The Detroit times., 1911-01-10
IN DETROIT PULPITS--No. X.
WOODY, Christian Church.
sermon by the Rev j. t McGarvey-%Fact Fiction. .

Nineveh was great city, wherein
were six score thousand SO young as
not to know the right hand from the
left. The wall surrounding her was
sixty miles in length and hundred
feet in height. Fifteen hundred towers
for military purposes surmounted the
walls and numerous gates on every
side gave entrance from any direction.
She WAS the largest and the greatest
city that the word had known. III mas
been revealed by the excavations OF
Emilio Botta that the palace OF kins
Sargon had walls feet thick. that
were in many places decorated Win
ornamental tiles OF beautiful design:
The royal library was uncovered anu
many tablets and cylinders or baked
clay were found. along with deeds ana
other documents These books Oh
ancient lore were catalogued ana called
for by their numbers. as at the pTssent
peared from the face OF the earth en-
tirely. Alexander marched his troops
over IT, all ignorant OF the tact thIt
! the ruins OF sIsat city wers
of Emilio Botta commenced and the
spade uncovered Ninevah.
God looked upon this city, with a
great population of men and women,
with immortal souls STEPPED in wicked
ness and depravitys and desired TO save
them.
Now it has pleased God to save men
by means OF preaching and He has not
revealed 10 us any other means thdt
He uses. But who the preacher that
could go to such a place at such n
to bring them to repentance? God
called for the service His prophet
Jonah, a man of whom we know very
| little, but that little is very Significant
Jonah lived during the reign or Jero-
| boam the second, who came TO the
throne under circumstances most as
| cCuraging During the reign or his
! grandfather, Jehoahaz. HaZael, king or
Gxgrta ha1 gtfI "A n J..
| In the language OF the text In the book
| of Kings. "he destroyed them ana made
| them like the dust in threshinB The
| king OF Israel had left only 80 horse
| men, 10 chariots and 10000 footmen.
| His son. Joash succeeded in throwing
! OF the yoke OF Syria. but the country
was impoverished and the afflicton OF
| Israel was very bitter
| Though coming to the throne under
| such circumstances, Jerohoam, the sec
| ond, In the course OF forty years. re-
| stored the prosperity Of Israel con-
quered Syria and extended the borders
| OF his territory TO the utmost limit
that Il had attained IN the palmy days
! OF David aud solomon And note care
word OF Jehovah. the God OF Israel.
which lie spoke by Ills servant. Jonah,
the son OF Amittai OF Gathhepher.'
How could all this he done by the
word OF Jehovah, which He spoke b.
the hand OF Hts servant. Jonah. The
details are not given. but We are In
formed OF a similar experience IN lbe
career OF Elisha and naturally infer
that the process was the same. Elisha
lived under the reign OF Jchoram who
was continually. at war with Ben.
| Hadad. king Of syria. BEN Hadad
would say 10 his officers. I'm such and
such place shall be my camp" and
Elisha would say to Jchoram, Beware
that thou pass not such "A place, for
thither the Syrians arc coming down.
Thus tho King OF Israel saved himself
not once nor twice,
Beu-Hadad's heart was sorciy trou-
bled about this thing and. calling to.
gether his counselor, he demanded of
them. win YOU not show me which
OF US H. for the king OF Israeli" And
one Of them answered, Nay uy lord
o. king: but Elisha. the prophet that
Is in Israel, tclloth the king OF Israel
the words that thou speakest In thy
bed chamber,
Ben Hadad sent a troop OF cavalry tn
CO pturr Elisha, with the-~rvsult that
troop aud then released them and sent
them home To their master Thus may
We understand the victories OF Jero-
beam the second. were accomplished
by the word of Jehovah by his servant
Jonah, Those things aud the great
fame Or Jonah were certainly known
Ia Nin,Nuh. the river Euphrates was
j tire border Tine between the two king
doms.
How NineNah Was saved.
Men IN our own day recognize from
time 20 time, that "a grSat city needs
"a great shaking up by great
preacher, but they cannot tell with