Testimony of the Monuments.
THE Christian world is getting rather tired of the cobweb historical and antibiblical criticisms spun by German critics. They are fast being dispelled by the spade and pickax. It was apparently proved that Homer was a myth, and ancient Troy a delusion. Yet Dr. Schliemann has disinterred the captured city, found traces of the fire which destroyed it, and proved that the Iliad and ancient tradition were right in designating its site and surroundings. Genesis and Daniel, both alleged publications of a later age, have been shown to be so minutely in accordance with their professed eras that the hypothesis of posthumous invention becomes incredible. And now Jeremiah is added to the list of accurate narrators, for the digging at Tahpanhes has made it evident that he was thoroughly acquainted with the architectural details of Pharaoh's palace. We might greatly extend the list of scriptural confirmations, but enough has been cited to show that evidence has been dug from the dust which overthrows many a carefully elaborated hypothesis of the skeptical theologians of the fatherland. A good deal more is to follow, for the work of exploration and disinterment is yet in its early stages. Thus far not a single discovery has shaken the accuracy of holy writ, while light has been thrown upon not a few obscure passages, and the complete truthfulness of important statements has been demonstrated. There was never greater reason for cheerfulness among the defenders of the faith. Every rescued monument adds a new stone to the walls about Zion.—Western Christian Advocate.