. Babel and Bible;. 7 the hearts of untold millions. It is well-known, also, that the conceptions of themessengers of the gods, or of the angels, with which theEgyptians were utterty unacquainted, are characteristi-calhy Babylonian, and also that the conception of cheru-. Fig. 50. Winged Cherub, with Body of Bull and Human Head (After Layard.) bim and seraphim and of the guardian angels that watchover the ways of men had its- origin in Bab3don. TheBabylonian rulers stood in need of hosts of messengersto bear their behests into all quarters of their dominions;and so also their gods were obliged
. Babel and Bible;. 7 the hearts of untold millions. It is well-known, also, that the conceptions of themessengers of the gods, or of the angels, with which theEgyptians were utterty unacquainted, are characteristi-calhy Babylonian, and also that the conception of cheru-. Fig. 50. Winged Cherub, with Body of Bull and Human Head (After Layard.) bim and seraphim and of the guardian angels that watchover the ways of men had its- origin in Bab3don. TheBabylonian rulers stood in need of hosts of messengersto bear their behests into all quarters of their dominions;and so also their gods were obliged to have at their beck 54 BABEL AND BIBLE. and call legions of messengers or angels,—messengerswith the intelligence of men, and therefore having theform of men, bnt at the same time equipped with wings,in order to be able to carry through the winds of heaventhe commands of the gods to the inhabitants of earth; inaddition, these angels were invested with the keenness ofvision and the rapidity of flight of the eagle ; and to those
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