This event took place in our dynasty, _Shang_; and our annals, referring to the Western Barbarians of the ancient times, make mention of some things--obscure movements of tribes, and of the great works performed by the Egyptians; and of a servile race, condemned to toil on these structures: and, possibly, this revolt of the Jews may have been contained in these references. However, the whole matter would have been lost ages ago, nor have left a trace, but for the singular circumstance that the ancient records of these Jews have in a good measure escaped destruction. This happened not by any chance; but from the fact that the High Priest, pretending to be the very mouth of Jah, made all his utterances _Sacred_; and the Priesthood, inscribing and preserving the Jewish "Rites," worship and institutes of all kinds, guarded these writings with extreme care; which the reverence of the Superstitious people enhanced. Thus these _Institutes_ of the Jews, declared to be by the Priests the very will of Jah, came to be "_Holy_" [Kan-ti]--inviolable! Now, the Barbarians regard this preservation of the Jewish Records as an evidence of their divinity, and a clear warning to man not to disregard them; and when they assert (as, by the High Priest, they constantly do), "Thus saith the Lord-God-Jah," they accept the declaration, and bow before it, as the very word of Jehovah! But we know that similar "_Sacred Writings_" are common in the East, and that these pretensions of the Priests are as universal as _Superstition_ itself; in fact, form the chief features in it.