Messiah
or MESSIAS (-sī'as), in Jewish history and faith, the Anointed One; a certain Personage or Being regarding whom Daniel prophesied Christian history and faith, the Anointed One is in Greek Christos, from chrio to anoint. So thoroughly are the words identified, that the Hebrew mashiachh, which occurs 39 times in the Old Testament, is in every case rendered in the Septuagint christos. When Jesus of Nazareth consented to accept the appellation "the Christ," or simply "Christ," as His official designation, He claimed to be the Messiah of Daniel's prophecy (Matt. i: 16, xvi: 20, xxvi: 63; Mark viii: 29, xiv: 61; Luke iii: 15, ix: 20, xxii: 67; John i: 41, vi: 69, etc.). All Christendom has acknowledged the claim. MESSINA (mes-se'nä) ancient Messana, or Messene), a city of Italy, in the N. E. of Sicily, on the Strait of Messina, 56½ miles N. E. of Catania, and 120 N.
E. of Palermo; manufactures damasks and satins; trade very considerable; the exports consist principally of silk, oil, wine, coral, fruits, etc.; the imports are cotton and woolen fabrics, hardwares, and other articles of colonial produce.
The town runs parallel with the strait, and has, for its finest part, the Marina, The town runs parallel with the strait, of Bogota (United States of Color and has, for its finest part, the Marina, a long line of buildings facing the harbor, and running parallel with it for more than a mile. A broad quay separates it from the water. The town sweeps along the swelling eminences, and gradually rises so as to present almost every public edifice in a striking point of view.
The whiteness of the buildings forms a beautiful contrast to the dark-green of the forests behind. The harbor, which is formed by a projecting tongue of land, curved in the shape of a sickle, is 4 miles in circumference, the finest in the Mediterranean, and can accommodate more than 1,000 ships. The entrance, which is 700 yards wide, is defended by Fort Porto Reale and Fort Salvatore.
On Dec. 28, 1908, Messina was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake, which killed over 95,000 people. The city has now been partially rebuilt and its in- dustries resumed. Pop. about 130,000. has now been partially rebuilt and its industries resumed. Pop. about 130,000.