The same account of this great queen is given in 2nd Chronicles, and in Matthew 12:42 she is styled “The Queen of the South.” A queen from the South who could present Solomon with about a million dollars of our money in gold and precious stones, was certainly a rich and powerful queen. The Queen of Sheba had many successors, however, and they were all warlike, leading their armies either to victory or successfully defending the Ethiopian empire against attack. Ahasuerus, the most powerful Persian monarch, who ruled over 146 provinces, attempted to extend his dominion over into Ethiopia but could not succeed. Some years ago, ruins of ancient dwellings were discovered in Upper Rhodesia, which were declared by Dr. MacIver of Oxford to be those of an ancient African civilization. BLACK MEN DISCOVER ART OF WORKING METALS Within the past ten years, excavations in the Upper Soudan, verify the claim that the black man was the first to discover the art of working metals, and that they gave this knowledge to Europe and Asia. Dr. Schweinfurth, the famous German ethnologist, and the University of Berlin, have adopted this theory. Lady Lugard, the authoress, gathered from old Arab books, many details of this high civilization among the black men of the Upper Nile, their customs and government until quite recent times. We know as a historical fact, that the Nubians conquered Egypt, and set the pace for a good government among the Egyptians, suppressing many of their cruel practices. The end of these discoveries is far from having been reached. Indeed, they are just beginning to attract attention. Enough has been unearthed, however, to establish the ancestry of the Colored race of America, greater and higher than that of any of the mixed races. The Genius of Colored Americans in Literature; The Arts and Sciences Inherited From the Ancient Ethiopians Read, Study, and Educate up to Opportunities—A High Racial Type Appears in Modern Times—A Cause for Pride and an Incentive to Action, Energy and Efficiency. Men of learning, wisdom, and honest, without prejudice, take the standard of a race of men from his primitive type. That type is sought for in the most excellent productions of the race, their achievements and their position among civilized nations that were the founders of our present civilization. He who grovels in the worst human elements of any race, knows nothing about that race, and opens the door to the degeneracy of all the nations and races on earth, by advocating them as the evidences of degeneracy.