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Ruins of Empires, with his notorious illusion that our Blessed Saviour was 
an impersonation of the Sun. Bear in mind how utterly different the two 
men are, but compare the two ideas accidentally coincident. Consider his 
notion of archaic theological texts, and, as he appears to understand his own 
language, the compilation of the Pentateuch. Then take the problem which 
he lays before you, and which may be stated thus : — The traditions of primeval 
faith, collected from the world, have contributed to make up the Bible. Hence it 
would follow that the notion of revelation itself is traditional. Those poets 
had it who began from Jove. The incarnation of a god is a primitive tradition. 
The Egyptians had it eminently. Bedemption, perhaps also exemplified by 
some heroic incidents in history, is another; and this, associated with 
Horus, was wrought out in the New Testament account of Christ. The 
crucifixion was a visual illusion, as some reputed heretics believed. The 
problem being solved thus, the grossest infidelity follows, and we hear some 
men already speaking of Bible legends. 
These legends, however, are verified as real history by the confirmatory 
evidence of archaic monuments.* The mass of evidence is greatly enlarged ; 
the Christian world is abundantly satisfied; and without any sensation of 
“ alarm,” which our friend needlessly apprehends, we prosecute the collation 
of such documents with the text of Holy Scripture, and are content to trust 
in its Divine authority. 
THE REV. B. WREY SAVILE, M.A. 
Respecting Mr. Cooper’s remarkably able paper on the “Horus Myth,” 
which I have read with much interest, and, I trust, some profit ; although I 
have been investigating the subject of Egyptology at various times for some 
years, I frankly own that Mr. Cooper’s theory of the Horus myth being in any 
way connected with the Christian’s belief in the promised Messiah is some- 
thing quite new to me ; but I cordially agree with him — 1. That the subject is 
deserving of careful study ; and, 2. That whatever conclusion may be arrived 
at by those who investigate the matter, it can cause no more alarm to the 
believer in a Divine revelation than anything else in the realms of science 
discovered by the ingenuity of man. 
It is a singular fact that a school has recently arisen, headed by the Astro- 
nomer Royal of Scotland, who hold that there are many points connected with 
recent discoveries at the Great Pyramid of Ghizeh, which are capable of a 
Messianic interpretation. I have not been able to find conclusive evidence of 
* It has been with me a matter of great regret that so many of our 
Egyptologues and Assyriologues appear to set up their discoveries above 
the Bible, while they are in reality invaluable sources of confirmation to its 
marvellous historic and prophetic truth. As for the traditions, the precious 
monuments on which they appear, so far as my studies enable me to judge, 
demonstrate that as ages advanced they became weaker and more corrupt, 
men departing further from God. — W. H. R. 
