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strange history connecting it with Empire. He knew the But why should we conclude that the original "ten
Scots venerated the Stone and were willing to die for shields" around the Stone displayed the primary em-
it. He knew the Scottish nation and believed there was blems of the ten tribes of the northern House of Israel?
an aura of fatality, inseparable from their ancient Because no other emblems would be fitting for that
Stone, which convinced them that their monachy could unique situation! Likewise could we say that the origi-
not be shaken while the relic was in the land; but it nal painting on the inside of the back of the chair had to
would suffer great changes were the Stone removed. be that of Edward the Confessor. Any other person
So he took the Stone after defeating them in battle. would have been out of place.

On the surface he wanted to persuade the Scots that the One final comment; did Mr. Planch miscalculate? Did
time for the dissolution of their kingdom had come, the original design have twelve emblems? It would rep-
and so dampen their hopes of ever recovering their na- resent the whole family of Jacob: the House of Israel
tional liberty. But inwardly Edward dreamed of an Em- and the House of Judah, united in the uttermost part of
pire, and he its sovereign lord. Was there truth in the the earth -- North and West of Jerusalem.
prophecy about the Stone; he wanted it! To ensure that
his secret desire was not flawed, he had all the Scottish -- Gloria Counts for Wake Up!
monuments destroyed, and books and records burned. July/September 1993.
Our Viking Ancestors
"Unless the fates are faithless grown,
And Prophet's voice be vain,
Where'er is found this Sacred Stone, The Times, London, recently gave prominence to an
The wanderer's race shall reign." instructive item Traders Not Raiders by the intrepid
sea rover, Thor Heyerdahl, of Kon Tiki fame. In addi-
This detestable act was abhorred by all who knew of it tion to its absorbing interest to those interested in sea-
(History of England, by M. Rapine de Thoyras, page borne comings and goings, it came as especially wel-
427). Referring to this, de Thoyras wrote "Those re- come to those of us who are anxious to spread the
cords were such a loss to the nation, to their posterity knowledge that our forebears of old time -- Angles,
and to the world, as time could never replace." And he Saxons, Vikings, Jutes, Danes and Normans -- are Isra-
revealed that in a similar manner and from similar mo- elites by right of lineage and, as such, members of the
tives many valuable Irish records were also consumed. Family of Nations chosen by God as His Servant Peo-
ple, with a mission to maintain the contact between
After obliterating -- so he thought -- all vestige of Him and His human family by way of the faith of His
Scottish freedom and self-rule, Edward took their be- Son, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
loved Stone triumphantly to England, and lost no time
drafting plans to build a new chair for it. In the Ward- As a prelude, it is necessary, briefly, to dispel the myth
robe Account book it is referred to as the Stone from that the peoples whom, for convenience, we may
Scotland, not "Scotland's Stone." Also, it seems that tersely name the Celto-Saxons are, ethnically speak-
someone provided knowledge convincing Edward to ing, 'mongrels.' Two accepted authorities, out of many,
change from a bronze chair to an oaken chair, and again may with advantage be quoted. Sir Arthur Keith wrote:
he appears to have looked back on the history of the 'We are descendants of Celts, Angles, Saxons, Jutes,
Children of Israel: "And Joshua...took a great stone, Danes, Normans, Flemings and Huguenots....They were
and set it up there under an oak,...(Joshua 24:26). not, in a physical sense, different peoples.... Notwith-
standing exceptions...they are the least mongrel...to be
It may be that Edward had the lions designed for the found in any country of Europe." Professor Gunther,
chair because the "Lion" represents "Kingship," but it is eminent German anthropologist, affirmed: 'Angles,
equally possible that he did so because he knew that the Jutes, Danes, Vikings, Normans...were predominantly
biblical Judah was symbolically represented by a lion. Nordic peoples.'
When it was built the chair had a cover. Had it contin-
ued in use there would not be a mystery about the As to water-borne commerce, it is now accepted that
missing shields. Evidently the step was to assist the extensive commercial relations existed, eastwards
monarch's ascent to the high-seated chair. The entire from Britain as far as Bible lands, by as early as 1600
structure seems to have been quite an accomplishment. B.C. The trails were well sailed and well-trodden. In

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