Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-05-04
For the TRIBUNE.
ReYieM of DR.. AkerS' Chraneiagy.

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tained that Sunday. October I'd A. D.. 1921 would
synchronize according the tables referred to- DIR
las, month Of the Rab A. NJ 56Sl and that the said
Sunday would the last day of the third cycle
of 24T each and also the last day Of the 2eth
Gle Of 1s each and consequently that these so
cycles OF very different length began each on the same
world We next discovered that, in each cycle OF 24
Rabbincal years, there were precisely ~ 2l6 days.
73 cycles which finished the said o6sl years give from
the nrst day of the Jewish A. NJ. l. Tsri frs TO the
ssid Sunday the I'd day of October inclusive, 2oI4
| We then took the A. j. P 1884 which synchronlses
With the aforesaid A. d. 1921 and Sunday the 18th OF
September OF that Julian year synchronizng with
the said Sunday the I'd Of October, A D., 1921. in
aregorian time from which sunday, the said 18th Of
september In Julian time reversed the aforesaid
2074 ses days And the last in the series inclusive,
terminated Monday the Ith day of October, A. J.
P. 9j3 synchronizing with Monday The 3d day of oc
tober in he Gregoan calendar, reversed from the
said Sunday, the I'd day Of October, A. D. 1921. Thus
1t is absolutely certain that the Jewish OF
the world when traced their first day accord
ing the perfect measure OF days weeks and years
contained in the large cycle are PROVED have
renced On Monday This stubborn fact annhilates
the claim up by the jews for saturday being the
original sabbath day If the whole number of days
abeye as contained in the % cycles of Jewish time
having each 247 years be divided by l. the number Of
weeks or sabbaths And if the 7th day of their first
year Of the world Sabbath, the Scriptures
quire, is demonstrated by the above facts, that that
day corresponded TO Sunday" page l5I)
! To the above extract reply
1sr. Tha. Mr.. Akers has proved, not that Sunday
the creation is incorrect-that which every well in
formed without proof. Mr.. Al1ers has else
where labored prove that the creation was b. c.,
54s: yet in this quotation, he strives 20 prove by
Jewish chronology that Sunday the day which
| God rested and hallowed it. But the Bible says no
such thing. Neither is there record to show that
any Sabbath kept by man prior to that gwen
bv Moses Why then, talk about the ''originaI Sab
bath'-a Sabbath different from that given by Moses
The Bible truly says, God rested on the seventh day
Gen. ?, / But does the Bible say that that day was
Sunday? Or Il that Adam and Eve rested on
days They certainly capable OF resting on
that day though they but one day oil as they
any other seventh day. And If they were not re-
quired keep that sabbath, the next who knows
that they their posterity, required TO keep
Sabbath tin Moses commanded ii of them in the 10th
generation from Adam? And when the commitment
came What day did Moses command them to keep Let
you the Sabbath-abide We every in his place. let
no man go of his place the seventh day 90 the
neople rested on the seventh day. Ex 1923, 80. And
was that the tsoriginai Sabbath" which God rested
and which Mr. Akers says was sunday: Let the Bible
snswr that question sFor in six days the made
Heaven and earth the sea- and all that in them is and
rested the seoea DAY wherefore the Lord blessed the
| Sabbath day, aud hallowed it. Ex 2,lo Ihis Ger
taini, means that the Sabbath which the Lord gave
the Jews the day OF the week that tie rested
Cd Mr. Akers laws great stress on the lunar cycles
Does he expect convince any learned by these
that Sunday the Tth day of the ancient week? He
saws that Sunday the 18th day of September, A. D..
1921 will ee the day the 299th lunar cycle Of
/ 19 years. Where does he start his cycle from :? He
saws the Jews place cir Of the creation Won
dav the IN Of October T. j. P 953, which say sy n
chronizes with B SI6i. eoes he mean to say that
the moon changed on that days Rv calculation find
that the changed on the lsih of that month ny
argue then that 9th cycle will run out on sunday,
tl- 18th Of Se-,t A n 1921 lie what Ferguson
saws about these cycles: Although the deficiency ia
th- lunar cvcie Of hour and half every l9 years
be hut small yet in time IL becomes 50 sensible u TO
whole natural day in 80 years 50 that, altho
cycle he Of will only serve for 80 years Old
tains precisely 81 2l6 days e must nave learned
something about astronomy that Ferguson never knew
Ts.sus saws, For this addition Tor tune past OF sub
traction for time of hours for every cycle OF
IS years the table will not u houf from the truth
in ss haa 1892 years So it seems if there is cycle
co1ininr precisely 90 days, precisely other
! nurubef Of days, F. guson was ignorant of H.
Sa Mr. Akers SAYS ''HonIay. the -th day Of Octo-
her A J. p, o5} Julian time. synchronizes with on
dsv the Sd dav Of October. in the Gre-ariaa calendar
Now in order the reader may better understand ne,
We will first inquire what i the difference between Ju
liam time and Gracnran time? The differences simply
this: ia ian is what il commonly called the Old
style. and Grerorian time is what is called the New
s,ve In the Old Stvle the last of every century
il counted leap wear but in the New tyle the last
,- ~ three centuries out of every centuries is
sccnn,ed a common wear Ia this way the New Style
gains three DAYS the Old style in every 40 years
~ .i. bs;ng eyen in the fourth century A - this
accounts differ in the styles IN the 10th cen
! turv wherein Mr. Akers the 18Th OF eptemeer,
Jniian time. synchronizes vith the "a OF october In
Gre-orian time the Gregorian, or New style, being
then thirteen DAYS ahead of the Julian or Old tyle
But this be ng the fact how does Mr. Akers make 1t
chronizes With Monday the Sd of October, y :. both
in A P. e13. thus making diferenee OF out four
Der Of that year. in the y = was , , no.
Monday as any well versed in the Dominical Let
Itprs can
the v s. with Monday, the 18th of Octo in the o. -
Of that year is Monday the l4h OF September, there
being at time. difference OF twenty three GAYS
in The stvies Ferguson makes difference Of forty four
day. styles only 246 years prior to the date
in question: a ]. P, e5s,) but he too, was IN error
only mention this here, TO show how wr'ers amer IN
their computations II might be objected that l. too
am in error. Well if SO, would be glad TO be cor
reo.ed Who will take the job But II Ferguson was
! a,vvhare near right Mr. Akers r.nst have been far
wrong as the difference could net have amounted 10
a. DAYS in 246 years Ferguson and Akers dter IN enc
otb.r respect concerning the Jewish era OF creation
Fervusan saws 1.-The first month Of the JeEisa year
fen according the moon, in our August ana Seiei
her O s 37s" Mr. Akers says il commenced on the
7th OF October. Which of the two is nearest rlght,
pretend not to say: but the probability Is that they
rd she Jews are all wrong date Of creation
hut the certainly right as TO the sabbath ioT
n God gave them the Sabbath the Bible says e did
He cera nlv gave them right as ie does all things
right and they have kept il since with great per
tinscitv death being penalty for violation of the
ronrosp.Ir7rrt fx sl:l4 Mr. Akers' argument that
n the IN day Of their Sabbath and the
rs d,v of their first year Monday thai that
ssrisiye,v that the sabbath sunday amounts
n-oof - an-thing the mac Of their chro
1aforv NJ kers might with as much force Of argu-
Tnt -ve his age Of the world the birth OF Christ
{sS46 to be correct because he started has computa
-; - .s,,sir 5ay ~ the week His argument found
ed on The lunar cycles Is equally defective He starts
his cvces Monday the first day OF the Jewish era
Il that according the Bibe2 Mr. Akers knows ii Is
no, According 20 the Bible the moon was not made
tli the evening OF the third morning Of the fourth
creation day neither Of which can be Claimed to
he Monday. This is another Proof that the Jes era
= Incorrect and that Mr. Akers theo is at fault
Mems erroneous calculations do not change facts
Mr. kpT
March o s. the same Julian year, b { l6fa Moses
CONDUCTED the children Of Israel out Of bondage 90
have no doubt this calculation he y correct
II "a the pAssover instituted Friday night and
know the children OF Israel started their journey
the next morning and continued travelling for many
davs IL does not look much like there was any Sab
bath then in use after God by Moses gave them TIE
SABBATH they were much allowed 70 PICK up
an arufH OF sticks the Szhba' for any purpose on
the nenalrv Of death. This does not hook much IKE
there wEs any Sabbath observed, eiher on saturday or
apv other day prior that given at Sin, by Moses re
corded in the 18th chapter Of Exodus Prlor 20 TIE
promise which made by Abraham there vas DO use
for sabbath and venture TO say there WAS n"iie IN
u.a for the Sabbath given type oil the rest OF
the saviour in the grave after His crucihxon And II
ras given 10 the Jews TO no other nation oecsr
Of that nation He TO be born Ii was gwen 20 esu
q. a .sigo between them and God TX 3l-l'- A.e
sru,ent then there was sabbath ia use ns al
nations or any nation prior 10 the Jewish >aoosth On
sunday or any other day. is wholly prepossercns ana
uithon, the least shadow f ideuce- The anteobax-
ans never heard tell the Saviour, and censequeh,
Of the Sabbath neither. Hence the necessity o. hri-'
preaching them in the prisons. lsi Peter ;: ~:
JOHN MATTHEWS.
/ Sylvendale. III, April Is, 1854
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