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20sBdpr(~brpu)Ih-Age for May 25, rgar.- - -"a""..--- - - --..Aof th. everlestingnesrr, the prince of gods andmsn, tha god of gods, king of ldngg lord oflords, prince of princes, the governor of theworld, whose exirtencc is euerlastiqf. (Pawnu of Ani, Plate I, in the Britiah hfnseum)Omria was the god who made men and women. to rise from the dead, and bestowed npon themeverbating life. He was the resurrection itsell.--Grui.de to the Eg~lptian Collectiom in the British Mwetrm, p. 139.We have already seen that, after the deatharid mutilation of the body of Osiris, the mangodof Egypt, by Seth (Sem or Shem), Hornsthe son of Osiris, assisted by a number of beingswho were called the "followers of Horns", performeda series of magical rites whereby therejoining of the limbs of the god was effected,and he revived. The Egyptians argued: "Cerlainceremonies were performed by Horns onthe body of Osiris, and he was mummified, andas a result he rose to everlasting life; we thereforewill have the same ceremonies performed- over olcr dead bodies, that we also may Iiveagain". This sccus to have been the reasoningwhich origi~lntecl the practice of mummification.The Ea-ptians firmly believed that if the bodywas not preserrecl after death, future life \\;asimpossible. Consequently they endeavoredabove all else to insure that their mummieswould hare perfect protection, epending largesumsof money on intricate tombs, etc., so thatit may truthfnllp be said that this peopLe expendedmore npon the dead than upon the living.It demonstrates how "void of judgment?they mere, and how deceived by Satan; for howcould the preservation of their poor bodiessecure for them a future EfelWe are reminded of the Apostle Paul's ridi-cule of .some 11-110 were evidently arg~ing likethe Egyptians: "Thou fool, thou son-est not thatbody that shall he!" It is established that in theesrlier centmries the bod? was first clisrnemberedbefore mmlmification, in inlitation of thedismembered body of their. god Osiri~. In con-and thc Bibk (Pan nQ)-~Jthb~osyarHE monnmmta OP ~ g~pt tb.t the vm- trast, the Lord foretoki by His holy propha&T sbip of ddrL date. from th. earliest timy that the desh of the world's true Redeemerand tkat ho waa regmdad rs the "god-manowho wodd not ree cormption, nor wonld a bone of- &OW, did, row rrgatr, and reim eternally His body be .broken.-Exodus l2 : 43-46 ; P hin h~ven". He ass tho "king of eterni*, lord 34:20; John19:33-36;~c'ts2:31. - aIt is important to notice that in their elaWrate religious system, the idea of repentwenever entered the minds of the EgyptTsm. Withthem the commiseion of sin war regarded aamerely a breach of the ritnal law of the cornmunity,and could be atoned for by certain papmen t s, after which the law-breaker consideredhimseV free from aIl obligation, real or mordIn the Coptic, which is t&e nearest to the anuientlanguage of Emt, then is no word for "rapentance";the translators were obliged tetransfer the Greek word itself into the Coptic.version of the Xew Teatpment. As alt heathenreligions are essentiaIIy the asme, this manifestsa vital difference between them aid tbctrue religion; for repcntame from due ir thofirst step in the work of salvation, ar ddaredby the Apostle Peter when he addressed thoassembled Israelites in the temple: '%pent yetherefore, and be converted, that your sins maybe blotted out'. (Acts 3 : 19) The Pnpd Churchfollows the lead of its ancient type in diaannullingthe need for repentance from sins andatonement by the blood, by institnting "inddgences"and the "sacrifice of the mass".l'rcle Log and Christmas TreeOne of fie titles of the fake Xessiah warBaal-berith, which means "Lord of the Covenant,"and as such he is referred to in Jndgor8: %#And it came to pass, as soon as Gidesnwas dead, that the chilclren.of Israel turn,dagain. . . and macle Baal-berith their god",It is now recognized tbat the 25th day of December,although called "Christmas-day," ie notthe true date of the birth of our Lord Jesus.The beginning of October is more nearly correotfor his birth as a man, and April for his birthas a new creature. Rnt the 25th day of Decem-ber mas originally observed by heathen conntriesfar and ~ide, in honor of the supposed'birth of their false JLessiah (TYilkinsonJs Egyptians,Vol. We,-p. 403) and it was in order toconoiliate them and to mell the.number of the