Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-15
The Downfall of Israel.

The Downfall of Israel,
II Is the surprise OF this historian
ms page full OF circumstantial de-
,ail. written at the very dawn of au-
thentic history. The walls OF Romc
were only three decades old when
tnis record was made. yet its truth
discovered inscription at Khorsabad,
now In the museum at Berlin. in
which Sargon says: II besiegcd, took
ana occupied the city OF Samarla and
government and placed over It lieu
ttenahts OF my own" >. The final
into Of tho Ton Tribes has always
oeen the playground of the imaKl-
nation. Fancy has followed them to
lmPenetrable localities. 1t has also
ARMED .nrrn,t that they will finally be re-
turneu TO their own land. Great
tending them. All start with the
snrss.5 , that the tribes pre-
modified In racial characteristics by
climate and other conditions How
widely apart the conclusions are OF
tnese theorists Is apparent from the
israelites among the Afghuns. the Tar
tars, the HISTORIANS, the Jews Of
Maia bar, the Indians OF North Amer
modern English Thus one theory
Kills another and all conspire TO
teach that the Lost Tribes are lost .
=. rho question OF cause Of exile
Than TIM. locality. why" rather than
whlther. That question is an
swered I'm this scripture: ii has been
apt,y called the nations cpitnph
written by the finger of Jehovah
II is also an autopsy on tho nations
corps" tn find tho disease OF which
IL ui"d. The inquest is 30 thorough
EoinG as To- leave nothing OF fact
nut
In In tho clearest terms possible.
me children OF Israel eloaked their
eSIl practices with the prctense that
,,nncE were honoring, Jehovah. hut
cloak They built high places" set
up images and pillars and burnt in
c Gems, Ike The heather. forgetting
inha hitants OF Canaan were tnivsn
our. they were deaf to tho LORDS
cntrcaties by the voice OF Ills faithful
ana AZ iea5lcss prophets. They worc
mnhelief. They went To the utmost lost
limit OF heathcnish superstition and
cruelty In offering human SACRIFICES,
, me patcrnai instinct was so bluntcd
children before Bnal. This brouah,
nron them H. "mdicial anger or Ia. a.
h,ovnh. Tho order for their nation a
ons"S' hh,iShment was dccreed in tho
ran. was the unconscious instrument,
OF carrying into effect the decree OF
Jehovah
Under the study Lamp.
The fall OF an empire Is always
an event of absorbing interest II
iE the inky background agains, which
the nrincirles which make for and
against national perpetuity can hc
wen defined Tho fall OF the
northern kingdom was the incvI,abic
conclusion OF its course Of unrirht-
eousness;, All that could be done
70 save Israel was done. lie sealed
his own doom. No nation ever had
more faithful or fearless rcformcrs.
Amos and Hosen were last in thu
brilliant succession standing between
me cmnire and its fate. But like ali
their predecessors. they too, were
unsuccessful. In addition to other
advantages Israel had the striking
object lesson OF tho southern king.
dom and its career. The religious re :
rival there was attended by material
prosperity, the good King Hezoksa II
Joining tho. prophets In calling the
neople back to their allegiance to
Jehovah. <. II Is historical sar-
casm that thu. last King OF Israel
should wear the name OF tho hero
judge. Joshua. for Hoshea is ono and