HISTORY AND PROPHECY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5318, 12 April 1878, Page 2

HISTORY AND PROPHECY.

; TO THE EDITOR OP THE OTWYeALANX) TUl^d. Sir, — The ethnological difficulty raised by “ Incredulous, ” against the identification of the English with'lsrael “is by no’meaiiAso insur- . mountable as he appears to think. One of the best authorities on the Origin I, of our race is the historian Sharon Turner. He traces bEpk the various tribe’s 1 or nations 1 mentioned’ by “ Incredulous”’- to 'one ’ ’common ‘ geographical starting point,, namely, ancient Media. NW although Wean. trace' ’tlieih ’ bade' no fijrther, he expressly states thkt this was hdt the cra|le of the race. The d^te r at .which he first finds them 1 is the eighth : century before Christ?and this is precisely the’data when, and precisely the place where? the ten tribes of Israel were taken -into-qaptivity-bydhe-Assyrians,—Hr doesmot require any-great amount-of credulity - to assume that these were-one and the same people. The first detachment that arrived in Britain appears to “have"' been ’ the 1 KimWerians?*the “ Kimmerioi ”of the Greek,’ the “ Ci'mHri of the Latin writers, #ind the “ Cymri ” of British historians and antiquaries. The Welsh, who are their descendants,-call themselves “Cymri” or. “ Kumri,” , According to the. old, Welsh Historical poems, they,' the‘“Gymr?” ’weretbe (jvst inhabitants of .Britain,/‘and before them there were no men alive, in it,’ nor any filing else but bears? wolves, beavers, and the oxen \yith the.jhigh .prominence.” They appear to have -arrived about .S()D B.c. Some’ time after the “ Sloegf.wys,” also ,6f Kimmerian origin, arrived from Gascony, ‘and the “Brython” from Bretagne. The Saxons did not arrive-in Eritajn until.3Bß A. A , After’them came the Northmen, arid finally, ,iii ( lo66, by the arrival of the Normans,Hthe last of the tribes having arrived,—the kingdom wa§ .-consolidated,, j-nd from’ that’ day to this’ no foreign ‘Power'has ,i>fen able,do get. foothold on “ the, tight lijtle , Eland.” i London is. the ojdy European capital whose streets have not at some time or other been trodden’by a foreign foe. This in itself is a -somewhat remarkable ■factTbut'in'uurndtional self-complacency auddself-conceit we- take it all as a matter of course, and-believe that it is “ our own arm”'that, has' done it. Has “ Incredulous" .ever remarhed-; that we -English never amalgamatc,with foreign nations.taHas ,he remarked,that’ wherever, we colonise'Ahe aborignes , melt away before us ? All of which was prophesied of Israel. Where, other nations atterhpt-colonising operations they gradually get mixed up with the aboriginal inhabitants, until at last it is difficult to say what the .breed is. We stand alone.araongst the natiefns. It wasprophesied that Israel should have.nuiaerous colonies, and that her colonies shonld'fhelt the earth. J This is the case with her colonies, but it is not the case with any other nation. It was prophesied that Israel should lend to • many nations, but shoyld not borrow from them ; everyone knows that this is the case of England, and England only. It was prophesied that she should possess the. gate's* of her ■ enemies ; England, with .one .exception, possessss the gates of the whole world, “that oneexception is 'Constantinople,' and that gate will also shortly fall into, her keeping—

Stretch forth, stretch forth, from the south tp.-ihe ■ north; - ' - ■ From the east to the west stretch forth,; stretch forth. Strengthen your stakes and lengthen your cords;— The world is a tent for. the world's own lords;; ; Stretch forth and spread into every place. The w-orld is a world fbrthe Saxon race. England sowed .the glorious seed , ... In her wise old laws and her pure old creed,' -- - And her stout old heart, and her plain.old tongue; And her resolute energies over young, . . And her free bold hand,'ahd'her fair frank face. And her fai th in the rule of the Saxon race. But for fear, that‘a wrong construction may ba.placed'.npou.what Jf'have written, I.would refer your readers to the 33th Chapter of JJzekielj where they will find* for’What pdrpose Israel, or Britain, has been'so highly favored. “ Not for your sakes do I. this, saith the-L'ord God, be it known unto you• be ■ ashamed and confounded for your o\vu ways, O house of Israel.”— l am, &c., Neutral.