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still superior in true wisdom, and this gave them a degree of 
sanctity and moral supremacy in the sight of their neighbours 
which became their safety. When Joshua led Israel into 
Canaan, they found the inhabitants more civilized and 
powerful than themselves ; and although, under Solomon, 
Israel made great progress in the arts, yet it was Hiram 
who built the temple, and manned his fleets. But, whatever 
progress was made in his reign, was soon lost in succeeding 
ones. 
The spiritual knowledge of Solomon was so extraordinary 
as to render him conspicuous amongst the surrounding 
nations. The Queen of Sheba herself, the sable monarch of 
the children of Ham, came to hear his wisdom. So, like- 
wise, when God honoured that race which alone continued 
to worship him, by sending His Son to take human form 
and dwell amongst men, it was as one of the seed of Abra- 
ham ; and, again, we find the representative of Candace, 
Queen of Ethiopia, coming to worship at Jerusalem. Shem 
became a teacher to his brethren in Africa and in Europe. 
Widely as they were separated, he brought the Hue light to 
both. The chief teachers of the world arose from him : 
Zoroaster, as well as Moses; Christ the Messiah, the true 
light ; and Mahomet, the false prophet. 
The powerful kingdoms of Shem were scarcely set up and 
made conspicuous, before the despised sons of Japhet, who 
were once viewed as barbarians, overturned them. Alexander 
destroyed the empire of Darius, and established his own in 
its place. The Greek gave way to the Homan, and, in that 
empire's decline, other powers arose amongst the sons of 
Japhet, which extended their enterprise beyond the limits of 
the old world. A new one is opened to their wondering 
gaze, and the white then first meets the red section of his 
race; in the distant East, he encounters the yellow — the 
long-hidden Chinese, with his quaint civilization ; the Hindu, 
the inhabitants of India and those of the innumerable 
islands of the sea. 
God is pleased to restore J aphet to his birth-right ; makes 
him the keeper of His Word; and, enlightening him with it. 
