A "BURIED" JERUSALEM

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 14, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 24.

A "BURIED" JERUSALEM.

THOUGHTLESS men have walked over the "land of the Bible," and boldly disputed the authenticity and truthfulness of the Scripture records, little knowing that underneath their very feet there were hidden evidences in writing which would turn their boasted wisdom into folly, when God got ready to bring them forth.

A hill in the center of the city of Jerusalem, was an obstacle to the continuation of streets and erection of buildings. "Dig it down," was the order, "and make the street level. So down it came. Imagine the surprise when underneath were found the remains of an arched street of some former Jerusalem. I went in at the opening and walked down under the buried archway. All along were doorways for shops and places of business where thousands of human beings of several generations bartered goods and haggled over "mites and measures."

These "Buried Cities" and "Treasures" speak volumes. Jerusalem, Babylon, Nineveh, are yielding information which throws much added light on the short Bible narratives. Napoleon's general, Boussard, found the Rosetta stone in Egypt and learned fresh facts concerning early life along the Nile. George Smith uncovered a 30,000 volume library at Nineveh belonging to Assyria's last great king, Ashurbanipal. Henry C. Rawlinson learned new items about Darius from the wedge-shaped characters on the high rocks of the Zagros Mountains in Persia. Mr. Taylor unearthed Ur of the Chaldees, the early home of Abraham. Rev. F. Klein discovered the "Moabite Stone" at Dibon, from which have been gathered historic accounts of the reigns of Omri, Ahab and the king of Moab. It is said that six times as much material has been deciphered and printed from these old languages as is contained in the entire thirty-nine books of the Old Testament. In this day, when men are battling with their doubts and crying, "Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief," these evidences from buried historic records are a timely stimulus.