Josephus described the almost unimaginable carnage the Jews brought upon themselves. The Jews refused repeated offers of mercy, preferring to fight against all reasonable hopes, some expecting a divine deliverer to intervene for them. In addition, thousands were captured to be enslaved. He estimates the Jewish death count at a staggering one and a half million. Flavius Josephus, a Jewish leader who earlier took part in the revolt, repeatedly and unsuccessfully pled with fellow Jews to desist. Jerusalem lies in ruins, its revered temple burned to the ground. The valiant Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, triumphantly completed the work begun by his esteemed father and decisively defeated the revolt of the Jews in Jerusalem against our noble empire. Sickness is no affliction, pain no cause, death itself no dissolution.My prayers are now all converted into praise.'ДISTANT DATELINE: Titus Quells Revolt, Devastates Jerusalem City in Flames, Jewish Temple Destroyed As he neared the end Toplady proclaimed, 'My heart beats every day stronger and stronger for glory. In the middle of the article he burst into song, printing for the first time the hymn 'Rock of Ages', which so ably describes Christ, the Rock of Ages, as the remedy for all our sin.ДЄugustus Toplady died of consumption at the age of 38. He wrote that just as England could never pay her national debt, so man could never by his own merits satisfy the justice of God. In March, 1776 Toplady published the hymn as part of an article in The Gospel Magazine, which he edited. There, protected from the buffeting wind and rain, Augustus Toplady conceived one of the most popular hymns ever written, 'Rock of Ages, Cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.' The weary traveler was able to find shelter standing under a rocky overhang. As the young minister traveled through the rugged country near England's Cheddar Gorge, the clouds burst and torrential sheets of rain pummeled the earth.

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