. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. the grandson of , Abrahams servant, was of Damascus, and traditiondeclares the patriarch to have been king of this city. It is pro-bable therefore that the city may have been founded originallyby a Semitic people Its great antiquity, and its connectionwith the history of the kings of Israel and Judah, and its con-nection with important events that have made their pow
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. the grandson of , Abrahams servant, was of Damascus, and traditiondeclares the patriarch to have been king of this city. It is pro-bable therefore that the city may have been founded originallyby a Semitic people Its great antiquity, and its connectionwith the history of the kings of Israel and Judah, and its con-nection with important events that have made their power felt,even until now, make Damascus an object of interest to everytraveller. On the threshold of Genesis we find Abrahamdefeating the confederate kings at Hobah, on the left ofDamascus. Ahaz appealed for aid to Tiglath-Pileser, King ofAssyria, against the united forces of the northern was destroyed, and the people carried into cap-tivity, and Isaiahs prophecy was fulfilled, that Damascusshould be taken away from being a city, and should be aruinous heap.* Near this city Saul, when on his mission ofbigotted persecution, saw the light from heaven, above the * Isaiah xvii. 1. >> a: c c 33. 440 HERMON TO DAMASCUS AND THE RUINS OF BAALBEK. brightness of the sun, and heard the voice, and became achosen vessel of God to carry his truth before Gentilesand kings. Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Turks, have hadpossession of it. There is nothing of historic interest aboutthe modern city except the massacre of Christians in Druses from the hills, the ever fanatical Mahommedansof the city, aided by the Turkish garrison made a suddenattack on the unoffending Christians. The foreign consulateswere burned, except the British and Prussian, which formedrefuges for hundreds. Six thousand, at least, are said to haveperished during those terrible days, their bodies lay in heapsin the narrow streets, spreading pestilence in the heat of theJuly sun. The Rev. J. Crawford, m
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