The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-20

others by and by emigrated to India
and China; in due time others passed
into western Asia and Europe.
One of the strongest proofs that
this was true is found in the fact
that, as these people came to differ
widely in dialects, the elements of
their language were the same, or very
similar to that of their mother cOun-
try; for Instance, the monosyllables
signifying pa and ma are the same as
those used in Turania, whether near
or far from it, 1t would be difficult
to account for this fact only on the
ground that the different languages
Of the world sprung upfrom the same
stem and stock, Ii we have today
nearly three thousand different Ian
guages, the above statement is as
true as in pre- historic times.
Then, too, the origin Of many
names applied to physical objects in
various countries, may be traced to
the cities and gods Of Turania. Thus
the mountain from whose brow Moses
departed this life, must have received
the name, Nebo, by some settlers
around it who had come from the
northland and had been wont to
worship Nebo, the prophet god of
Borsippa, the patron of writing and
literature. Because this god was
very sacred to them and as they Gov
eted the best appelIation TO this
height which they profoundly adj
mired, naturally enough, they would
call it after the god that they sin
cerely loved.
In a similar way we can account for
the name Sinai. Sin was the Turan-
ian name of the moon, which was es-
pecially the god worshiped in Ur, the
birthplace of Abraham and long the
home of Teran, who adored themoon
as the one true deity. As emigrants
dwelt near the mountains by the Red
Sea, they applied the most signif
cant names to them, as Horeb and
Sanai. SO. as some Of the outgoing
clans settled on the banks of the
Nile and erected grand cities and
monuments. they were constructed
after the style of those in their moth
er land. The temple aud monolith
must be pyramidal in form and set
exactly with the cardinal points, and
as they named them they would often
apply terms borrowed from diyinitiea
honored in their old home; so their
Oxford city was named On, their
capital city Memphis. and their
grandest city Thebes.
These names are sure iudices Of
the place whence they We're derived.
Long after Egypt had been settled
and some twocepturies after the Del
uge. the Hyksos. or Shepherd Kings,
came into Egypt from the Turaniap
mountains and settled on the Delta.
Of course they brought with them in
the main the language Of the mother
race; they increased rapidly in num-
bers by births and immigrations, so
that at no distant period they con
auered and took possession of the
land.
They were especially devoted to
farming and brickmaking. They
brought with them cuneiform writ
ings and produced more while they
dwelt in the land. These inscriptions
were upon tablets, some three hun
dred of which have been recently dis
covered at Zoan, putting the question
at rest as to their origin. This ten
dency of emigration continued and
perchance at length turned Abra,
hams attention tothis southland and
Induced him in the course of events
To seek home ON the rich fields bv
tbe Nile
Tbis occurred about 1920 /. C.
Here be lived for many years, caring
for large herds Of cattle and hocks of
sheen In 1924 r. C.. his GREAT grand