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THE

BRITISH ISRAELITES;

OR,

EVIDENCES OF OUR HEBREW ORIGIN,

GATHERED FROM

HISTORY, GENEALOGY, PHILOLOGY, AND HEATHEN CUSTOMS,

SCRIPTURAL STATEMENTS COMPARED WITH EXISTING FACTS,
OBJECTIONS ANSWERED, &c.

BY

LT COLONEL H. W. J. SENIOR,

FIRST BENGAL INFANTRY;

AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZEH CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO HISTORY,
SCIENCE, PROPHECY AND THEOLOGY," APPENDED AT THE END OF THIS WORK,
AND "WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST? WHOSE SON IS HE?"

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(Motto of Her Majesty's Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.)

"To the law and to the testimony."-ISA. viii. 20.

"I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say."-1 COR. X. 15.

"Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken, and hear for the time to come?"-ISA. xlii. 23.

"Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."-1 THESS. V. 20, 21.

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O happy, happy tidings, the kingdom now is opened,
The seals are all broken, proclaim it afar;

From bondage and oppression by Him we are delivered,
The Lion of Judah, the bright Morning Star.

O the Lion of Judah hath triumphed for ever,
O the Lion of Judah is mighty and strong;
Sweet anthem of the faithful, we hear it and rejoicing
Our hearts in glad measure keep tune with the song.

PREFACE.

ARE the British Israelites? This question is now being agitated throughout the world. Our opponents have been indefatigable in bringing forward every argument in their power to disprove the statement that we are the Ten Tribes of Israel, whose existence had been lost sight of for generations past; but they have been answered on every point by British-Israel Leaders with logical precision, so that hundreds of those who opposed, from an earnest desire to maintain what they believed to be truth, have been led to search more deeply into the matter, and have eventually become strong advocates in the cause.

In the following pages the reader may probably observe that much of the subject-matter consists of quotations. To have embodied in my own words the substance of these extracts would have been comparatively easy, and might have resulted in obtaining for me more credit for originality of matter than I deserved; but such a course would fail to have the desired effect of carrying weight and conviction at every step. As second hand or hearsay evidence is of little value, I preferred that my readers should have proofs, as far as lay in my power, in the original words of the writers quoted, so that they may be enabled, by reference, to test the correctness of the quotations, and to judge of the competency of the authors, as unprejudiced witnesses. It has always been a fundamental principle of Israelitish law that at the mouth of two witnesses, or three, every word was to be established (2 Cor. xiii. 1).

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