The Great Pyramid.

open to speculation . Herodotus informs us that it was believed to be the work of Philitis , a Hyksos , or Shepherd King , who by supernatural power invaded Egypt , and subdued it without a battle , and eventually quitted it by capitulation . There are those who hold that this Hyksos was none other than Melchizedek , who is called King of Salem , and by some Jeru-salem . Whether the information gleaned b y Herodotus from the Egyptian Priests was worthy of acceptance , or whether they

imposed their unreliable traditions upon him , is a matter we must leave for the reader to decide . Captain B . W . Tracey , R . N ., who has written an admirable work on "A Scriptural view of the Great Pyramid , " in treating this subject has a paragraph which we consider weU worth quoting ; he states : " How vain and futile have been the efforts o £ man to unravel the secret of its Builder ; and this mi ghty monument stands on the earth , like Melchizedek , without parentage , to all our

' savants , '—it is beyond them even to imagine where the science of its Architect came from , and all their ideas of it are based on the traditions of Egyptian enmity ; which in itself is almost proof positive that it was erected as a witness for good—principally to unfold the truth of His Holy Word . " The settlement of the question as to its Builder will not , however , affect the great truths it indicates . Anyone who has studied the construction of the Great Pyramid will not dispute the fact that it was the work of "the grand Master Masons of the old times , " as stated by Charles Casey , in his work on "PHILITIS . " There have been those who nevertheless have striven to place the Great Pyramid on the same level as the other Pyramids

of Egypt . They say , " AVhy this above the rest ? It was only built as a mausoleum for the mummied remains of old King Cheops . " Unmistakable evidence answers the question , and unsettles the statement ; but with regard to what it was intended for , that will form the theme of the three subsequent articles , and we will only state here , with regard to its being placed on a par with the other Pyramids , that nothing could be wider from the truth , or more difficult for the Pyramid student to accept .

It is true the Great Pyramid is in Egypt ; but it is not of Egypt . Its polished and unlettered stones speak in a language most unequivocal , that its exquisitely worked slabs , by their measurements , point to certain cosmic and ethic truths which cannot in the slightest degree be traced in any of the other buildings . As in the case of the magicians of Egypt , in the time of Moses , they assayed to work by their arts the miracles which Moses effected by the power of the Most Highand . in some

, instances they appeared to succeed ; but that did not disprove the source from whence Moses derived his power , neither do the other Pyramids by their apparent similarity reduce the Great Pyramid to the same level with the rest . The other Pyramids are filled with Egyptian hieroglyphics , but by their construction there is not one single ray of cosmic light emitted , although the builders had the Great Pyramid before them as a model . The sacred and scientific truths taught by the Great Pyramid were even

concealed from the workmen who assisted in its erection , which will explain how it came to pass that there was such a disimilarity between them ancl the Great Pyramid on the northern edge of the Gheeza Hill , at the apex of the Delta of Egypt .

While with cautious and tentative steps we tread the paths frequented by such distinguished Pyramid-scholars as Professor Piazzi Smyth , Astronomer Royal for Scotland ; Charles Casey , author of " Philitis , " etc . ; Captain B . W . Tracey , R . N ., and others , whose works indicate indefatigable labour , we shall , we trust , be able to establish the triple argument , viz . —the Scientific , the Historic , and the Prop hetic character of this unique structure . Should the effort to establish the triple argument be successful , it will then be no difficult matter for the reader to accept the Great Pyramid as the "WITNESS" referred to by Isaiah xix . 19 , 20 .