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signs, so let us place the solar image under consideratiou ou 

 the Lion, the sign of greatest power and majesty — ^let us 

 supply his head with that of the eagle, and we have instantly 

 that very ancieat emblem of kingly dignity and strength — the 

 Gryphon ; just as in after years the female head of the moon 

 or planet Venus, in the same sign, became the Chaldean 

 and Egyptian sphynx. But as Sabaianism increased, its influ- 

 ence began to be felt upon all the relations of society, and in 

 none more than in that of the monarch to his people. The 

 same feeling which induced men to prefer the worship of the 

 visible host of heaven before that of the invisible Creator, 

 induced them also to invest the visible splendour of their king 

 with the attributes of divinity, as the vicegerent of the Lord 

 of Heaven : and we find, consequently, another important 

 change in the representation of the winged Baal. The king's 

 person is introduced into the solar orb. 



This regal emblem so flattering to the pride of the monarch, 

 and so conducive to the abject subjection of the people, we 

 find to have pervaded all the Sabsean nations. You will 

 remember that the Pharoahs of Egypt were a long line of 

 monarchs, probably some time before the days of Joseph, but 

 certainly in his time. Yet what does this title signify? The 

 Egyptian word is Phre-Aph-Re — the child of the physical 

 sun. It was not the name of any particular king, but of the 

 royal race, who were the children of the sun. Tlie Ben- 

 Adads of Damascus were a similar line of kings, and here 

 Ad-Ad, the One-One, the lord Baal, was the Sabsean title for 

 the sun, and Ben-Adad again was the descendant of the Sun. 

 The Baals and Ath-Baals of Syria had the same title, and from 

 whatever country the Incahs of Peru may have originally 

 emigrated, we may be sure that their assumption of the sacred 

 name and office, as the chihlren of the sun, proclaims a Sabsean 

 origin. A gem from the touibs of the kings at Nakshi-Rus- 

 tum, in Persia, and tlie recent monunienls from ancient Nine- 

 veh, as tjiven by Denon and Layard, present us with similar 



