The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-05-20
First Things.

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Moses, the first historian, wrote about
the year B. G. 1900. From that time to
about B. G. 445, the divinely Inspired Of
the Bible are the only historians. The
same year that the last of the old Testa-
ment books was written (B G. 445) the
first authentic history written by any Of
the worlds historians viz by Herodotus
was made public.
How long Eve, the first woman, lived,
we do not know. It is curious fact that
in sacred history, the age, death and bur-
ial Of but one woman, Sarah, the wife of
Abraham, is distinctly noted. Woman's
age ever since appears not to have been
subject for history or discussion.
The first names are all Hebrew; and
the explanation or meaning of them is
also in Hebrew, thus proving that it was
the language used at the time they were
so named 1t was thus with the names
Of Adam, Eve, Cane, Seth, Noah, &c.
The wonderful names by which God has
condescended to reveal himself to US, the
great names of Jehovah and Jesus, or
Joshua, are also Hebrew, and full of
meaning.
How natural it is for all infants, 10
their first attempt to speak, to say, a6-
bab-ab, or en- nsem-em,! How few know
that these words we're used by the first
children to express words dear to all In
Hebrew, Ab, or Abba, means father, and
En- means mother.
The first sin combined "the lust of the
eye"-the woman "saw it was pleasant to
the eyes )" "tbe lust Of the f1esh"--it
was "good for food;" and "the pride Of
life"-it was "a tree to be desired to
make wise" "'' ',.'
At the first sacrifice, Gains Offering was
rejected, while Abel's was accepted. Cain,
it appears, did not believe the promise Of
God, nor in the necessity Of an atonement
for sin. In the pride eff unbelief, he pre-
sented the Unitarian offering of his own
productions or works Abel believed the
promise, for we are told (Heb. xI. 3),"By
faith, Abel offered unto God more ex-
cellens sacrifice than Cain" Unitarianism
was the first false religion. t'
Lamech, one of Gains descendants, is
the first who is mentioned as having taken
unto him two wives. -'
Jabal "was the father Cor frst) of UGH
as dwell in tents, and such as had cattle"
Abel had kept sheep; but Jabal must
have introduced some system in the rear
ing Of cattle, and also tents and tent max
ing. Jubal, a brother of Jabal, is record
ed as being "the father of all such as
handle the harp and the organ." ,(Gen.
". 2l.( From Jubal probably comes the
word Jubilee. The seed of Cain first in
vented musical Instruments. seesY,
A Jewish tradition ascribes to Naamah
sister to Tubal Cain, the introduction of
ornaments in female dress. ss.... u.
Tho first public worship mentioned was
at the birth of Enos, the son of Seth,
born when Adam was 235 years old
"Then began men to call upon the name
of the Lord" a. get No, $50
Prophesying was early in the church.
The first especially mentioned as proph-
ct is Enoch, born in, the seventh genera
ton, in the year 622. He prophesied of
"the coming Of the Lord with ten thou
sand of His saints, to execute Judgment
upon all, /" ETC. Guide xv) p.8 H.
The first human slavery was prophesied
as consequence of sin. When Noah
awoke from his wine, and knew what Ham
had done unto him, be said (Gen. tx. 25),
"Cursed be Canaan, the son of Ham,, a
servant of servants, or the most degraded
of slaves, shall he be unto his brethren"
The first city built after the hood--l00
years after--was Babel, or Babylon, B.
G. 2247. .t ...,... -s.fs "a,
The Bible says: "In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was God = and
"all things We're made by Him." The
heather obtained some knowledge of this.
In India, Vach, or speech, is the active
power of Brahma. In Persia, Ormuzd,
the Good, created the world by Honoya,
the Word.-Schiefedman's Foundations
Of History. g.a[ .4gs