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direct to Nineveh as God commanded him ;
and fails to
give us the least explanation of the nature of the trouble
between God and the people of Nineveh. A moment's
reflection should convince us that this is the main issue;
and had Jonah gone direct to Nineveh as he was commanded
to do, the incidents related of
his proposed visit
to Tarshish, which Dr. McGar\^ey delights to discuss,
would never have occurred. Still the question would remain,
What was the trouble between God and the Ninevites?
So long as we remain in ignorance upon this
subject, it follows that we can never understand and
appreciate the meaning of the Savior's utterances concerning
the mission of Jonah to the people of Nineveh.
Supposing, of course, that Dr. McGarvey's failure to
enlighten us upon this most important subject was an
oversight, we respectfully^ call his attention to it in the
hope that he will kindly furnish the desired information.
His repeated failures to do this lead us to call his special
attention to the incidents recorded in the narrative of
Jonah's visit to Nineveh, which are as follows:
"And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the
second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh,
that great
city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according^ to
the word of the lyord. And Jonah began
to enter into