The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus: Proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites; and the Introduction of Christianity into the Western Hemisphere By The Apostle St. ThomasJones, George
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The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus: Proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites; and the Introduction of Christianity into the Western Hemisphere By The Apostle St. Thomas
Jones, George
America -- Antiquities; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Phoenician; Indians -- Origin
4th. "_To sojourn_," _i. e._ to reside or remain,--and as no time or
duration is affixed to the words, they would seem to express in the
language of the Bible--"to sojourn for evermore," or to a time wherein
total annihilation should be accomplished,--as it has been by the
Spaniards and their descendants.
We will meet at the threshold any objections to the strong and
conclusive application to this History, of this remarkable, and
hitherto unemployed line of Prophecy.
1st. It cannot belong to the _first_ Siege of Tyrus,--viz., by
Nebuchadnezzar,--for after that event, the remnant of the then
Conquered People left the mainland Metropolis, and _settled on the
Island_,--a distance of _less than half a mile_; therefore, "afar off
to sojourn" could not apply to that invasion.
2dly. Being admitted that the line does not apply to the Babylonian
destruction, then as a necessity, it must belong to that by the
Macedonian Monarch. The Sidonians upon that occasion rescued the
remnant of the Nation, and to have returned to Sidon would also not be
"afar off," as the distance from Tyrus is but _twenty-three miles_. We
apprehend, also, that the reader is convinced that the political
reasons for not returning to Sidon are apparent and conclusive.
3dly. The Tyrians, simply by obtaining the Galleys from the friendly
Sidonians, had as it were their "own feet," _i. e._ navigable means to
carry them,--for Tyrus itself had _stood_, or _walked_ firmly for
centuries, only through and by means of Navigation.
And 4thly. They were not only to journey or migrate to "afar off"
distance,--a land as yet not _known by name_, and therefore, _could
not_ be specified by ISAIAH;--but another condition, or incident is
affixed,--viz., that wherever they finally landed, there they were "to
sojourn." Now let the most scrutinizing, Argus-eyed antiquary, search
every quarter of Europe, Asia, or Africa,--their ancient or their
modern histories, or traditions (and we know them well), and where
will he find these "afar off" sojourners, contemplated by the Prophet
ISAIAH? The conclusive answer to such inquiry will be, as from the
Tomb of Time, "Thou shalt not find them;"--but, in Ancient America,
there they are traceable,--there they are found;--proved to be
identical with the Tyrians of Phœnicia,--and the truth of the
long-concealed Prophecy, established by Holy-Writ and new-discovered
History.
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