A Striking Confirmation of Scripture.
ONE of the most interesting of the monuments of ancient Rome is the triumphal arch, erected to commemorate the conquest of Jerusalem by Titus, who, after the destruction of the temple made a triumphal march to Rome, bringing with him a long train of the captive Jews and the spoils, among which were the sacred vessels of the temple. This procession is represented in the sculptures on the beautiful arch, which thus furnishes an illustration of the Bible nowhere else to be found, these being the only representations that exist of the vessels, the table of the shewbread, the golden candlestick with its seven branches, and the silver trumpets used by the priests to proclaim the year of Jubilee. The Roman Senate and people little thought, when erecting this monument to a deified emperor, that they were erecting a monument to the true God in the verification of prophecy and divine history. A recent traveler says, ‘Not one of the Jews of Rome, of whom there are about 6000, will even at this day pass under the arch of Titus, although it spans one of the thoroughfares of the city. They shun it as a memorial of the subjugation of their nation, which has never yet been retrieved, and regard it with aversion.’