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the death of 100,000 people; it was felt over a great part of Europe.
The city of Lisbon was visited on the morning of November 1st, 1755, with
an earthquake so severe that in a few minutes 60,000 persons perished,
and most of the city was destroyed and buried beneath the water of the
bay some 600 feet.

The country given to Abraham embraces all of what we call Syria. It is
central, and specially adapted for the future purposes of God through
Abraham's seed. Beginning with the North-west corner, the boundaries
will be Mount Taurus, river Euphrates, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red
Sea, River Nile, and Mediterranean, enclosing Syria, Arabia Deserts,
Arabia Felix and Arabia Petroea. Thus it will be seen that the Abrahamic
inheritance is surrounded by water, except at two points--namely, the
North-west land boundary, which is between the Euphrates and the
Mediterranean Sea. The entrance is through the mountain range of Taurus,
and forms a natural gate or mountain pass from Europe and Asia into
Palestine. Here, when the Tribes are resettled in the land of Palestine,
this gate will be in the allotment of Dan. Our Irish brethren will again
be in the North-west, where they will have to fight and defend the land
and the truth, as in days of old, for their brethren. The fact is, "Dan
shall judge his people as one of the Tribes of Israel," said old Jacob.
The judge in olden times sat in the gate. So will Dan sit. Moses said
that Dan was a lion's whelp. Among Israel it is customary to put lions
as guards at gateways. The Southwest corner, between the Mediterranean
and the Sea of Suez, forms the other land boundary. Through this gate
will come the teeming millions of Africa. At this gate will be the Tribe
of Gad--that is, a portion of the Scotch, the lowlanders. The Tribes
will be hemmed in one by another so that they cannot enlarge their
territory; but Gad can, for a vast country opens up beyond the gate. It
is barren; still the desert is to blossom as a rose. Of Gad it was said
by Moses, "Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lion and
teareth the arm with the crown of the head. And he provided the first
part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he
seated." You remember that Sinai is in this portion. What sight and
foresight Jacob and Moses had! The land as thus bounded would be 600
miles broad from the Red Sea to the River Euphrates, and 1,390 between
the Red Sea and Persi