Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30

Brooklyn Divine s Sun
day Scrm

= F'H8ft a. e.ktkts
oc tea degTses backward by 7rhich II Enr
9one doiea fn the d'ni Of Ahuz"-H Rina
Xxx, il.
Here is the first CLOCK or watch or GIRO
.Tofnet@r or t!mepieca % which the world
has any anowleIye. But it was a watch
that iii not tic, AMI a clock that did not
striEe. X was q >,ln3ial. Ahaz, the kim
invented i. between the hours gwen to
st1tectaft I'll The cares of Office he invented
something ~ which he could tell the tiue
- cay. This sunIial may have been a craa.
coauhin, AMI "hen the shadow Of that col
Hnn Eeaehed one point i was nine O'Clock
A H., aaI wnen II reached another point it
was three oclock =. n. and all the hoursan1
nan hgtrs were s. measured. Or it NAV
hay baen a tight O. stairs such as NAV now
te iopntln Hlndostan ani other old conn
tries, aud when the shadow reached one s.en
J. "ae ten O'clock A<1. or another step It
was tour O'clock P. II, and likewise other
hours f(ay nave been Indicated.
me c.eDsYlTt Or water clock followed the
sun+la'. an! the sandgiass followed thu
f@faydfa- Then canse the candle clock OF
AIRED thzJr3eAt and the candle was marked
INTO three parts, and while the first part
va. burning he gave himself to religion and
WhIlct4. seco1d part was burning h. gave
i!ns"lt I p2IItlcs. and while the third part
vas burning lie gave himself to rest. After.
a.'Aaie ctt1e the wheel and weight clock.
ana Pope Sylvester the Second, was its most
'ft'''1ldHt inventor. ana the skill OF cen
i1fl"s 81. exquisite mechanism tolled at thu
ttne3iece- ugltll the word had the Nlck's
cock oi the Fourteenth century and Huy-
Eh'iils, TIC Inventor, swung the first pendlI-
i'h4 ana Dr. liOOke contrived the re-
Goa ,escap-ment. And the ''eadles.
oi.fI, l'.Io"el AMI the ratchet and
..4li,tPI' lever took its place, and
Inc compensation balance and the
stfta"lnier followed, and now we have the
tazz AMI Gang II the great clock and watch
1':J1tes OF fWltZeriani and Germany and
f-i&!tld anu America turning out what
10 u y. The perfection OF timepIeces. 1t
ity% tie world SIX thousand years u make
ih@ present chronO!neter. 50 with the
II aSitement 6f longer spaces than minutes
flll hcRr@. Time was calculated from now
moon = lew moon: then from harvest t.
harvest. iLen tile Year was pronounced +,
" infes Lunlrei AMI ffty-four DAYS and
teen t'rte h'iHlfed and sixty days, and not
i'll I, 'dnI Nhi.a after three hundr5i ami!
s!ttI-hEe days. Ihea events were calcu-
il.- .r"n to foundation OF Rome. after.
Meftis3m tn Olympic games. Then the
ii"h mans ia { eIr measurement of the
: ~ "ht the Romans theirs and
-aEEtniai!s theirs AMI the Hin
80 'ieir Chronology was busy
=. centuries studying monuments
r!-er,i t.oAs, coins. munm,es AMI astron.
".'E. tfyns = lay q plan b. which all
I~t".t.oit - oatts might be settled an,
eFeA'S put - taclt right place in the pro.
ca@.al - III. age-. But tie chron9loglst>
,lty ii-arasn9t mountain OF confusion ana
te"lI tern}cnf NATL III the sixth century
IIyhIstns Exi@,.is, a Roman abbot. said
'-st everything d3te from thu birth at
j ,h,"heln OF the Lord Jesus Christ tn.
P'' ~ tie @3Flf Inc abbot proposet
I" aaTe 5A.ats Gated backward ana forward
a:9m that { 1t event. What a splendid
~tHo@s1t 10" III, world, What a mighty
''.''- 1or instantly! 1t wouli have been
10 natural - date everything from the
yttt'ael q IT, world, But | an glad
tnr ..tts taio-i~t5 could not t0o easily CUES.
l." "II,4e ..lI was III order a get the
A''." - IT, habit o. dating. from that
81. = .a:re ~ is documents and his
! .t.s | 1raNer fixed is it that all history is
- II" lat With Reference To the birth q
I hIi-t. al.l, this ~fnatter settled, Hales. tie
ca'"t 6-u.ol t.ogist. declared that the world
" ; ma lie tive thousand four hundred AMI
.ritftn years oatora Christ. and the deluxe
came three ttorsipl ons hundred ani fit
nv ears etore Christ, aud all the Illus,
ftt'ds events Il the nineteen centuries AMI
m rle great events Of ali time to come have
seen ,i>hail be- dated from the birth Of
! us. these Things ! say that Won rnav
hn"" what q watch Is, what a clock is. what
hn alna1t2c i, and learn to appreciate
Jtsaa-h what tolls aud hardships ami, per
l~le.i,ies the world came to its present con-
Sit LII =, diil W IEtp You TO
moe re-, ectfnl consideration Of that sun
c-:.i nttAlaz planted in my text.
We aEe tod that Hezeklah, tie king. was
u'ihF Oh a hoIi. II must have been one of
fha wort KIND Of c~arbuncles, a boll without
am central core AMI sometimes daathfut. |
y - vas put unon It as a p~Oultice. HeZahi4n
not want - die then. His son, VINO was
- i2#e The .ingdon, hal not yet Deen born,
AMI fltzeAtalIs teatl would have been The +
+.A ~ lae ration, 80 liz Vrays for re-
'"E3ry Anil tit lie will get we'll. But he
vents >3ne miraculous sign to make him
/ It. lie has the choice OF having the
ShA'tof on the sun hal Of Ahaz ~aivanca-or
retreat, lie ren,tei it would not be 50 won
i''iujf9 have the sun 80 down. for 1t a.
VIZ, dceS 60 Gown sooner or later.
lia ask, that it - backward. Ia
other War i. lit the day instead of going
ca tt"1i .~linioWD, turn and go toward
SHali, Lee the invl.Ll king bolStevatuo
Wrapped II bans is looking out OF the
YIN tow u.1an the suniiei III til. courtyard.
y l1Le he watches the shadow on the dial
'he 5Iac9" beFius + retreat. Instead OF
cong on toward SIG oc.ac1 III C3e evening
X -as 14"s tewiri SIX o'cio-k in the morn
IN The hss p~3d.t:ce had b3en drawing for
sG'le ti'ae. and sure enough tie coil broke
a. u tesial got well. Now | expect Won
WI ,eui' on with your higher criticism
ana Thy u explain this away ant say it
VS. IN out.cat oe.u>inn OF Hez-kiah, and the I
-'a low MY : eniei - 20 bac< or a cloud
c4a over n It. was uncertain which way
fhc shallow I!J %, and a, iirzAkiah expactei
II = 70 bees. Re took The action of
III, cwn n,n for IL retrosrai, move
lseut ~, - -aaloN Went back on
MI Tho dir ef tAat iall oni other lands.
'lran y II t4l9lic.s xx.i., II, anu lind
that arav Il ~ h|ahvlout III. mlghtvlman Of
tAe ls42c' H3lIctt fne >ama PHENOMENON.
Antif you 30 nor axe tls Blols authority
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