Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-25

King solomon. the famous ruler Of the
Icwiah nation unon the throne OF
David. The Abyssinians themselves
maintain that there f. documentary
evidence 81 this AMI nrmly believe ~
The authenticity of the legend while
TN Christian mgsionarios aa fu'e
deny u.
Tho Information concerning the 'N-
fr,.pco OF n sacred record ~ The Ahya-
rinlana onme 10 tho world through
Aiv,rez. Who visited the country Ia The
nrst part Of the sixteenth century ne
reported as foiaws:
',ye stayed In Aquaxumo for elght
months. Iina town was The city chan-
L.r ana abode " the queen SABA, VINO
look the camoia laden with gold 90
solomon when h. was bull1lng the tenn
pia "a Ioruaaiem. There q ln this town
"a very noble church. ln which w found
d very grent chronicle written IN the
rusulaa ~ The country. and II stated
in lta commencement how II had been
written ntri IN Hebrew and nftcrwafd
pui Into creek, ana from Ureek into
chdifea ana rom Ch1id0e into the
kbyaslnian tongue. in which IL now is.
%
g1ba hearing related the great and rich
works which solomon had begun in
IfruHlion. sht determined 10 10 aud
ssn him. ana shn loaded certain camela
with ruid 10 give flr these works, and
on arriving near the city. and being
about 20 cross lake which they passed
by some bridge. shc dlsmounted and
a1fshippcd the beams. and said
Please God, my feet shall not touch
tho timber ~ which the Savior of the
world has b hunri' and she made a
circuit of the lake, and went n see
solomon. and Induced him to Withdraw
thos. boams fIom thrrci and she came
% the works and offered her gifts, anu
said ~rhcnn works are not such AZ thgy
told me In richness and beauty because
thhr beauty and richness have no
equal. 20 that ihcy arc greater thln
whnt wac related 20 mri % much 20
That the Tongues 90 men cannot trl
thflr nobility aad rlchue1f. ana much
Z rfleva Cor tho small Eift which
brought / WIN repair 10 my countries
and lorishifs and win send whatever
abound. f0f the works of gold ana
hlackwoVd 70 Inlay.
Alvarez further states that ihs
chronicle In question asserts thrt the
queen rcaldcd for some time In Ioruru-
lem and borc y son 10 King Solomon.
called Menmalok. o. Mcnllok. lie was
brought up ~ the Jewish court. but at
the age OF seventeen. the people de-
uitndod HE return TO hls mother ile
thun became tho klng Of AbyHslnla
ana IL rnid 10 have ruled from Hoa 20
noa" and TO have had fleet Of "ulKiy
chips IN tho Indian REQ" Bruce, who
went 20 Abyasinla two hundred years
after Alvarez. speaking II the church
at Axum. says;
In "a are supposed 10 be preserved
tho ark ~ The covenant. and the COPS
~ the law which Monllck. tho rJn NJ
solomon. - rai1 tn have stolen from
his father In NE return 90 Ethioplai
and thay were fuckoned a. u were the
pailadla N tha country"
Later travellers do not mention the
sacred writings referred 10. but this
Il accounted for by the fact that
the ecclesiastical authorities nro guard
Ink the literary treasures with grca,
carr lest they should fall into the hands
" the Invaders.
Tho question whether there today
remains u llncnl descendant Of Solomon
with an authentic scncnioFy covering
the intervening period ~. saw 5000
years. IN one N Immense interest. II
may possibly become one Of political
Importance. too, In ease the iabors 81
the no-cniled zionis,s should result Il
the creation OF an independent Jewish
state In Palestine. Al all events N,
emperor 81 Abyaalnia n an interesting
ngurn lie rules a people the majorlt,
Of whom profess Christianity. or rathsi
a Christian creed mixed with Judaism
Their places ~ worship are atili bull
somewhat On the plan of the ancient
Temple ana their sacred rites arr botl
Mosaic and Christian.