t and hanging of supposed
witches by England and New England, the bondage and slavery of the South.
So, to prove their creeds and systems correct, they each have a mode of
their own, Catholic, Episcopalian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist,
&c. _So also_, theologians have often been impatient to reconcile the
Scriptures with history, even to suggest mistakes in the sacred record.
Instance Daniel being made the THIRD RULER. _They supposed it meant
second_, but later researches show that Babylon had two rulers at that
time--namely, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar--so Daniel was made a third.
See the remains of Borsippia, near Babylon (Dan. v. 29). Now we know
that both Daniel and Berosus, the old Babylonian historians, were right,
and the Bible was right in using the word third. God in His revelation
has always been equal to man's need. Tradition--Abraham saw Shem, for
Shem lived some thirty years after Abraham's death. Shem, and
Melchisedek, and Job, are likely the same person. Certainly, Shem and
Melchisedek are the same, and by Egyptian historians called Philitis.
This Philitis was the builder of the Great Pyramid. Now Shem saw
Methuselah and Methuselah Adam. Thus, then, tradition would be
sufficient. As tradition failed, the written Word began. There is
little doubt now but that _Shem_, called also Melchisedek, was the
builder of the Pyramid, being instructed of God, as his father Noah had
been in building the ark, and as Moses with the tabernacle, and Solomon
with the temple, as the prophet in the text and context shows that the
wisdom of the man is often the gift of God. _See Moses also_. "And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying: See, I have called by name Bezaleel, the
son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the Tribe of Judah; and I have filled him
with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship: to devise cunning works, to
work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to
set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
And, behold, I have given him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the Tribe
of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom
that they may make all that I have commanded thee" (Exodus xxxi. 1-6).

Let us look at this building, for it is a special revelation for these
times. For this precise and scientific day God has provided. Science
and the Bible are interlocked in