. Ridpath's histoire universelle : un compte de l'origine, condition primitive et développement ethnique des grands peuples de l'humanité, et des principaux événements dans l'évolution et le progrès de la vie civilisée entre les hommes et les nations, à partir de sources authentiques et récents avec une enquête préliminaire sur l'heure, le lieu et le mode d'un début. ab- prêtrise un f vérifier sur l'image, en solutc liis petit gouvernement, faisant sa volonté selon hispleasure. Le succès d'un reigndepended sur la capacité personnelle du prince. Parmi les membres, les antisémites theearly oihce judiciaire a été fo

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. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. ab- priesthood a f check on royalty, solutc in liis little govern-ment, doing his will according to hispleasure. The success of a given reigndepended upon the personal ability ofthe prince. As common among theearly Semitic states, the judicial oihce was for the most part held by the priest-hood. In civil affairs the king employedmessengers, or heralds, sending themhither and yon with his edicts. Therewere always about the court certain im-portant characters, princes of leadinghouses, and successful generals, withwhom the monarch conferred as to themethods of his government. The prin-cipal check, however, as in all the Semit-ic countries, upon the absolutism of theking came from the hierarchy. Israelwas not alone among the Semitic na-tions in having a priesthood that daredto beard royalty in its own place, tothreaten, to exhort, to admonish, and toconstitute, in a word, the most importantrestraint that was thrown around thewill of the sovereiofn. Chapter CXII.—i^isligions of Canaan.. E here come again tothe ascendency of reli-gion as the leading fea-ture in the life of thevSemites. Of the reli-gious conceptions ofthe Canaanites muchhas been learned from the scatteredrecords of their own times, and of lateby what is called the science of compara-tive religion. The primary ideas of theprimitive Syrians relative to the powersof heaven were virtually identical withthose of the Chaldees and Assyrians.There was, however, a departure fromFundamental both the thought and theKSeas practice of the ancient faith.among Semites, j^ Mesopotamia, especial-ly in Chaldasa, star worship became theleading feature of the Babylonian faith, while in

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