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LCopy Of letter 70 Sylvester Bliss Ed Adv'nt Herald
MR Bliss In the Herald of February 2sth,
1887 you have the following editorial: on
another page IS communication on the Do
minical Letter in which an attempt is made
to show that our Vulgar Era commenced at
the end of four thousand years from the crea-
ton. The writer has not, however, proved
his case, as he supposes," &c. Please let Us
look at that g" case again.
showed you, on another page that four
hundred years constituted perfect Dominica
cvcle, y S. and that the wear 1856 was the
twenty fifth year Of that cycie; shat each cv-
Gle commenced on Monday, with the Domini-
cal letter G, and went out on SUNDAY, with
the Dominical letters b, 4 TO which you
made some objections which viii be considered
hereafter
wish now to press the idea that if fur
hundred years constitute a perfect cycle that
it will lead US back with certainty to the
place Of beginning 70 count from, that is, to
the day Of creation
In the FIRST place. # the present date, 1888,
~ sAtN -NC AA4ttNit = AttA Ntd4 bl
the cycle in which we live that proves that
the ,ycle commenced at the close Of the
year 1000 Then il j. equally plain that there
have been just four more such cycles since the
commencement Of the Christian Era; because
four times four hundred are sixteen hundred.
Is not this fair counting Well. if 50, is it
not equally plain that the first year of the
Christian Era followed the closing year of the
preceding cycle, which ended with b, A p
And if So, how far back from the Christian
Era shall We rua the cycles 10 arrive at the
starting point the creation Ten cycles Of
four hundred wears each would take Us back
four thousand wears Is that far enough 10
60 bacl, How old would that make the
world now Let rs sec: 1000 B. {. and
1883 Il D. added together would make, for
the present age Of the world. ), SIS years Is
that old enough No. We want the world
to be 5000 years old just about now that
would ,rit our calculation best" Well, then,
Sir. We will run another cycle Of four hundred
wears back. and see how that viii suit you
for it must be borne in mind THAI sc must 20
back by whole cycles, else We shall derange
the whole plan of the cycles and Dominica
letters Well, 400 added TO 5,S5s would
make 6.25S What older than Barnabas
said It would be at the second advent Of the
Lord Wen-but why not stop just far
enough beyond 1000 TO make the world
5000 years old just about :" VII solve
that question this way, my friend II IL SIX
DAYS the Lord made heaven and earth. and on
the seventh day he rested" Ex 81; ~, and
time was handed down to us by weeks. as peo-
pie generally suppose 1t was. every 2o,s7l of
those weeks constituting Dominica cycle, it
devolres upon Us TO ascertain when to com
moncc those weeks and cycles, to make them
come out just as Ne find them at the present
time. But Mr. Bliss thinks This is impract-
cable, and says: Ii IS not apparent to Us
that there Is any possible connection between
the ending of each four hundred years in y,
; tables with B, \, and the number Of wears
that me world has existed" 1t IS said, Mr.
b. that two heads are better than one, If one
Is Sleeps and this time l viii take the
sleeps. and tell you that # YOU Will commence
sour count on Monday, the first day Of Janu-
ary, for solar years, or on SUNDAY, the 2Ssd
cay Of September. for Jewish years, B. c
four thousand years, the cycles and days Of
the week viii all come out right. just as we
find them at the present day. But commence
your cycles in any other year. care not what
year, and the day OF the week for solar years
on any other day of the week than Monday,
aud the day of the week for Jewish years on
any other day than Sunday, and you cannot
fetch them out right, unless you vary from the
time at least four hundred years. If you
think you can, please try il, and show Us your
6sure-- NJ AoxERs has tried It conlnenc-