278 THE SHEPHEED KINGS OP EGYPT. 



A new era in Mstory lias arrived ; a foundation is laid for true 

 systems of etlinology and philology ; a false interpretation of mytho- 

 logy, with, the very name mythology, is overthrown; and the Bible 

 still proves itself, as it has ever done, among books incomparable, the 

 great source of historic truth, alone Divine. The key to ancient 

 universal history lies in the first eight chapters of the long-despised, 

 or at least unhonoured, Eirst Book of Chronicles ; and the right use of 

 that key is destined to afibrd a new revelation of God in His dealings 

 with the nations of the eai-th. With unfeigned pleasure and deepest 

 gratitu.de I place these results of its use in the hands of those students 

 of history whose knowledge and resources will enable them to turn 

 b'oth it and them to the best account for the perfection of historical 

 science, and for the vindication and elucidation of the inspired Word,- 



unite. To him also in several mythologies drainage is attributed. His brother Hepher appears 

 continually as the man of letters and science. Lightning is frequently connected with the name 

 of Jehaleleel, The whole family is Tyijhonian. It is also funereal and sepulclu-al. Its mem- 

 bers name mountains, rivers, trees, metals, winds, planets, months and days in many countries 

 and languages. Religious mysteries are peculiarly characteristic of the Asliehurites in lands 

 wide apart. Pyramids, Stonehenges, and other megalithic structures in various regions, owe 

 their origin to these early builders. Opposition to a Horite line appears iu the majority of their 

 traditions ; and a large number of these have their scenes placed unmistakably in Egypt and 

 Palestine. When to all of these we add geographical and chronological harmonies, the reduction 

 to unity of wide-spread myths that must have had a common historical origin, and the agree- 

 ment of all the facts recovered with the Bible story, it seems impossible that any cultivated 

 mind, capable of appreciating the evidence afforded, should resist the conviction that the con- 

 clusions of this paper are, in the main, the truth concerning ancient history. 



