The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-12

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sion for Africa and Australasia, etc.
They spent more time in India than
was first expected. They decline to
give any intimation respecting their
report until their return to New York.
To make their work as comprehen
sive as possible the Committee mem
bers divide their attention, each one
specializing, except Pastor Russell.
who generalizes, and joins in the COM
parison of notes. We report Pastor
Russelrs discourse of today, from the
text which be said referred directly
to the Great Pyramid located near this
city: 'In that day there shall be an
altar to the Lord in the midst of the
land Of Egypt for sign and
for a witness" isaiah xix. 10, 20.l
Not only did God mention prophetically
the great pyramid in Isaiah, but also
In Jeremiah xxi. 20, where we read
that HE set signs and wonders In the
land Of Egypt, even unto this day.
Il is intensely interesting to visit
this land Of the Pharaohs, at one time
90 intimately associated with Gods
stchosen people"-Abraham, Isaac, ia
cob, Joseph and his brethren. 1t is
interesting to imagine ourselves back
at the period of the Exodus of the
Israelites, to note the place where the
Israelites probably crossed the tongue
Of the Red Sea upon the sandbar made
bare by strong wind. 1t was inter
esting to visit what the Arabs still des-
ignate the Wells of Moses" and to
note that they are still brackish or bit
ter springs. waters Of Marah."
But to me the most interesting thing
in this ancient land is the Great Pyra-
mid referred to in our text. Its loca
ton is remarkable, and its size centu-
ries ago marked it as one of the Seven
Wonders of the world-a building COW
ering nearly thirteen acres. Its scien-
tiflc lessons brought forth during the
past fifty years by astronomers and
other scientists are still more wonder
full, but most wonderful Of all to me-
are its prophetic teachings, first brought
to our attention by Prof. Piazzi Smyth,
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and
others.
The Pyramid is located on an ele-
waited, level plain overlooking the riy
or Nile. Peculiarly, the delta of the
Nile forms a sea coast, which in shape
IL true quarter circle, with the Great
Pyramid marking the center angle.
This was discovered by Mr.. Mitchell.
Of the United States Coast Survey in
1858. He observed the regularity of
the curvature around the whole of
Egypt's northern coast. and. seeking
the explanation. found that the fan
like delta started from the Pyramid;
and he exclaimed, THAT stone wit
ness is in a more important physical
situation than any other building erect
ed by man" This fits Isaiah's descrip-
ton. "An altar In the midst of the
land of Egypt, pillar at the border
thereof"
Some Scientific Lessons.
must not attempt here presenta
ton Of the scientific details of this
great Monument which Is now speak
ing to the world, both on scientific
and religious subjects. can only
hope to arouse sufficient interest to
lead you. my hearers, to read the par
ticulars. l will merely offer some sug-
gestions by way of bringing your Gu
riosity to the point of investigation.
Scientists tell us that the measure
ment of its base on the four sides, at
the level Of its sockets, when added.
gives as many pyramid cubits as there
are days in four years, to the fraction
Including the leap-year fraction. The
asagonal measurements across the
eass, ". e. to s. W., and N. W. to
0. r., give as many inches as there
ara pears in the professional cycle of
the stars. This cycle astronomers had
already concluded to be 25.827 years
end the Pyramid corroborates the con
aaosfon. The distance to the sun is
indicated by the height and angle of
the Pyramid to be 91.840.270 miles
which almost exactly corresponds with
the latest figures reached by astrono
mers. The Pyramid also has its own
way of indicating standards Of weights
and measures. based upon the size and
weight Of the earth.
The Rev. Joseph Seiss observed
'4There is a yet grander thought EN-
bodied in this wonderful structure
OF It's five points there is one of spe
cial preeminence, In which all its sides
and exterior lines terminate. 1t is the
summit corner, which lifts its solemn
index finger to the sun at midday. ant.
BY its distance from the base tells the
mean distance to that sun from the
earth. And If we go back to the date
which the Pyramid gives itself, we
ind far sublimer indication. Science
has at last discovered that the sun is
not dead center, with planets wheel
ing about 1t. but itself stationary. 1t
IL now ascertained that the sun also
is In motion, carrying with 1t its splen-
did retinue of comets, planets, its sa-
tellites and theirs, around some other
&uQ Vastly ullSDIler OeuIeF.
Astronomers are not yet fully agreed
as to what or where that Center is
Some, however, believe that they have
found the direction of it to be The
Pleiades, and particularly Alcyone. the
central one of the renowned Pleiadic
stars Aleyone, then, as far as
Science has been able to perceive.
would seem to be the midnight throne
in which the whole system Of gravita-
ton has Its Central Seat, and from
which the Almighty governs His Uni
verse. And here is the wonderful cor
responding fact, that at the date of the
Great Pyramids building the
Pleiades were distributed over the
meridian of this Pyramid, with AL
cyone precisely on the line. Here,
then, is a pointing of the highest and
sublimest character that mere human
Science has ever been able to so much
rs hint. and which would seem to
breathe an unsupported and mighty
meaning into that speech of Job, when
he demanded. 'Canst thou bind the
sweet influences of PleiadesT"
Sins Downward Course.
Prof Smyth tells US that he finds.
astronomically. that the Pyramid was
built in 2170 B. @. He tells US that at
that particular time the Dragon star,
the personification of evil, was in line
with its Descending Passage. The in
ference is plain when once we per-
ceive that the Pyramid pictures the
history of the world. The Downward
Passage represents the downward
course of sin and death of the human
race under the Prince of the power of
the air." under "the god of this world.
History In general corroborates this.