Angels and Women (1924)

262 ANGELS AND WOMEN
NOTE 25. (See page 221)
As an evidence that the arts and sciences were dev.eloped
at this early time, note the following expression
regarding the seventh from Adam in the line of
Cain, the same generation as Noah’s great-grandfather.
"And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father
of all such as handle the harp and organ."--Genesis
4"21.
NOTE 26. (See page 222)
Although the family circle has been sadly broken,
we are thankful to know that the great glory of the
Almighty will be manifest when the bondage of corruption,
death, gives way and the loved ones return
to their own. Then he will give them "rivers of pleasure"
(Psalm 36:8) to enjoy in the Edenic home which
this earth will be made, and when the earth is filled
with the glory of the Lord their happiness will know
no limit.
NOTE 27. (See page 227)
Nimrod, the mighty hunter, the grandson of Ham,
built Babylon and laid the foundation of the first universal
dominion, the Babylonian empire. Shem’s son,
Elam, was the ancestor of the Persians, who, with the
Medes, conquered Babylon. Javan, the son of Japheth,
was the ancestor of the Greeks, who obtained the third
universal supremacy.
NOTE 28. (See page 229)
These lines are quoted from Genesis 4:23, 24. "This
is the only extant specimen of antediluvian poetry; it
came down perhaps as a popular song to the generation
for whom Moses wrote; and he inserts it in its
proper place in his history. Herder regards it as
Lamech’s song of exultation on the invention of the