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Show CONCLUSION, CONCLUSION. 266 proceeding by the number ten instead of twelve? cating their tradition of the twelve subsequent ten, after the revolt. and tribes; and hence of the New; for the latter rests on the formes as a oe rests on its foundation. If the one Is divine, the other is divine: ? fi or both for : inditheir whole. Whence came their tradition of purifying themselves with also vegetables? bitter fastmg, purifying and sleep, and go to their fathers ? Whence their custom of washing and anointing their dead; and some of them of hiring mourners to bewail oe them ; and of singing round the corpse (before they bu- Pass ae Ne ded that all Let it be remembered, it us not preten * all these traditions. the savages are 1 n the practice of A \. Pe of oe A But it is contended that the whole Vhey are not. tribes t differen their these things have been found amoug j ye eyVSe A fragment d hundre a within ent, contin our in x ; of these Hebrew traditions has been found among one another; and ee tribe ; and another fragment among ions have been foun K \ of the mos! striking of these tradit ; as a ue ' <= . ” NS . i ? + oe distant™tribes among various and very various authors, traders peared In the recital from ali : himself to acunbeliever in revelation set ae No account can be deioh count for these events. NL from Te itheni, but that they were derived outcast state of the “Ora TS. ‘And hence in the huge valley of dry bones, ten tribes of Israel. ( ip their OF we find presented a volume tion in Israel. in this vast new new evidence wor ld.) of the divinity of the Old Testament, be viewed quota ‘ ry as beginning te. Q aa . ats Ty iyBEpee shee osatts ENE aol ent oe gle ae? . find st 5 c 7 to exhibit to the world : evidence. we “ 4 | ce | | aa power ful evidence of the oes Ing through a wild conti nent, £838 ee ns; which traditions must have been Theg teawnk irom cet 725 a yearsare wy the Chris hristi tian era.; vic i e for eighteen centuries,ras Se i % : ! r) ; has das been >justly ai viewe ead as eo a kite ) 2dIng tron. : ; Dat the ¢ stei n he > tact Is Pe > 1€ it kaa se ont RRR SSERA. OA -. = - say hac ae me. of this new pickn eyoura eer subject, Se, pre-eminence ~~ mA) WN VV a ak ~ are assured by the chief apostle to the Gentiles Bi the restoration of the ancient people of God in the ant days, when * all Israel shall he saved ,” shall be to the nation ‘as=e life : ,s 7 re from dead ;? Rom. ms xi. 3 15.we Its5 ithe new i demonstrative evidence of the gtori ous truth Oo} eye ation, will confound infidelity itself: and fill the world with light and glory. These Indian traditio themselves when going to war, as did Israel. Who taught them that at death their beloved people | ry it) the syllables of Yah, Yohewah ? the to ing answer on " How came they by their traditi 1—6, ancient Jewish separations of women? Lev. xr. also a tradition of taking their shoes from their feet, on solemn occasions ? Exod. 115. Deut. xxv. 9. Whence were some of them taught in deep mourmouth ning to Jay their hand on their mouth, and their in the dust ! faAnd whence came their tradition of their ancient the and ers? ~, ther with his twelve sons, ruling over oth they lost their _ymal-conduct of these tweive sous, till Pee ; ve miracle in su of th Oe romee. cgi e > éion and traditions of the ten tribes. jy Te eigen Ameri al ca cae from a much longe ci h ser periood. eee d, ishing, if possible, a more comm must be viewed and} mate And it is precisely such evidenc he a eeny pecte in thets long outcast trib 7 rave New dweeis sr ve outcas is | DESever eX. ess of Israel , when me to light: gnt s and Just tssuch evidence ag must rationally be expe ledge of the Civilized ey ‘ iy them to the know- 6. The people addresse d by they Ametica, or Britain, ee or who metheyprophet may,) Isaiah, are h (be ‘honoured of God ‘e higlily | wings.” ke with God at is abund anury tet repres ate shed : Snlac OW] if cy his people with his wings, 64 ‘Hate ow of thy wins.78, «67 ne cniddren of men pat Arust under their brough _ Wings, and the = shadow of th y .Wirts.?? p, 0} 2 z brou ght you unto myself.f ene¥ Par . = ac ang O ‘Fs 48 Petala’, : 7> c : Wings, ahd est Peciaily eagles? Wings are m: 7 cles, to denote special ; ‘d. mich used in the Wis or;= mostholy ofa. er; aid, and that of the edkinds chitdren of Ged ? > $ "phe Poet it IS said; a = s Ne ; ‘FRY ti hf lat 4 |
