nant" by the Sidonians,-this was in 332 B. C., consequently 204 years after the Biblical translation by Ezra-while the last line of that Prophecy,-viz.,

"Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn." although accomplished in the same year, has only been discovered (from the Ruins of Ancient America) to have been fulfilled, together with the "local habitation," at this present time, and therefore 2298 years after EZRA, and 2554 years from its original promulgation by ISAIAH! And the reader should remember this important fact, viz., that the discovery of the Ruins has been since the atheistical writings of the sceptics,-their names we will not offend the eye with! If a man would crush a serpent, he should not elevate it to an idol, but place his heel upon its head, that it may be trodden under foot, and so forgotten! Bring forward the venom of the serpent, if you will, and analyze it,— that you may avoid its corrupting qualities, but give no name to the serpent-sceptic itself,-lest that that fame might have been the sole object of his ambition, and by granting his wish, it would have the evil tendency of inciting others to imitation. Many a public villain has become so, merely from the desire of acquiring the notoriety of a preceding one, whose name could only be equalled, by the imitation, or excelling of those crimes leading to the creation of the name. It is the same in the path of virtuous Patriotism. To acquire the name of an Alfred or a Washington, we must imitate the deeds, or the quality of the deeds, that made them so justly renowned, the Name of the Hero is the attraction,-and therefore, in all records of

crime, the names of the criminals, should not be held up to public gaze and wonder: for the desire of evil notoriety, forms no small minority in the human family. But in justice to fallen Nature, it would not be difficult to prove that all atheistical writers have been victims of insanity or intemperance,-the latter vice often producing the former calamity ;-and there is nothing more astounding in hearing an unconfined Maniac deny the existence of a GOD,-than that one asylumned should assume that he is THE ALMIGHTY! or that one should deny that CHRIST in his Divine Character was upon earth, than that another should really believe that he is the SAVIOUR!* But the misfortune has

* The first extraordinary case actually exists at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum (England), now under the direction of the great philanthropist, Dr. JOHN CONOLLY (the governor of the noble institution), whose name will descend to posterity as one of the brightest ornaments to human nature; and in the enjoyment of whose personal friendship, the present writer has felt for years one of the highest compliments to his existence.

-The Maniac having somewhat recovered, was asked on a Sunday if he would attend Chapel :-assuming a look of earthly pride, he answered," To whom shall I pray?—I cannot offer prayers to myself!"

The other case, of a Maniac supposing himself to be THE SAVIOUR, occurred at Venice, in 1805 and to such an extent did his madness inthrall him, that he made himself a "crown of thorns," which he usually wore, and at last he actually attempted suicide by the means of Crucifixion! He succeeded in driving nails through his feet and right hand, and thus transfixed himself to a wooden Cross, and having wounded himself in the side, in imitation of the spear-wound of THE SAVIOUR, he succeeded in throwing the Cross out of a window; and it being secured with ropes, he thus exposed himself to the terrified Venetians! Atheists and Deists are but Maniacs, whose minds are directly inverted to those believing themselves to be THE ALMIGHTY or THE SAVIOUR.-G. J.

been, and is, that their printed works may be read by persons of weak intellects, and so lead them into the paths of darkness and confusion.

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The Aborigines of North America cannot be made

comprehend that an atheist really does exist, although they have been so informed; it being so at variance with their own confirmed and Religious conviction. In illustration of this belief and veneration, we may be excused from quoting from our own unpublished Work upon Tecumseh,-the great Chieftain of the Northern Aborigines. It is part of Tecumseh's speech upon reviewing the Decalogue, and the necessity of our Laws, and is addressed to an Anglo-Saxon.

Yet for all thy laws, and large solemn books,
Ye have among ye those who disbelieve

The bright existence of a God Supreme!

Yet they can scent the flower, or view a falling Star!
Throughout all the Indian Tribes, or race,

There is not one such wretch, fool, or madman!

Deny a GOD!--MANITOU!-in mercy

Place Thou th' unbeliever where he may gaze

In awe-struck wonder at Niagära!—
The living principle of th' Universe!

Ope Thou his deaf ears to that mighty voice,
Which doth silence e'en the loud thunder-storm,-
Whose presence there is not known, save its fire!
Strike Thou conviction to his dying heart ;*
And as he gazes upon the Rainbows
Circling the mist-column of those waters,—
Let him feel that they are the living types
Of that mighty Arch, which Thine Eye of love
Hath look'd upon; and which, as Covenant
Of Thy parental care, will e'en survive
The Earth-destroying tempest of the World!

ISAIAH seems to have alluded (inferentially at least) to the Western Hemisphere in his Tyrian Prophecy,he writes:

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"Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn!" -the place or land, therefore, is not named by the Prophet, or its locality defined by any relative name of any land then known,-yet it was to be "afar off," and to be reached by the means of Navigation, for the remnant were to cry aloud from the Sea," in thanksgiving for their escape from the National massacre. Throughout the Scripture, names of localities are almost invariably defined; and in this very prophecy by ISAIAH, he says" The burden of Tyre,""Howl, ye ships of Tarshish," "the land of Chittim," "the merchants of Sidon," " the seed of Sihor," "concerning Egypt," "the land of the Chaldeans," "the Assyrian founded it," &c.-but where the "sojourners" were to go is not specified, and for this apparent reason, -viz., that the "afar off" Continent had no local habitation or a name," among the then existing nations of the Earth, whereby it could be designated; and when to this is joined the fact, that the "remnant" of the Tyrians are only found on that great Continent,and that wherever they went " afar off" it should be by Nautical means;-these, we submit, form a conclusive proof that what is now termed America, but then nameless, was contemplated by the Prophet in his great prediction ;-for we think that we are justified in the propositional belief, that when the pre-ordinance of THE ALMIGHTY was manifested to the Prophet,

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the sacred prescience then obtained, conveyed the intelligence of the equi-hemispherical character of the Earth!

Sceptics may say,-" There is the Prophecy of NOAH!-is that sustained by these newly-discovered of ISAIAH'S, and by this present History?"-we answer distinctly in the affirmative,-and further, that the identity of Tyrians and Hebrews on the Western Continent, together with their Conquerors, completely establish the fulfilment of both the first Prophecy and the Malediction!

After the insult to his person by his youngest Son, the Patriarch uttered the Curse upon his youngest grandson-Canaan, as enlarged upon in the commencement of the Second Book of this Volume. The last recorded words of Noah are as follows: viz.—

"Cursed be Canaan! a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, [the eldest] and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his [Japheth's] servant."-We offer the following brief analysis: viz.—

1st. Canaan shall be the servant of Shem;-proof of fulfilment as follows,-viz., Canaan's ten younger sons were the founders of the great family of the Canaanites, these were subdued, slain or made captives by MOSES and JOSHUA, of the House of Israel, descended from Shem.

2d. Canaan shall be a servant to his own Brethren: