Confirmation of Scripture.
By J. A. Woodman
The testimony from old monuments to the truth of the Bible is already wonderful and abundant. The following is a strangely interesting instance of this, confirming the story in the 12th chapter of Exodus of that awful morning when the oldest child of every Egyptian family was found smitten by the angel of wrath, “from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon,” and “there was not a house where there was not one dead.” Dr. Cumming, of London, says: “There are monuments to be found to every Pharaoh save the one who perished in the Red Sea. Concerning him, two stones have been found narrating many of his exploits, but each ends with “and ——,” a long black line succeeding. Every other of the Pharaohs we find, was succeeded by his eldest son, according to the law of Egypt; but of this Pharaoh it is expressly said that he was succeeded by his second son; while no account whatever remains of his first son.” What an astonishing confirmation of Scripture is this! J. A. WOODMAN.