cart say ye. The Eteln'I y
redeemed his servant JacoD .sst, 70
like the procession of the sss'' ~
inc eio pa I'D fire II N.