. 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. ntain it. Britains aim was notto deprive the people of their rights but to defend them fromthe covetous hand of a corrupt despotism; for this some of herbravest and noblest sons have fallen, and sleep in that historicland until the great day. Gods purpose may be in rule with all its wrongs, is one of j ustice and mercy;wherever Britain bears sway she recognizes the
. 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. ntain it. Britains aim was notto deprive the people of their rights but to defend them fromthe covetous hand of a corrupt despotism; for this some of herbravest and noblest sons have fallen, and sleep in that historicland until the great day. Gods purpose may be in rule with all its wrongs, is one of j ustice and mercy;wherever Britain bears sway she recognizes the rights andliberty of the people. Let revolutionists and Britains foessay what they may, wherever the flag of the kingdom flies freedom and-Christianity are sheltered. By the battles of Kass- # Isaiah xix. 19-20. + Ezek. xxx. 13. EGYPT UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG. 177 assin and Tel-el-Kebir the standard of Britain was planted onEgyptian soil, and wherever it is seen the standard of thecross may be lifted. The prophecies of the Scripture havebeen fulfilled as every traveller may see. I will make theland of Egypt utterly waste and desolate. It shall be thebasest of kingdoms, neither shall it exalt itself any more above. EXTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE OF ISIS, AT PHIL^E. the nations.* The brooks of defence shall be emptied anddried up ; the reeds and flags shall The brooks aredried up at Memphis and Thebes, or filled with sand duringthe centuries. Poverty and moral desolation oppress the * Ezek. xxix. 10, 15. + Isaiah xix. 6. 178 THEBES AND ITS SPLENDID MONUMENTS. nation, vice abounds in every class. The Copts will hail theday when Britain will rule the land, and many of the Fellahin,for they are hopeless of deliverance from their own work for the sake of Egypt is to maintain a constitu-tional government, and give the people useful education intheir own language, and, when capable of self-government, letthem govern themselves. Let Egypt always be for the Egyp-tians, b
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