Democratic messenger., 1893-01-07
ARRANGING EVENTS

ARRANGING Events
We make distinction between time
and eternity hnt time is only a piece OF
eternity. and chronology has been en-
gagged in the sublime work of dividing
up this portion of eternity that we cali
time into compartments and putting
events IN their right compartment. Il
is rs much an injustice against the past
to wrongly arrange lis events as it would
be IN iniusiicr IT, through neglect of
chrouolo2lcal accuracy il should III the
far distant future be said that America
was discovered ~ l,;i and the Dcclara-
and Washington born on the 22d oi
March, and the civil war of the United
States was fought in 1870
As God puts all the events If time III
the right place. let Us be careful that wc
do not put them in the wrong place. The
chronology Of the Bible takes six steps.
but 10y are steps 70 long it makes us
hold our breath rs we watcI the move
ment From Adam 10 Abraham. From
Abraham To The exodus ont Of Egypt
From the exodus 10 the foundation oi
Solomons icair!e From the foundation
of Solomon : temple o. the destruction
Of that t4mplr From the destruction
of the temple - the return from Baby
lonish captivity. From Rabylc,ish cap
tiyity To- the birth Of Christ.
Chronology taxes pan uni pencil, AMI
calling astronomy and history to hell
says; Let Us fix one event from which
to calcuiate everything Let il be Il star
the Bethlehem star. the Christmas star.
And from that we 20 back and see the
world WAS created 1904 years before
Christ. the dclu-c came 2.3iS years before
Christ. the exodus ont of Egypt occurred
.i9l years before Christ. and Solomon's
temple was destroyed 5sG years before
Christ
Chronology enters the first chapter OF
Genesis and says the day mentioned
there Is not Il day of twenty y-four hours
but of ages the word there translated rs
day III other places meaning ages
and So the Bible account Of the creation
and the geologists account of the crea-
tion are completely harmonious. Chro-
nology enters the book of Daniel and says
that the words time and half mean
"a year and half
Chronology enters 1T another point
and shows US that the seasons of the
year were then only two-summer and
winter We find that the Bible year was
$50 days instead of $50; that the day was
calculated from 6 o'clock IN the morning
to o'clock at night that the night was
divided into -four watches-namely. til,
late watch the midnight. tine cock crow
ing the early watch. The clock and
watch were invented so long after IN.
world began their mission that the day
WAS not very sharply divi4cd in Bibl,
times Ahaz had Il snndial. or "A flight
of stairs with column ut the top. anU
the shallow which that column threw Oh
the steps beneath Indicated the hour tn,
shadow lengthcning nr withdrawing
from step To- step
But the events of life and the events
of the world moved 50 slowly for the
most part in Bible times that they ha6
no need of such timepieces ;is we stano
on our mantcls or carry in our pocket:
in an age when man may have Il hall
dozen or Il dozen engagements for On'
day and needs to know the exact ninut,
for each one Of them. The earth itSelt
in Bible times was the chief timepiecc
. and II turned once on its axis and thai
was Il day. and once around the sun an,
that WAS a year