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Nimrod had crushed the head of the serpent, hismother was latterly given the glory of having donethis great deed (Diociorus, Babliotheca, lib. ii,, p. 70;Smith's Classical Dictionary, p. 320). Although in thefirst instance Semiramis derived her exalted positionfrom the Divine character attributed to the child in herarms, she ultimately practically eclipsed her son. Soalso in " Babylon the Grsat" it is the Madonna whoreceives all the adoration, and to whom petitions aregenerally addressed. What a satire, to think that thepoor world has been so blinded by Satan, that it hasbeen deceived into worshipping a woman who is nonexistentl Well did the Lord forbid his people to makeand bow d:wn to images, "which see not, nor hear,nor know (Dan. 5:23; Psa. 115:4-8). It would bedifficult to understand how so great a delusion couldhave become universal, were it not that we are awarethat Satan is the " god of this world," and that alongwith him are legions of demons, who have sought toimpersonate the dead in various ways, bolstering upSatan's lie that there is no death (Gen. 3:4). In Psa.:06:37 we are told tb~the Jews, in serving Baal orMolech, had really sacrificed their sons and theirdaughters unto devils "--demons ; and in Psa. 96:5 weread : "For all the gods of the nations are demons "(Septuagint version). The Apostle Paul, in 1 Cor.10:20, says: "But I say, that the things which theGentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils "-demons.Orlgln of Star Worship.The worship of the stars by the idolatrous nationswas as prevalent as the worship of the Sun and Moon.Mythology identifies Nimrod and Semiramis with certainconstellations. From Persian records we areexpressly assured that Nimrod, after his death, was