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Tarshish; Its Modern Representative.
TARSHISH ; ITS MODERN REPRESENTATIVE .
BT BROTHER-H . BRITTAIN , F . E . HIS . S . IN this paper we would purpose to bring together , into as concentrated form as possible , many facts ancl statements concerning the ancient maritime and commercial power , Tarshish ; and from them endeavour to place upon the modern nation the mantle of a vigorous and valorous race , whose flag was
to be found in all the ports of the then inhabited earth . The name Tarshish is to be found , first , in that one source to which all resort , the Scriptures . Lexicographers tell us that the name can be applied alike to " isles , " " coasts , " or " banks of rivers . " In the margin of Isaiah xx ., 60 ., the word " country " is placed as a substitute for " isle . " It is also said that , in the Hebrew , Phoenician , and cognate languages , one word is used to signify islands , sea-coasts , or even countries .
The term Ophir appears to be used also as interchangeable with Tarshish . In the I . Kings xxii ., 44 , it is stated that " Jehoshaphat made , or had , ten ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold . " Of the same circumstance , it is recorded , in II . Chronicles xx ., 36 , that Jehoshaphat " joined himself with ( Ahaziah ) to make ships to go to Tarshish . " Again , in II . Chronicles viii ., 18 , Hiram ' s servants are said to have " went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir . " But it is also said , in II . Chronicles ix ., 21 ., " Solomon ' s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram . " For description of these ships see Ezekiel xxvii .
The first mention of Tarshish is to be found in Genesis x ., 4 ancl 5 , " and the sons of Javan , Elishah , Tarshish , Kittim , Dodanim . By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands , every one after his tongue , after their families , in their nations . Javan was a son of Japhetb , as also Gomer , Magog , Madai , Tubal , Meshech , and Tiras . " Of Japhetb , we find it written ( Genesis ix ., 27 ) , " God shall enlarge Japhetb , ancl he shall dwell in the tents
of Shem . " B y his descendants , therefore , would Japhetb be enlarged . Gomer ancl Javan are the two out of the seven sons of Japhetb whose descendants are particularly mentioned . Ancl , of all the names given , none have been more provocative of enquiry than the son of Javan Tarshish . From the remark made in Genesis x ., 5 , it is clear that Javan ' s sons were not restricted to some particular country— " By them were the isles of the
Gentiles divided . " Was the meaning of the name of the one man , Tarshish , prophetic of the work he , through his children , would do in colonising the T
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Tarshish; Its Modern Representative.
TARSHISH ; ITS MODERN REPRESENTATIVE .
BT BROTHER-H . BRITTAIN , F . E . HIS . S . IN this paper we would purpose to bring together , into as concentrated form as possible , many facts ancl statements concerning the ancient maritime and commercial power , Tarshish ; and from them endeavour to place upon the modern nation the mantle of a vigorous and valorous race , whose flag was
to be found in all the ports of the then inhabited earth . The name Tarshish is to be found , first , in that one source to which all resort , the Scriptures . Lexicographers tell us that the name can be applied alike to " isles , " " coasts , " or " banks of rivers . " In the margin of Isaiah xx ., 60 ., the word " country " is placed as a substitute for " isle . " It is also said that , in the Hebrew , Phoenician , and cognate languages , one word is used to signify islands , sea-coasts , or even countries .
The term Ophir appears to be used also as interchangeable with Tarshish . In the I . Kings xxii ., 44 , it is stated that " Jehoshaphat made , or had , ten ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold . " Of the same circumstance , it is recorded , in II . Chronicles xx ., 36 , that Jehoshaphat " joined himself with ( Ahaziah ) to make ships to go to Tarshish . " Again , in II . Chronicles viii ., 18 , Hiram ' s servants are said to have " went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir . " But it is also said , in II . Chronicles ix ., 21 ., " Solomon ' s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram . " For description of these ships see Ezekiel xxvii .
The first mention of Tarshish is to be found in Genesis x ., 4 ancl 5 , " and the sons of Javan , Elishah , Tarshish , Kittim , Dodanim . By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands , every one after his tongue , after their families , in their nations . Javan was a son of Japhetb , as also Gomer , Magog , Madai , Tubal , Meshech , and Tiras . " Of Japhetb , we find it written ( Genesis ix ., 27 ) , " God shall enlarge Japhetb , ancl he shall dwell in the tents
of Shem . " B y his descendants , therefore , would Japhetb be enlarged . Gomer ancl Javan are the two out of the seven sons of Japhetb whose descendants are particularly mentioned . Ancl , of all the names given , none have been more provocative of enquiry than the son of Javan Tarshish . From the remark made in Genesis x ., 5 , it is clear that Javan ' s sons were not restricted to some particular country— " By them were the isles of the
Gentiles divided . " Was the meaning of the name of the one man , Tarshish , prophetic of the work he , through his children , would do in colonising the T