Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-03-26

/ Moses, the first historian, wrote
labont: the year B. G. 1900. From
that time until about b. G. 40, the
divinely inspired writers of the Bible
are the only historians.
! The same year that the last of the
Old Testament books was written
(B. G. AS, the first authentic history
written BY any of the worlds histo-
rians-viz., by Herodotus- vas made
public.
How long Eve, the first woman,
lived, we do not know. 1t is a curl
Gus fact that in sacred history, the
age, death and burial of only one
woman, Sarah, wife Of Abraham, is
distinctly noted Woman's age ever
since appears not to have been sub
ject for history or discussion.
The first names are all Hebrew,
and the explanation or meaning Of
them are also in Hebrew, thus prov
ing that it was the language in use at
the time they were SO named. It
was thus with the names Adam, Eve.
Cain, Seth, Noah, etc. The wonder.
full names by which God has conde-
scended to reveal himself to us, the
great names Jehovah and Jesus or
Joshua, are also Hebrew, and full of
meaning.
How natural it is for all infants,
in their first attempts to speak, to
say ab-bab-ab or enl.nlem- en- How
few know that these words were
used by the first children in the world
to express words dear to all In
Hebrew Ab, or Abba, means father,
and En- means mother.
The first sin combined Esthe lust Of
the eye"-the woman s'saw it was
pleasant to the eye !" ssthe lust of the
fiesh"-it was ssgood for food J" "and
the pride Of life' it was "a tree to
make one WISE"
AT the first sacrifice, Gains Offer
ing 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 of unbelief, he pre-
sented the Unitarian offerings of his
own productions or works. Abel be-
lieved the promise, for we are told
(Heb. XII, 4, "By faith Abel offered
unto God more excellent sacrifice
than CAIN" Unitarianism was the
first false religion.
The first city in the world was
built by Cain. He called it after
his son Enoch. For thousands Of
years the seed Of the serpent, though
under a curse, built the great cities,
furnished the kings Of the earth, and
had the power of the world while
the seed to whom all the blessings of
this life and that to come were prom
ised, and to live by faith, as heirs of
inheritance not yet received.
Iamech, one of Gains defendants,
is the first who is mentioned as hav-
ing taken unto himself two wives.
Jabal sswas the father Cor first) Of
such as dwell in tents, and ofsuch as
had CATTLE" Able had kept sheep
But Jabal must have introduced some
system in the rearing Of cattle, and
also tents and tent making. Jubal,
brother Of Jabal, recorded as being
ssthe father of all such as handle the
harp and organ" From Jubal prob,
ably comes the word jubilee. The
seed Of Cain first invented musical
instruments.
A Jewish tradition ascribes to Naa-
man, sister of Tubal>Cain, the intro
duction Of ornaments in female dress.
The first public worship mentions
ed was at the birth of Enos, the son
Of Seth, horn when Adam was 235
years old. s'Then began men to call
upon the name Of the Lord
Prophesying was early in the
Church. The first especially men,
toned as a prophet is Enoch-born
in the seventh generation, in the
year 922. He prophesyed of sthe
coming of the Lord, with ten thous-
and Of his saints, to execute judg-
mentupon ALL etc. Dude XIV.
The ark is the first vessel spoken
OF, although it is likely small boats
had been previously built. It was
one hundred and twenty years in
building. While all scoffed at Noah
while he was building, perhaps, when
it was too late, some of his carpen-
tiers begged to be admitted into it,
urging that they had helped to build.
What other reply could he make but,
s'you were paid for it; / cannot help.
you" Those who are now helping
to build churches and spread the Cos
pei, without seeking to be saved by
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ may
we'll ponder the question, what be-
came Of Noah's carpenters p
+ The first human slavery was proph-
esyed as the consequence Of sim
When Noah woke from his wine. and
knew what Ham had done unto him,
he said (Gen. tx, 25, } Course be Ca
naan (the son Of Ham, servant
of servants or the most degraded of
slaves) shall be unto his brethren"
The first city built after the flood
f(1O0 years after Babel, or Babylon,
B. G. 2247.
The Word Of God, the Creator.
The Bible says, I'm the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was
God call things were made by him"
The heather obtained some knowl-
edge Of this. In India, Vach, or
l1speech, is the actiyc power Of Brah-
nah; in Persia, Ormazd, the Good,
created the world by Honovn, the
Word. -iSheifeliu's Foundation Of