ANTIQUITIES AT SIDON

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Dec 20, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 51.

ANTIQUITIES AT SIDON.

Mr. Ghosnel Howie writes, in the American Antiquarian, current number, that fifty years ago we were told that Sidon had no antiquities because it was too old. Recent excavations have astonished the antiquarian world with antiquities from Sidon. Among them is a wall of four courses of stone, two of which are very finely laid, leading the antiquarian to conclude that they are much older. These stones are of about a cubic meter, and so close together, so nicely dressed, that a small pin could not be driven in the seams. Another fact is that there are many inscriptions, nearly always on the unexposed side of the stone, one of which reminds the writer of Matt. 6:7, "Use not vain repetitions," as it repeats ten times over the same prayer or charm to drive away the evil spirit.