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COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OVEMBBR 2, 1870
OLD 8ERIKS, VOL. V.-tfO. 114
which have a high degree of hfatori
cel significance. The difficulty Is to
properly interpret them. It «m
predieted year* ego that these would
completely overthrow the Bible; but
in proportion ft* they become prop,
erly understood, they Moot clearly
confirm and illustrate the truth of
that blessed Book.
Tim scientific expedition under
the first Napoleon met with oertufa
monuments which were claimed by
some to ptwve au antiquity long
anterior to any records of history,
either sacred or profane. The priu- j
eipal of these were the Zodiaes of
Esueh and 1 fenders h, which were
snpjioeed to represent the state of
the heavens at the time when the
temples in which they were found
were buiB, and to prove a very re
mote antiquity. The discovery' made
a sensation, aiul it was triumphantly
asserted that the statements of Moses
were erroneous. “M. Jomard proved
to his own satisfaction that these
Zodiacs were three tbonannd years,
ami M. Dupuis that they were, at
the very least, font thousand years
older than the Christian era; while
M. Lori wonld not abide a week of
seventeen thousand years.* Their
discrepancies Of course weakened
considerably the fort?« of the general
argument, but the oppoucr* of the
Bible were not willing to acknowl
edge the defeat, ami would not give
op the eondnston that the Znritar*
proved an antiquity of at least six
thousand years. The seeming tri
nmph of skepticism against Reve
lation soon shauged into a signal
defeat.
In 17tK>, while certain exCacntions
were going on near ltosetta in Egypt,
a French artifiery officer, tunned
Benchhr<l, discovered » large stone
marked with various sinpilar rhsr
acters awl hien>glvphies. These
were found to contain inscriptions
in three different fanguages, one in
Greek, another in hieroglyphic or
saertd, and s third fn aneient Coptic.
Tliis was rolled the Rosetta Stone,
which Is now in the British Museum.
By a Comparison of tin* characters
found in tlie different insrriptions,
s key was fonml by which to dec!
pher the hieroglyphics that covered!
the obelisks, temples and tombs of
Egypt. By the application of this
it was discovered that the celebrated
Zodiacs extended no further bark
than the early Roman em|»erora.
On the walls of the great temple at
Deuderah, in the celling of which
the Zodiac had been placed, Cham
poleou had rend the titles, names,
&c., of tlie enqwTora Tiberins, Clan-
dins, ?fero, and others; and flu the
pyramid that point to a grant
Domical event that oumresd
weeptng, no pain, no sorrow, no
change forever. They that dwell in
It **dud! hunger no mow, neither
tUnt any maw* (Bev. vi: 16, 17);
for “the ransomed of the Lord shall
return, and mm to it with songs;
sorrow and sighing shall flee away*
(Isa. xxxv: Hh) Blessed city! City
sf pesos, and love, and song! } Fit
aeemupautiauit of the new heavens;
fit metropolis of the new earth, where-
ip dwdlcth righteousness I Bow ea
gerly should we look far it! How
worthy of 1t should we Mve!
well the tamptatfaas which wa have
to say popular things instead of true
things; and whan a pastor is sow
pressed to maintain hit family, he
Mure than thirty years ago the
Astronomer flerachel first so K ♦*< l
that the ago of the structure might
be ascertained astronomically. Three
Is a pdersl movement of the heavens
rolled hy astronomers “the great
processional cycle,* by which the
different si stems in the vatvsrar
revolve around a great neater, la
this movement it can be ready safer
taiucd what the relative position*
of certain bodies or systems aw, ar
what they were Cy years or thou
samla of yean since. The ooopmc
tmu of s Praeonis and the Pleiades
oeearred at midnight in ( ►< tuber,
2170 years before Christ, and snll
not occur again till years
after that wist This result has
not been arrived at hastily, but by
patient uud mist laborious scientific
investigation.
The late John Taylor, of I/omkin,
taking np the suggestion of Hcrsrliel,
OWWnbscrfbere v ho fail to r
the expiration if their m
tiuus will be d urged per-.
No new name* its entered
wription book, w thont the II
RATES O AOVRRTlMNa:
equate (< ue inch of rqlunm):
insertion ............*1--fi 73
uonth... 4-e • W
months 5 00
onthi.«.
monthi .... • m..... 4).It 00
rertiaeuM at* of tiires square* and
i a discount of 30 paTsent, of
are* and npward*. 3Q per ceut.,
quart* au l upward*. 40 per cent.,
>n«-hatf • olutnn and qp wards, 50
. will be < sdtictad from the above
iris*, whfu mors than firs line*,
t* for ei| ht words, payable iu
■MDt y*a» begia ta tremble before an
auditor, yoa aw gone! Fear God
always; bat man aerwr /
Another temptation is to write
“splendid sermons,” amt oovrt popu
lar np|danse. To be udd after preach
ing, “You gave us a magnificent
discourse,* may lie a cone to you;
but to be told “that sertuou cat me
to the heart,* or “seat me to Jesus,*
la a blessing btyood measure. It ia
the real of the spirit You may toil
all the week ou aa elaborate, onia
mental discourse. am] |-Jidi it with
the pumice *tooe to the last syllable,
and nay t« y “There? I fancy
that is a good wuh* * But it is
imohsldc that God will not think it
a very gmsl sermon. aad He will
■mash your pride and sell conceit,
hy making ft a« Issrrru of rronltn
an the east wind. On the other
band, you will sometime* deliver a
plain, simple sermon that yoa are
ifluaist ashamed of, and you shall
afterwards learn that it drew some
poor siuaer to the Haviour.
The year after my lkvmsure, I
pi«-.*cl»cd at Saratoga. The next day
a baker in the Milage mid to me.
“Young man ! you are a -dnuiger
here, and yesterday I pitied you
a hen you Itrgau, for you did not
know shat a critical audience vou
hail to mklfta*. But I have noticed
that if a minister can only convince
hi* congregation during the first fire
minutes that he caret for oothiag
but to asrv their mh, he will Hft mil
the retries is the Isom* J have al
ways thanked that oaker far the
heat pmctn ul ’ ul ut | ever fut,-*fus
Humbly confessing oar sins, our
Sods of Zion! What a title of
hrmor! How poetical and signifi
cant! Yet, under the proud oppres
sor's hand, bow are the mighty’
fallen! The punty of hearts and tha
sanctity of tool* are nothing is the
eyes of wished rule™. Although
estimated by the inspired penman aa
fins gald, goad aiea are Recounted by
the world as earthen pitchers. Men
(M if fats—1 John iv : A—This
single announcement of the beloved
disriple, contradicted hy ao many
appearance*, yet carrying its own
evidence; in the world around as
met by many a no and many a
mahnur,. ami fro* the caverns
of despair fetching up a fiendish
laughter, and yet countersigned by
Jehovah’s handwriting na the ruined
tablets of the heart, and la trumpet
toors reverberated from the hills
of immortality; this ftorttst of
went to Egypt and dwell far months
iu a cave near the pyramid, and
investigated and explored for him
self, and tlie result wss a Hi
which he gives the facta uud grand
conclusion. He regards the pyra
udd as having been erected by the
direction of divine inapiratiou, and
with a great rod to be accuMopHsknl.
He regards its testimony to the
Bible aa being of inralenlabt* value.
Fiazzi Hesh, the astronomer royal
of Scotland, vhitul the pyramid
after Taylor, and arrived at the
same result, embodied iu throe Ist^e
volumes imbttshed in lumdou.
This being the oldaat of the m«»n
timenfa, ;uid its age being deter
mimhsI, all other monumental evl
dence (ivodureil to show the extreme
authprity of Egy pt aa a nation mast
b* regarded as groundless, no man
amenta) tv pawls extending IsryutMl
this.
There is use suikmg fsatacw sboat
this atmrtare, which la ita saltire
faaedom from every vestign at ifisls
try, which ran not ba said at the
other monument* around it, and
Ihrnugtoftlt Egypt.
Here ia the «fideat, the largast. and
most perfect .drurtare ever i-resdad
by maw on earth fare from any nv
of the
of holy principles and noble purposes,
are genuinely valuable. They have
Intrinsic worth. They are the salt
of the earth—the light pf the world.
Yliey are really great and rich, al
though apparently weak and poor.
Re ligions,
They are covenanted in sacred bro
therhood; they are heirs of immor
tality. Angels are their aer.anta.
Jesus Christ is their redeemer.
Heaven *» their home jp or (he
universe revokes ita shilling pm
All t’lVags are theirs. Believere of
creri name and nation are the pre
vious sons of Zion, comparable to
hae gold. They who are faithful
have a name aad a credit for Christ’s
sake, which are honored among the
shining hosts above, although they
may be often hungry, and. hated,
and hunted down o» earth, la all
ages God’s people have been at dis
count in the marts of the world.
Wealth mixes its alms with curses,
aad tosses the compound toward
chill, shelterless pilgrims, as crusts
and bones to a dog. The Old Testa
ment saints were thus treated by
peers of the realm and sous of estate.
The first disciples of Jcsns were ridi
culed, mocked, and derided as the
offscourings of the earth—as the fol
lowers of him who was hanged. The
Redeemer himself appeared as a
root out o& a dry ground. He was
despised and rejected of men. Down
through the whole history of the
church, good men have suffered per
secution— Workday Christianity, by
Alexander Clark
bjr the enemies of the Bible to show
that Egyptian history and antiqua
rian Remains ire in conflict with
statements mat e by inspired writers.
But the more s e become acquainted
with the fact*, the more Evident it
new supply of grace. Clouet duties
faithfully obrerved will bear precious
fruit in tha Christian's life. Let uo
i bristian therefore neglect the duties
of the closet. Q. R. Messenger.
I)r. Bouar, gf Ifi^ogst* thus
dfa-ouruM upon Rev. xxl: 1J>.
1* ft b a great city. “Hist great
rity,** Mid John, gazing upon it
IW circuit is vast—beyond Babylon,
or Nineveh, or Paris, or London.
That “mighty city,” says John,
*k ing of Babylon, the Great (Bev.
xiii: lfl) ‘
There is no history <
-Egypt extant. Tlie histu
generally refer ed to as
authority is ti iat of M«
is often declaipl with £
ranee that this a riteFs hisl
that Egypt existed as a m
sands of yean} before tl
and therefore thv> Script™
of that event can uot be
who was Maijjethof H
Egyptian pric«t that lit
tire/ huudred jye»rs bef
What is knowu about hi
That history, Which «*on*
inally of tluw! volumes,
existence. Tbit work, •
we can jndge, wa* far f
truthful. The j author li
know led ged, iu iWicatin^
ailelphns, king! of Egyp
but this ia mightier far.
’Dmre has been no dty like it ft
•a the dty, the one dty, the great
metrapotis of the mighty universe,
ti* mighty city of the mighty God.
3. It ia u trail bailt city. Ita
“builder and
ia God.”
Religion is, in ow aspect, a per
aoual BMttter. It parUkra mlpct
ivt4> of the personal type of each
indit idual's life. The aptsogs of life
be hidden from outward view. And
all true soul-life has its secret side.
Iu private the moot |«oteut forces of
life jtvuerete what reveal* itself •f
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aa given to fill ita heaven. The
glory of God is ita “light/ or
“famp,* ao that it ueodo no candla,
no sunlight. There ia no night
private
Ikcndcreh, lie rend the Tuunea of Lord. And it shall be for a idgti
riandtus and Antonin*:* l»iu«. Thns * w d for a witness unto the l*ml of
it was proved t>,*t the moonmerfta ho»u* in the land of Egypt.”
for which r,n extreme antiquity had There stand* that pillar to-day,
been claimed l*y Volney and other that was erected centuries heforv
infidels, were found to belong to that I Mooes, and while otter monumrnts
perils! in which Egypt wna under *** crumbHug uround it, it stats!*
the government bf the Romans, and regardImm of tlie tooth of time,
conhl not be dated farther back than I "’hetlier or not this is <Breetly re
the flfat or second centitry of the forerti to by l*siuh, as a matter of
Christian era. ;Thns the IlwHta 1 ^ *tamls as an immovable
Stone in the < , onrsc of Providence
dasheil to atoms what, had been
regarded by skeptics as a gigantic
and invulnerable argument against
the Bcriptnrcs.
There is one of the monuments of
Egypt that has been attracting spe
envy of ike el nasi.
Our blessed Saviour, who kuew
all that is in mas. aad therefarr
ry far Uw base stale of the soul,
makes it a duty resting on evoty
oue to attend ta orrtaiu private
devotreoa of the clonet. lie oom-
uiniids to “enter into the closet.*
Ami sveu there, sbn, the privury
of tin’ place is to be further guarded,
by excluding the |MMMihility of oth
ecu* tiremuMv. “And when thou hast
shut thy dour,” ia a direction given
to hur out all else, and leave the
soul ah me witli God. Tim solemnity
4. U ia a «cwti srulsrvd rity . A
pure river of Um water of Ufa flown
the throne of God and the Tomb
What must its waters be l Who
in * it can ever thirat f Its inhab
itant* shall thirst no more.
o. it is a mall, jwswunsri city.
The true of life ia there, with its
twelve variety of fruit* nod its
health giving leaven. It has more
than Kales had. It iu Paradise
restored. Paradise and Jerusalem
iu oue: Jerusalem iu l’aradiae, and
Paradise in Jerusalem, %
tk It is a arail gmardad rity. uJiot
only has it gnte% uud Hriia, nud
delushhi ware to be avoided, this
oouhl only be areom|dish«d Hi the
shape in whmh it won actually re
quired. If it were to be whalh' an
net of frith, left to its own energies,
without any other porit of rapport,
God eould uot merely ask a mental
Bt. Augusliito rriates, iu Ids “Gou-
fsasions," that one Yiet«iruHi*« agrrat
wan at Uouw, who had nmny m b
heathen friouds and rria tiara, was
converted to the oh notion rehgiou
He TU|sdrn*l to a friend of km, akm
a <xmvert, aud t<4d him secretly that
lie too wua s Christian.
“I will uot believe thee to be a
Christian,” mkl the other, “until I
see thee openly firnfess it in the
cburch,”
,“V\ bat, 8 said Yintonura. “<lo tlie
church walla make a Christian V
But directly tin- answer came to
kin own liemrti
>\Vbouo«ver shall be asiiamed of
Me and of my wards, of him, nJ*>.
shall the Hon of Man be ashamed,
when he cometh iu the glory ofhin
Fitikor, with the holy angels.” I
He was ready to hear the scorn
cud attention within the last few
years. I mean the groat Pyramid.
This was one of the seven womler*
of the world, six of whicii have
passed away, and this, the last of
them, stands in its own solitary
graudenr. It is -situated near Cairo,
and covers nearly tliirteeu acres of
ground, and is henrly flye hundri*!
feet high. ILnslitus visited it in
hia travels, and describes it a* the
Pyramid of Cheops. Tie says that
it required ten years to prepare for
its erection, and one hundred thou
sand men twenty yeftrs to builil it.
The huge atones were brought five
hundred mile*. Thisb* the most won
derful (if all Egypt’s monuments.
When was it erected t Written
history does not decide tiusqutriMO.
The two greatest .authorities in
Egyptian arclneojogy are Bunsen and
Lepiius. They state most expressly
that there is no evidence of any
monument ^fifing older than Ihis.
This Ik-ing, a* there is evidence, to
believe, the oldest monumental re
cord, a knowledge of its age most
have au important bearing. This
is provwl to have been erected 2170
yearn before Christ.. J can only at
present indicate.the proeea* or step*
by which this 1 result . has. I men
reached.
A tone with Gad, shut off from the
world ia the dorp privacy of- the
clorak tfco hnmou arail uMUfi also
pray. It is not eoongh, only to
plsisty offered up his son, God
interposed and |irai entud the ssuri-
ftos which wra UO longer requiml
for the iwqwsrof trial. 8 The snyv
pusitiou of oirisiii German eritkss
that Abraham turaw soaratiy that
Isaac wss ant to ba put to <loath,
King ia the 3oo of God; the Miuff
of khunL • the Kiu£T stir-
usl, whose scapfire ia righteousness;
who lovetli rigliteonaness uud hstetb
iniquity.. - >'o misrule fa then, no
disorder, uo lawteaeoeas. ..v. fc i •<:*
8 U fa a mil tangled rity. It has
gathered within its walls all gnu
onc«| against ret giving implicitly his
statements, b;n ed, as tliey w ere,
lunipljr on whs ; - Mfjptiio priests
told him, who ilid not. hesitate to
hq wlien it sec ned to i#rve their
thst the
regarded
itbor, and
authentic
a (area, and does violence to the
text of Scripture.
An exchange rays that the fallow.
Ing is the pftbfafit sermon ever
preached : “Our ingress lu life is
naked and bare; our progress thro'
Mb is trouble mud cure; our egress
out of it We know not where; but
doing weft here we shall do well
there” But w© have heard of n
shorter, which was ones preadfad by
the Irish Dean Kirwan. He was
pressed, while Buffering from a severe
fluid, to preach a charity sermon in
8L FeteF* church, Dublin, far the
benefit of the orphan children of the
warish school. The church was
ftowdod to aaffuraSiou, and the good
fdeua, on mounting the pnlpit sod
announcing his tart, pointed with
bis hand to the children ia the aisle,
and simply raid: “There they are”
TlrasallMlfaff fifflfiiM riltHlfifl -
non for thr
late, ths® SC
Prayiug to God fa a very real and
a very spiritual act. : So room fa
left far hypocrisy, hor fa it poorilil#
ta Is inmaeere while tha* closeted
with tht Esther who sseth in sesrai.
Saksd and exposed ta the eye of
Gad In the awfal privacy* of the
tlfat Mane the,
writer ou Kin
most
that he might honor hie Master ia a
Manetho and ierodotifa being the
l#<) cliief liten ry authorities per-
Irining to ancieiit Egypt, jwo readily
that no 'itii>ortant. loucioaion
be safely biieed ou tboir stute-
]*H*nts. Jbe in fid d is tlM^rafare driven
monumental history to try to
*«ake out hi* cm u But hjre, as can
(■py ft® showi, he signally fail*,
*«wd the weaixxH from the armory
that he endeavors to turn against
Bible turn iut to bd so many
it is gokl, aud peon, and gems. Ev
er> thing rrapfamdeut fa there
IL It fa a Messed ofay. It fa truly
the joyous eifa. it fa the thrsus and
to (rod, fa au absolute
godliness. No one can neglect
uud grow ia spirituality. A fa