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Psalm XCVII.
1 The majesty of God’s kingdom. 7 The church
rejoieeth at God’s judgment upon idolaters.
10 An exhortation to godliness and gladliness.
THE Lord reigneth; let the earth re
joice; let the multitude of isles be glad
thereof.
2. Clouds and darkness are round about
him; righteousness and judgment are the
habitation of his throne.
3. A fire goeth before him, and burneth
up his enemies round about.
4. His lightnings enlightened the world ;
the earth saw, and trembled.
5. The hills melted like wax at the pres
ence of the Lord, at the Lord of the whole
earth.
6. The heavens declare his righteousness,
and all the people see his glory.
7. Confounded be all they that serve grav
en images, that boast themselves of idols;
worship him, all ye gods.
8. Zion heard, and was glad; and the
daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy
judgments, O Lord.
9. For thou Lord, art high above all the
earth; thou art exalted far above all gods.
10. Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he
preserveth the souls; he delivereth them
out of the hand of the wicked.
11. Light is sown for the righteous, and
gladness for the upright in heart.
12. Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous;
and give thanks at the remembrance of his
holiness.
The Mysterious Name.
ONLY TILE HIGH PRIEST COULD SPEAK IT.
Once each year, on the Day of
Atonement, while the Jewish Temple
at Jerusalem remained, the high
priest was accustomed to pronounce
upon the bowed and awe-stricken mul
titude of worshippers the blessing
which contained the mysterious name
of God. On no other occasion, and
from the lips of no other person could
this name be spoken, and when the
sacred city fell before the Roman
armies, and the Temple itself was
razed to the ground, the ceremony like
wise perished and the name was lost.
A peculiar interest in this extraor
dinary name has always been evinced
by scholars and antiquarians. There
is something in the mystery that sur
rounds it, that appeals alike to the
strict religionist and to the investiga
tor whose only motive is the desire to
explore the region of the obscure.
What was this name that could not
even be pronounced without blas
phemy, and which has in consequence
passed away from the knowledge of
mankind ?
As is well known the consonants of
the name are JHVH or YHVH ; and
since the time of the Hebraist Gala
tinus the popular usage has been to pro
nounce it Jehovah, following the ex
ample of that scholar. Yet no one
believes this to be in any way correct,
and the ingenuity of hundreds of com
mentators has been taxed to restore
the original vowels. The name itself,
however, it was primarily pronounced,is
one of marvelous antiquity. It is de
rived from a verb, but was almost for
gotten in the time of Moses, and its
origin is absolutely lost in the midst of
an antiquity that makes the pyramids
seem insufferably modern. It was the
essentially national name given to the
Creator by the Jews —the name by
which they thought of Him in the
privacy of their own homes, in the
presence of their own altars —too sa
cred to be spoken, save once each
year, and by the lips of the conse
crated priest of the Most High. So
hedged about was it with reverence
that the Rabbins do not even dare to
write about it, but allude to it myste
riously as “The Name,” or “The
Name of Four Letters,” in which the
Samaritans likewise follow them. Yet,
although* it seems so wholTy Jewish,
some of the most singularly coinci
dences are to be found in the usage of
other ancient languages. In the Chi-
nese, some thousand years before
Christ, there are allusions to a ‘ ‘name
of three mystical letters, IHV,” deno
ting that which none can comprehend.
Among the Phoenicians the name had
equal reverence; the Greek writers
speak of the “great name” which they
imperfectly give as IEUO or I AO;
and an inscription in the adytum by
the temple of Isis at the Egyptian Sais
recalls the same dread tetragram ma
ton. It would seem almost as though
this were the title by which primeval
man was divinely taught to worship
his creator.
As has been said, the name, so far
as can be learned, has never been pro
nounced since Titus destroyed the
Temple at Jerusalem in A. D. 70.
Whether before that time it was in
any way fully committed to writing is
quite unknown. Some of the Rab
bins who are unable to deny that the
recorded miracles of Christ were ac
tually wrought, declare that he ac
complished them by accidentally gain
ing possession of a parchment in
which “The Name” was fully written,
and which thus conferred upon its
owner extraordinary and supernatu
ral powers. Whether previously writ
ten or not, it must have been so re
corded after Jerusalem fell; for we
learn of individuals who preserved the
true pronunciation for many centu
ries. Josephus, in his “Antiquities,”
speaks of the name, but says that it
would be unlawful for him to explain
it. The Jewish Mishna speaks of a
Jew named Kamzar who was aware of
the sound of the letters. In fact, as
late as the year 1650 the Oriental
Leusden met a Jew at Amsterdam who
professed to be able to utter them cor
rectly. His family, he said, had pre
served the traditional pronunciation
by means of writing. Leusden offered
the man a large sum of money if he
would utter the word just once, and
his offer was accepted; but shortly aft
er, and before the payment had been
made, so great a terror seized upon
him as to seal his lips, nor could he
be persuaded either by bribes or en
treaties to perform his promise.
The secret, therefore, must be re
garded as wholly lost; nor perhaps,
would a spirit of reverence desire it to
be discovered, though even the most
orthodox Christians regard the Jew
ish feeling about the name as nothing
better than a superstition. Whatever
one may think, the mystery that sur
rounds the whole subject appeals very
strongly to the imagination, as is seen
in the melancholy end of a well
known American scholar who devoted
his whole life to an investigation of th°
name, and upon whose mind the ques
tion wrought so strongly as to pro
duce insanity.
It maybe of interest to give the va
rious pronunciations that different
scholars have considered the most
probable. Cappel would have it Y ah
von; Furst, Yeheveh; Mercer, Yehveh,
and Wright, Yahaveh; but perhaps the
majority of Orientalists incline to
Yahveh. In reading the Hebrew
Scriptures the Jews themselves never
pronounce the word at all, but sub
stitute the ordinary Adonal or “Lord.”
—Home Journal.
All parties in South Carolina and
the eastern part of Georgia, who desire
information relative to rates schedules,
etc., on freight business, and informa
tion about the best way to travel, etc.,
between Georgia and the Northwest,
will please call on, or write to George
M. Brown, Southeastern Agent West
ern & Atlantic Rajlroad, whose address
is at Atlanta, Ga. He will take pleas
ure in answering all questions prompt
ly and in giving all the assistance pos
sible in his line.
THE KENNESAW GAZETTE.
WAR MEMORIES.
A Reminiscence of the Battle of
New Hope Church.
What General Stewart Said of General M. A. Stov
all and His Georgia Troops, and What
General Sherman Said of the
Fight at ‘-Hell Hole.”
Old war memories make very re
freshing reading matter at times, es
pecially when a recital of the brave
deeds of friends and acquaintances are
found by chance, perhaps, or in read
ing some stray scrap or paper.
An instance is in point where the
Evening News finds in the schedule
book of the Western & Atlantic Rail
road, which contains extracts from
sketches and official reports of battles
along the Kennesaw Route, a most
complimentary allusion to General M.
A. Stovall, and the brave soldiers un
der him, in the battle of New Hope
Church. General Stovall’s record in
war and peace is known and admired
by all in this community, but there are
many instances of special interest on
the field and in camp which, if record
ed, would add even to the admiration
universally felt for Gen. Stovall in this
community.
No part of the great struggle deserves
more of praise and glory than the un
equal fighting of the Southern soldiers
against the invading hosts of Sherman
under the shadow of Kennesaw and
along the Western & Atlantic Railroad,
Mr. Jos. M. Brown has done and is
doing much to recall the glorious days
which tried men’s souls, and his inspir
ing poem of “The Guns on Kennesaw”
deserves to make him famous. He has
clustered memories of warlike days in
his own peaceful pages in reference to
his road, and from a little pamphlet is
sued by him we clip the following from
the official report of the battle of New
Hope Church made by Gen. Alex. P.
Stewart:
“On Wednesday evening, May 25,
being in line of battle near New Hope
Church —Baker’s brigade on the right,
Clayton’s in thejeentre, Stovall’s on the
left, Gibson’s in reserve, except Aus
tin’s battalion, and the Sixteenth, un
der Col. J. C. Lewis, who were in front
as skirmishers —the enemy, after firing
a few shells, advanced and attacked
along my entire front. Baker’s and
Clayton’s men had piled up a few logs,
Stovall’s Georgians were without any
defense. The entire line received the
attack with great steadiness and firm
ness, every man standing at his post.
The fight began toward five o’clock, and
continued with great fury until after
night. The enemy were repulsed at
all points, and it is believed with heavy
loss. * * * The calm determina
tion of the men during this engage
ment of two and a half or three hours
was beyond all praise. The enemy’s
advance seemed to be in three lines of
division front without artillery. No
more persistent attack or determined
resistance has anywhere been made.”
The following, in reference to the
same battle, is from Gen. Sherman’s
Memoirs, volume 2, page 44 :
“This point, ‘New Hope,’ was the
accidental intersection of the road lead
ing from Allatoona to Dallas with that
from Van Wert to Marietta, * *
and from the bloody fighting there for
the next week was called by the sol
diers, ‘Hell Hole.’
And yet there are those who say
that the Confederate army, while un
der Gen. Johnston’s command, did not
fight. These people clearly do not
know what they talk about. The.com
mands from Georgia in this fight were
the 40th, 41st, 42d, 43d and 53d Geor
gia regimentsand the Ist Georgia State
Line. Many an old veteran remem-
bers all the battle scenes in North Geor
gia, and all of them will read this little
bit of history with pleasure.” — Augus
ta, Ga. Evening News.
The Indian Mounds.
Lasting Monuments of Long-ago Tribes
Who Inhabited this Country —A Beau
tiful and Prospective Farm.
One of the prettiest and best
farms in Georgia lies not two miles
from Cartersville. It is owned and
run by G. H. Tumlin, who is a capi
tal farmer and shrewd business man.
The beautiful Etowah river, on the
banks of which lie bodies of land with
a rich and productive soil from four to
ten feet deep, flows along by the side
of this farm its full length. In this
magnificent farm Mr. Tumlin possesses
a splendid fortune —independent, last
ing. New York stocks may tumble,
New York banks may collapse 'with a
crash, scattering dismay and confusion
throughout business circles from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from Cana
da to the gulf, but a man with a farm
like that of Henry Tumlin, will scarce
ly experience a slight tremor.
The most famed and interesting of the
things attached to this farm are the
celebrated Indian mounds. They are
two in number, one being a small one
and of not much importance, the other
is of large dimensions. They both aie
on the north side of the Etowah river.
The larger one stands upon a strip of
alluvial land, called river bottom.
From the margin of the summit to the
base, it measures 111 feet. Its decliv
ity is great, since its perpendicular
height is 75 feet. The circumference
of the base is 1,114 feet. To it there
are three parapets, one of which ex
tends from the summit to the base,
and can be ascended easily on horse
back. The other two, after rising thir
ty or forty feet, terminate in a kind of
triangular platform. Its top is level,
and there are about two acres of very
fertile land on it. This land has been
cleared and is in a high state of culti
vation. On these wonderful mounds
the Indians gazed with as much curi
osity as any white man. When this
country was first settled by white men
the oldest Indians had not even tradi
tions respecting the building of these
mounds. But they all agreed that they
were built by their people.
In cultivating the land on the top
of the larger mound, Mr. Tumlin has
found many curiosities. Such as im
ages, beads, pipes of stone, cooking
utensils, etc. But nothing has as yet
been discovered which will give a cer
tain clue as to who built the mounds.
From the size of the trees grown upon
the larger mound, one can know that
they are several centuries old. — Car
tersville American.
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