The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

had a watch or CLOCK ia MS PS''0N
wish that one of our jeweller kings
wonId intimate the Emperor Angus
tins and contrive an obelistic clock
in our Central Park. Such Gu
rious horologic mechanism would |
immortalize any individual OF our
day az one of our clocks or watches
would have immortalized q man IN
the days Of Augustus"
Mr.. Bliss, the President, spoke OF
the great antiquity Of the obellsK
now In this city, and said there was
little doubt that it and its compan'
ion. which is in London, we're spok
en- of by the Prophet Isaiah who
foretoId their erection.
Professor Seyfrarth saidi "Our
friend DR.. Weisse il his interesting
paper has told us some things which
reliable and some others which are
not. 1t is the common opinion that
our obelisk and many others refer
to the sun. 1t is "a error origina.
ting from not understanding the in
scriptions. We cannot speak posi-
lively about. them until the inscrip'
tions have been correctly read. This
art of decipheriDg hieroglyphs is
new. It originated from the dis
covery of the Rosetta stone, and
since then much progress has been
made, and we can with comparative
certainty read the inscriptions. It
is right 10 mention that our obelisk
and many others were not dedica-
ted to the sun, but to the Creator OF
all things. The upper part of eur
obelisk the graceful pyramidion rep,
resenting a pyramid of four sides, is
the principal part of all obelisks.
because it represents the Deity to
which the temple was dedicated or
10 which the temple was built. Our
obeiisk, for instance, contains a
square on one aide, and there is a
sphinx on the other side, a repre-
sentatlon of the Creator. The Gre.
ator was represented as human
being, with the head of sparrow
hawk. and upon his head is also q
disk like this land the Professor
turning to the blackboard drew a
representation of some Of the heir
oglyphs on the obelisk), and this
gave rise to the opinion that the
obelisk was dedicated to the sun,
but the sun was called 'Kuro,' in
the Egyptian language Osiris and
so this meant not the sun but the
Lord. There are many incriptfons
which contain the same disk. but
then find instead of the sparrow
hawk the letters X. L. conse
uueully the sparrow hawk was not
an example of the sun but Of Kirius
the Lord. so the King ia represen-
ted by the Sphinx, which always
represents the Lord. The principal
worship in Egypt was the Lord the
Creator Of all things, and not the
sun. So 'HeliOs' in numerous places
does not signify the sun but the
Lord, and it is proved by many 9th
er examples. have translated as
far possible our obelisk and | hope
soon to publish a little pamphlet.
The inscription means that the king
SAYS. L have built you house Of
worship and the Lord says, i have
given unto you the kingdom of
Egypt. the animals, the trees and
all things, for l am the Lord Of del
ties. Now, this could not be the
sun, for the sun is not the Lord Of
dieties,' but it means the Creator of
all things, and these obelisks were
erected for temples in which the
! Creator of the world was Worship
ped"
After some further discussion the
society adjourned until next month,
when Professor Seyfarth will read
an elaborate paper on "Monolithic
Inscriptions and the Mode of Trans.
lating Them.a