The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-28

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place" In this chapter we are told
that all the races and nations are
the descendants of the three sons oil
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. To-
day after all our research work we
can give no classification as good as
this one. 1t is now known that the
/ Semitic races descended from Shem
the Aryan or Indo-European from
Japheth, and the Turanian from
Ham. Now if this ancient classified
ton had been the mere guessWork OF
c: comparatively recent writer, it
would have been cast aside ere now
as untrustworthy as many other rec
ords have been But this old record
still stands rigid and immovable in
it's historic truthfulness and many in
their determined opposition have on
ly broken themselves and their
theories to pieces upon it. Further
more, we are told in this same chap
ter of the origin of Babylonian civ
ilization almost universally agreed
upon as the oldest civilization in the
world From this chapter we learn
that the Assyrian civilization was de-
rived from the Babylonian and that
the originators, of the Babylonian
civilization were of Hamitic and not
Semitic stock. Each Of these state
ments was in direct contradiction to
all classical notices and to what was
generally believed in regard to those
civilizations, until recent years. 1t
is not now even disputed that ex-
ploration has justified the Bible on
each one of these statements. AS
syria was unquestionably younger
than Babylonia and borrowed its
civilization, it's ,arts, religion, laws
is strangest of all is the we'll estab-
lished fact that the originators of the
Babylonian civilization were not
of Semitic race but of the Tur-
anian family or of the Hamitic race
of people. The Semitic races over
came the early Turanian or Hamitic
peoples in a remote period of Baby
lonian history and thus Babylonian
civilization became Semitic and re-
manned so until it's overthrow by the
: Modes and Persians This is won
derful confirmation of the Bible
statement in the tenth chapter OF
Genesis that the beginning of the
Nimrod, the son Of Cush's kingdom
was Babel or Babylon, Erech, Ac-
| cad, (Accadians) and Calneh in the
land of Shivar and out of that land
went forth Asshur and builded Min
even which was the capital of the
Assyran empire.
rnucidor ornthor ci6o-1iOhf In
verse % of this same chapter OF
Genesis, Elan is said to be son OF
Shem, but the Elamites of history
were an Aryan people speaking an
Aryan language. Here was a great
difficulty which caused some to adj
nit an error here. But there was
no error here. A French expedition
excavating Susa, the capitol of
Elan, found, below the ruins of the
historical Elan, the remains of an
older civilization with Babylonian
inscriptions showing the earlier peo-
pie to have been of Semitic origin.
| This incidentally, but very effectively
shows the accuracy of the statement
for it is proven that Elan was the
son of Shem. The ancient Greeks
were the descendants of Javan, the
Egyptians either of Cush or Mizraim
or perhaps mingling of both. No
wonder this tenth chapter of Genesis
is declared by the historical critics
to be according to all results of mon
umental exploration an photographic
original document of the first rank
which nothing Can replace.
Let us now take a rapid glance
down the Bible record and see if the
customs and laws of other civiliza-
tons referred to are in harmony
with the facts of those civilizations
as we now know them to be from
independent sources. We can only
touch a few points of contact and
would suggest individual study of
the subject which will richly COM
pensate you.
Ur of the Chaldees from which
Abraham emigrated was once a
great city, the residence of the
earlier kings down even to the days
!.of Abraham. 1t was the center of a
Migh civilization in which almost all
the arts were taught. Hebrew
names such as Abram (not Abra-
ham, Jacob, Joseph and Lemuel
|
age of Abram of sacred history fame,
as these names all occur on the clay
tablets of that age. In the time of
Abram very close connection ex-
isted between Babylonia and Canaan.
Babylonian kings claimed dominion
over Canaan and appointed foreign
governors over the land. Caananite
settlements were prevalent in many
parts of Babylonia for the purpose
: of trade with the famed merchants
of Babylon. There was great high
way between Babylon and Canaan
along which for generations mer-
chants, soldiers, civil officials, and
messengers had constantly travelled.
! About midway on this road was sit
uated Harran where Abram sojourn-
! ed until the death of his father.
| So then we should not be surpris-
! ed to find the laws and customs of
F., Babylonia prevailing in Canaan at
the period of Abraham. AS an in
stance, in Abraham's purchase of the
field of Machphelah, we have an &C.
curate record of such transactions
; as they took place according to
BabVlOnian law and CUSTOM Ac-