The next circumstance claiming peculiar attention in order of datum, is the foretelling of the destruction of Tyrus from the lips of that Prophet, who announced the advent of THE SAVIOUR! The sacred writer whose words are believed by both Jew and Christian, the _time only_ of the Messiah's coming being the question at issue between them (apart from His attributes) must be received as an evidence, inspiring both awe and veneration; for it is founded upon one of the highest proofs of Religion itself. Believing, as a Christian, that the Prophecy of the miraculous Advent on earth of THE CHRIST-IMMANUEL, was accomplished by the _Birth of_ JESUS,--any and every Prophecy of less importance by Isaiah, we receive with absolute belief in its accomplishment,--either past, present, or future. This was our education in boyhood, received from the lips of a fond and pious Mother,--it was continued in our youth,--reason and reflection have produced firm conviction in our manhood: nor in arriving at this conclusion have we rejected or forgotten the student's duty in solving a problem or proposition,--viz., that all arguments should be investigated, either in favour or against the question;--we, therefore, have attentively read the writings of atheists, and all that have endeavoured to refute the authority of the Bible,--the result has been to increase and consolidate the belief first obtained from Maternal eloquence, and to enable us to pass through the Infidel-ordeal unscathed and scarless! Even as a book of historic record relative to the house of Abraham,--either collectively or in its separate branches,--it bears truth upon every page; for although written by Hebrew Historians, the _vices_ of the Rulers and the People are recorded, as well as the virtues,--the former, for their own fame, they would have naturally concealed, had not _Truth_ been stronger than any desire to obtain the applause of posterity through the means of Falsehood. When, therefore, a Prophecy of ISAIAH has not been (apparently to human knowledge) accomplished, our religious belief teaches us that it has been, or will be fulfilled; and if the Theory of this present work is proved or admitted (from previous facts and analogies, and those to follow), our faith will be still further increased,--for we shall have lived to see another Prophecy accomplished, and (with the humility of the most humble of GOD'S creatures we write)--ourselves to have proved and established its fulfilment.