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The necessity and satisfaction of a good map to an intelligent reader or student need not he argued. Since, in our own country, but a few years since, so many friends at home read the papers with map in hand, following the army in which some member of the household was fighting or falling in the war between the States, the people of this country have learned to appreciate the value of a map. Much more is this true in reading of countries far away, and of which we know so little. There is exciting interest, as well as vast importance, in the study of Bible history and geography-but only so with good helps. Without such helps it is dry, tedious and unsatisfactory.
Accuracy and Newness,-Of Bihle maps now on the market, nearly all are copies of antiquated publications, compiled before the Ordinance Survey of Palestine and othor Bihle countries was made, and bence have not the advantage of the recent important discoveries and explorations. Hence, many of the geographical and historical discrepancies of the Bible, and so-called " Mistakes of Moses."
These MAPS are all new; they are compiled from the latest and most reliable authorities, and take in all the essential facts of the latest researches. Each map in the series is the result of years of research by experienced engineers and Bihle scholars. The engraving is first class, done hy a competent artist and under the supervision of the publisher, who has had twenty years of experi- ence in the business. The coloring, or rather painting, is all done by hand, at large expense, which gives that sharp, positive appear- ance peculiar only to painting.
Special Features .- While there are some features of these maps that are possessed by others, it is hut candor and justice to the publisher, and to the public, to say that there are improve- ments and important advantages in them over all others. As they are the LATEST, they aro also the BEST. One of these is an INDEX OF PLACES. To a person not familiar with Bihle geog- raphy, tbis is au advantage that cannot be over-estimated, and to all readers is a great saving of time !
In reading of what bappened to Paul at Lystra, many would not know whether Lystra was in Palestine, Asia Minor, or Assyria;
but by taking up the map of Paul's Travels and glancing down the Index to L, it is seen that Lystra is found in square K-e, and in a moment the place is seen, and the connection between the events at Lystra and those at Derbe, Antioch and Iconium, as recorded in Acts XIV, are plain and full of intense interest. And so of many other places, The reader has not to search a large map over to find a place and then perhaps fail; hut has all the advantage of the great amount of time and care it required to prepare tbe Index.
Another special advantage is in the CLASSIFICATION of names and places on the Index, so that the reader can find all the mountains, or rivers, or cities, etc., in the list under that head.
But a feature that was the fruit of much careful effort, and one that will be much appreciated, is the PRONUNCIATION of every word on all the maps, (excepting the Arabic names on that of Modern Palestine) according to the latest and hest authorities. With the syllables divided and accents marked as they are, any one can easily pronounce those " dreadful " Bible names, and soon become familiar with them. Uniform and correct Bible pronunciation among divines, teachers and students of the Bible is something greatly to he wished, and it is believed that this work will contri- bute much toward that end.
Another feature that will prove of great value is that of indi- cating by concentric circles the distances of all Bihle places, and modern geographical places also, from the selected center. On one map the center is Jerusalem; on another the distances are measured from the great commercial metropolis of our own coun- try, New York. It is a great satisfaction in reading to know just the distance Jerusalem is from Rome, or from Babylon, or how far any of these places are from New York. To ascertain any of these the reader does not have to stop and find a rule, or some- thing else, to measure the scale of miles, but has only to count the circles from the center to that place, and he knows it all.
The ENORAVED JOURNEYS on the several maps, with the names and numbers of the stations or stopping places, will prove a great satisfaction, not only to younger students, but to advanced ones as well. To trace these journeys will give young persons an unfailing source of pleasure, and awaken a new relish for the study of the Scriptures.
For General Use .- These maps, for every day reference in general secular reading, are worth får more than their cost in their educative influence in a family, being convenient, plain, and attrac- tive. With a set of these in hand a child can get an intelligent idea of what he reads, especially of foreign news.
The Expense .- It is little expense to reproduce in smaller form a copy ot some antiquated map, and such copies may he sold cheap. They cost little and are worth little. But these MAPS are new in every particular. A great amount of time and lahor and large expenditure of money have been necessary to compile, engrave and publish a work adapted to the present wants of tbe Bible reader and Sabbath School worker, in this age of advanced thought and correct information.
Such a work is produced in this series of maps, and yet they are sold at a price no higher than many of those inferior articles of not one-tenth the cost or value of these. A set of wall mnaps, covering the territory and advantages of this set of MAPS, would cost at least one hundred dollars, hesides heing very inconvenient to use,
The Maps Separately,-The reader's attention is called to the peculiar character and advantages of each map :-
NO. 1 .- SCRIPTURE WORLD ON MERCATOR PROJECTION.
The plan of this map is entirely new, nothing of the kind being before the public. The two peculiar advantages of it are to show, first, the relative position of any place in the Scripture world to our own country ; and, secondly, the distance of any given point from New York. The former is seen at a glance, with its latitude and longitude. The distance is calculated almost as quickly, as concentric circles are drawn, each representing one hundred miles, and these are marked every four hundred miles, so that the reader does not need to count the circles even, except those between the circles that have the numher of miles from the center marked upon them. As an instance, every one will he interested in know- ing the distance of Jerusalem from New York. A glance at the map shows that Jerusalem is very near to the circle midway between that marked "5600 M. from N. Y." and that marked "6000 M. from N. Y.," which shows that it is only a few miles over five thousand eight hundred (5,800) miles from the metropo- lis of our country. As to its relative position, the map shows it to he eight degrees of latitude, ncar five hundred miles, south of New York. Babylon, it will be observed, is ahout four hundred and twenty-five miles from Jerusalem, and directly east, as it falls on the same parallel of latitude. Rome falls exactly four thou- sand seven hundred miles from New York, and but two degrees
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farther nortb. St. Petersburg, in Russia, and Suez, in Egypt, fall on the same circle, and are hence the same distance from New York. London, England, is found to he four thousand one hun- dred miles, and a trifle over, from New York,
Mount Vesuvius, centuries ago, buried cities with its stiffening breath, and Etna is belching forth its thunder and its rivers of death while this is being written, To glanee from the morning paper at this map - but a moment's work - will give a fresh zest to the news brought by lightning last night from the points over four thousand seven hundred miles away.
This map will prove, by nse, to he very satisfactory.
NO: 2 .- SCRIPTURE WORLD, OIVING DISTANCES FROM JERUSALEM,
Much that is said of No. 1 is true also of No. 2, If No. 1 is so valuable for general reading, No. 2 is indispensable for intelligent and satisfactory Scripture study, All Scripture bistory eenters in Jerusalem, the metropolis of the Christian world. It was recog- nized as the world's religious eapital from the time of David to that of "David's greater Son; " and "Beginning at Jerusalem" was the order of work under the gospel dispensation. A cirele of less than fifty miles radius will eover all the territory traveled by Christ on earth, excluding his flight into Egypt wben he was an infant. The mission of the Apostles was mueb wider. Paul crossed the Rubicon of the world, and carried tbe Christian han- ner over not only Palestine and Syria, but over all Asia Minor and the Islands of the Egean Sea ; and not stopping bere he sailed over the boundaries of continents and went as far west as Greece and Rome.
How far must Paul go from Jerusalem in order to "appeal unto Cæsar?" Look at the map; it quiekly and accurately tells ; 1,450 miles in an air line. How many miles he zigzagged about the coast of the Mediterranean, or how many while "driven up and down in Adria," no one can tell. How far away was that "cloak " which Paul left at Troas, and which he wrote to Timothy to bring to Rome to eover the shivering form of the prisoner, "Paul, the aged," as he lingered in Nero's prison? Timotby earried it and the "hooks" and "parchments" over 700 miles !
Rameses, the starting point of the exodus of Israel, was by our map exactly 200 miles from the capital of the promised land, The distances which the Jews. were carried in the captivities, the journeyings of Abraham, the location of Mt. Ararat, where the ark rested and where Noah disembarked to begin anew in the world. These and all other questions of Bible history are invested with a new interest and profit when studied with the aid of such a map.
NO. 3 .- OLD TESTAMENT PALESTINE.
The country is there represented as it was in the bistory recorded of that time. The allotments of the tribes of Israel, the surrounding nations with which they so often warred, the cities as they then stood and were visited by patriarch, king and prophet; the cities of Refuge hoth east and west of Jordan ; cities of various classes here marked hy different characters; Scripture reference to important events of Bible history, and dates of battles fought at theso points in later times, make this map invaluable to the reader of the Old Testament, who desires to be thoroughly furnished in bis work, These places stand as God's monuments and bistorical arguments in this first volume of His Revelation to man,
NO. 4,-PALESTINE IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES,
It is no less satisfactory or instructive to see the Holy Land as it was in the days when Jesus and bis disciples and apostles trod its shores. The Tribes had ceased to hold their allotted parts, the captivities and captures of this land -the prize of all the nations - had changed the political divisions of the country, and our map sbows it as it was under Roman rule, with the four important divisions of Judea, Samaria, Galilee and Perea made prominent.
Anotber feature of this map that will give much pleasure and profit is the JOURNEYS OF JESUS, as bere engraved, with the several routes numbered and the direction of travel indicated by darts, with a list of places visited hy the Savior, and a reference to the place in Scripture where the record of the fact may be found. To follow up the several journeys, with Bible and this map and index in hand, would give a most pleasing chronological outline of the life of Christ on earth. To mark out and engrave these journeys of Jesus and prepare the Scripture references, cost much time and labor, and botb young and old will he delighted with it.
NO. 5,-LANDS OF THE EXODUS,
The most interesting portion of Old Testament history, undoubt- edly, is that connected with the sojourn of Israel in Egypt, tbeir
deliverance from its bondage, their journey to Canaan, and final possession of the promised land. When the typical meaning of all this is considered, the wanderings and trials of this world, the final deliverance from its sins and sufferings, and the entrance into the land of rest, wberein is the "New Jerusalem," the interest greatly inereases in the literal bistory. Every step of the way is a marvel and a miraele, and we want to see it all.
What a wonderful journey! From Egypt, the granary of the world, their asylum in famine, the land of the Pyramids, the Pharaobs, and the Ptolemies; the notable passage of the Red Sea; down the coast of the Gulf of Suez; the long halt at Sinai, where, amid thunderings and lightnings terrible, God gave his law to man; by the fountains which were opened in the desert for their refreshment ; wbere hread fell from heaven to feed them when famisbing, and meat came to tbem on feathery wing; wbere fiery serpents destroyed them wben they disobeyed; where foes met them and were defeated; where the spies were sent out and returned with the grapes of Eshcol; the sad turning baek, when on the very borders of the promised land, and the thirty-eight years of wandering again ; the final joyful journeying Canaan- ward, from the Gulf of Akaba; tbe perilous passage through Edom and Moab; the halting at Neho, while Moses should " view the landscape o'er" and die; the erossing of the Jordan; the place where the ark rested in Canaan, and where shouts went up when they had safely passed the miraculous water gates, as they did at both ends of their journey ; - every place has wonderful associa- tions and lessons, and we must trace themu at every step.
THE ROUTE OF THE ISRAELITES, with every station named and numbered, and the direction of travel shown by darts, with a list of the stations, is a feature of this map that is pointed to with pride as a very useful acquisition to Bible learning. It was made the subject of study and careful research for a full year by an experienced Bihle scholar, when the International Sunday School Lessons covered this portion of Bihle bistory, has been revised and improved by him up to the present date, with all the latest observations of travelers to assist him, and is believed to he as correct as it ean he made. With this map before the Bible reader, the wilderness of Zin is made to bud and blossom like the rose,
NO, 6 .- COUNTRIES OF THE EXILE.
If the history of the Exodus and possession of the promised land was full of interest, that of the Exile and return are scarcely less so. As this country has heen, until recently, but little explored, a Bible map of it is comparatively a new thing. Since the recent travels and explorations of eminent men, especially of Rev. Dr. Newman, of Washington, D. C., who traveled a thousand miles on borsehack through this country, and gave the world bis intelli- gent and interesting observations among the " Thrones and Palaces of Nineveh and Babylon," this section of the Bible lands has become of the same intense interest as other portions. Such bis- tories possess more thrilling interest than any " Arabian Nights Entertainmout," and Persia and Assyria will for some time he the scene of fresh biblical interest, and such a map as this hetter appre- eiated, as the history of Daniel and the captives, of Nebucbadnez- zar and Xerxes, is studied more and more.
The location of the GARDEN OF EDEN, man's primeval home, is fixed according to the most reliablo authorities, The relative position and distances of the palace of Shushan, the scene of tbe tonching events in the life of beautiful Queen Esther; Nineveh and Babylon, those marvels of history, the distance and direction of the captives on their going out and return, are some of the things which render this map of such great value.
On this map are also those striking and instructive illustrations of the MOUNTAINS OF THE BIBLE, giving a draft, or picture, of the mountains, with the actual beight of each, and their comparative beight with each other, By this it is seen that Mt. Ararat mounts up over 7,000 feet above all the sacred mountains, while Carmel is the lowest of all but one.
The otber illustration is the actual and the comparative lengtb of the RIVERS OF THE BIBLE, from Kidron, the shortest, to the majestic "river of Egypt," still the puzzle of the traveler, the marvel of the world. The illustration also shows the waters into which all Bible rivers empty. The sacred Jordan, with its ser- pentine course, stands fourth in the order of length, though second to none in the interest that gathers ahout its name. These illus- trations are attractive, and far more interesting to tbe young tban a table of dry figures of distanees and heights,
NO, 9,-JERUSALEM,
The saered city, revered alike by Christian, Mohammedan and Jew, is bere correctly and neatly engraved, with walls and streets marked, and the quarters of the different seets distinguisbed, and
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with every prominent place in the city named or numbercd, 50 that it may be referred to in the list. To visit this boly city, to feel the inspiration of saying, "Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem," is the acme of interest felt by travelers in the East to-day. Many can never enjoy this privilege, and must substitute for it the study of a map and bistorics wbich represent it as it is.
Few things at the world-renowned Chautauqua Assembly attract so much attention as the literal representation of the holy land hy the Park of Palestinc, where mountains are marked by mounds, seas and rivers shaped into proper proportions and filled with water, cities made of marble blocks in the proper places, and everything so real, though on a scale of an acre to one hundred miles. But the long lingering of the multitudes in the Park is before the city of Jerusalem, huilt a fac simile of the holy city as it stands in Palestine to-day, with elevations and depressions, walls and streets, minarets and towers, mosks, etc., ete., all true to life.
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