SIMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CONQUEST OF JERUSALEV BY SHUJE: I,

FROM THE PALACE AT KARNAK

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costume of the Jews; for the prisoners in all these scenes are represented in the habit of their country. The head-dress of this captive is purely Egyptian, but he wears the beard, in obedience to the prohibition contained in Lev. xix. 27. It was doubtless in consequence of some idolatrous association, that the practice of shaving the beard was prohibited. As, apart from the inspired history, this is the only known memorial of the invasion of Shishak, its importance, as an evidence in confirmation of its truth, has been by no means overrated.

but their remains are too scanty to throw any new or important light upon the late period in which their names are associated with the inspired narrative.

As the time-worn monuments of Egypt were once the favourite resort of modern infidelity, our inquiries respecting them has led rather to the defence of the word of God than to a full exhibition of its truths; and the further such researches are pursued, the more evident it will be that the boastings of sceptics are vain, and that Christianity rests on a basis which cannot be shaken. It behoves the reader, however, to remember, that it is not enough to acknowledge that the Bible is true; it demands the belief of all to whom

it comes. In this inspired volume, our Lord Jesus Christ is made known as the great and only Redeemer: in Him, therefore, we must entirely confide, and through the operations of his gracious Spirit, "bring forth fruit unto holiness," if we would escape the condemnation denounced against unbelief, and enjoy the blessings presented to us in the gospel.

THE END.

W. Tyler, Printer, 5, Bolt-court, London.