. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. ch none of them could do, for they werewritten in those characters which are now called Syriac. Theking not knowing what to make of this extraordinary cir-cumstance, was desired by the queen to send for Daniel, whoexplained the words to the king, but he was too much lostin drunkenness to pay any regard to them. In the mean time, Cyr
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. ch none of them could do, for they werewritten in those characters which are now called Syriac. Theking not knowing what to make of this extraordinary cir-cumstance, was desired by the queen to send for Daniel, whoexplained the words to the king, but he was too much lostin drunkenness to pay any regard to them. In the mean time, Cyrus opened the sluices of his canals;which, drawing off the water of the river at two differentparts, his army marched into the city without , roused from the stupidity into which his winehad thrown him, came out to meet his enemies, but was soonkilled with all those who attended him, and all who werefound in the streets. The city was destroyed, and the seatof empire removed by Cyrus to Shushan, in Persia.\ It was prophesied that Babylon should become the habita-tion of wild beasts, and that at last it should be turned intopools of water. Let us now see how this was literally ful-filled. When it was first deserted by its inhabitants, the. >OLU ■=■ L - > ^2 r*j a go©jo a 9 jagg s -:- fe fc 3 - 2 o — — ^> i = ; a 2 LJ - _ r ? — r -»■ Sis 1-3o s - — ^ 2 — — §£■ t« | _^ -. - E — * g £ J - -i. r r3 ® - cs o1 £ E ageg — — u 3 5%- 3 -
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