Milford chronicle., 1893-01-06

,,clock and 10 O'Clock is 10 o'clock, and in
lenendeDt of all weathers, and then thank
sod tbat vou live now. But notwithstand-
no Ali the imperfect modes Of marking
,onrq or wears or centuries Bible chronol-
,e,v never trims up, never falters, never con
-radicts itself. and here is one OF the pest
,rrruiaents for the authenticity Of the Scrip
lures
II Won can prove an ahbi in the courts,
and Won can prove beyond doubt that you
were in some particular place ut the tilhe
YOU were charged with doing or saying
something in quite another place, you Balp
the victory, and infidelity has tried 70 Prov
an alibi BY cOntending that events ana CIT
curnstances in the Bible ascrlbed 70 cef.,lin s,'
times must kave taken place at some o.ner
time, if they took place at an bus ms
hooks chronology has never been caught az |
fsnlt n has been proved that when the ]
Hebrews went into Egypt there were only
sa,,o,tv Of them. and that when they
came out there were 3,U0O,0lN OF them.
,sNoyv " says ingidelity, with gtiiiaw ina.
Il cannot suppress, what an absarol0ys
Tbev went down into Egypt seventy ana
came out 100000. That is a talsehooa
-, tba faet Of IL. Nations do not increase
in that ratio"
Rut nv skepticaI friend, hold moment.
The Bilie saws the Jews were 40 years IN
Fo-,,,t and that explains the increase from
sevantv neYsons to 100000, for 1t IS no
moro INIT rather less, than the ordinary IN
crease of nations. The Pilgrim Fathers
came TO America in the Mayfiower-onee
small sbipload Of passengers-les's than SOV
wears ago and now we have nation o. W,
/ 0OO 600. Where, then, is the so called hiipos
sibility that the seventy Jews VINO wens oS,ls
into Egypt in $50 years became S'OO',OOOs
Infdelity wrong and Bible chronology
right, ,.,.i. :. thst this
sublime subject OF Bible chronoiosy nas
been 30 neglpC ed, and that the most % yOu
have never given ten minutes 70 .1e ~.
sidaration of it. and that this ~ the nrsl
'a-,,,1n aver preached on this stupendous
a,,d overvvhelmipg theme? We have STOOD
bv the half day or the whole day AZ grahe
rsvievvs and seen armies pass Again ana
arain and again OH the Champs Eiysess
F7.enrbmen by the hundreds Of thousands
have stood and watched the hannered
armies 20 by, and the huzza has been three
miles long and until the populace were 10
boarge they could huzZa no longer
AGAIN and again and again the Germans
bv bundreds of thousands have stood Oh
the ptlaced and statued Inter den Lileeii'
Pe,Iln. and strevn garlands under the iee'
|, If nniformed hosts led on by Won MolsAe
~. BInrhpr or Frederick the Great. w men
WeIlinoton and Ponsonby and tine oco1s
C,,g,.s rarna hack from Waterloo or W Oiae
, lev from Egypt, or Marlborough Irolh i'lel,
helm. what military professions throusL
, Rerent street and along by the palaces o.
.ondon and over the bridges OF the lllsliiies
/ What almost interminable lines Of militia
e on the streets Of all our American caPlI''ls
; while mayors and governors ana l'rssi -
l with uncovered heads, looked on! DlI ~.
D all those grand reviews together, aiiu w;
are tame compared with the review "uiui -',
/ on this New Years day you rom Vhe pe'
p and from the pulpit witness.
0 Hear them pass III chronological oroef-
g al the Years before the hocd; all the year
L since the food; decades abreast; ceniufie
4 abreast: eDochs abreast; millennium
G nbreast Egyptian civilization l.aoy ylohit
J: ,,cr,,lations, Assyrian doninions' armies
Il Persian. t;rccian, Pelcponnesi'1n ana Roma
e vvars. BYZANTINE empire, Saracenie nos
t. crusaders of the first, the seccnd, tar
l. .pd the last--avalaEche OF men; lars AZ
IS i'm eon,ber cDaulets AID brighter ag'
8, with shields Of silver and helmets "i s0'
- ItuIv. Spain, France, Russia, Germah
10 Fn,-land and America, past ana preseh
le dyngsties. feud;l domains, despotism
4 monwreliies, republics, ages on ages, ag
on aves, passing toeiay IN cironoiosic
Ell .'.,.ieTv u,til one has no more power
p Ioo,s uDon the advancing columns, no
rs brilliant. now sdualid, now garlanded WI
ie neace. now crimson with slaughter, no
= borrid with ghastliness, now radiant WI
le love and joy.
at THE WORLD GETTING BETTER.
in This Chronological study affords amor
he many practical thoughts especlally Two
e- tbe one encouraging To the last degree al
TX the other startling. The encourage
Id thought is that the main drift oi the e
Id turies has been toward betterneht' "
OF only here and there stout reversal. ui
,ja1 ciyiIigatiou was vast improveme
on Egyptian civilization ana hol'l'.n =
rs Iizatiou Il vast improvement on Greeian g
wv iiization. and Christian civilization Is
De- vast inprovement on Roman civilization
wv What was the boosted age of Pericles Co
TO pared with the age of I.ongfellow and i'
its nvsoug What was Queen Elizabeth as
)st sneeimen of moral wOnlanhood eomp2i
ed with Queen Victorisy What were thee
an. warriors Of olden times compared witisis
en most distinguished warriors OF the it'se y
en- century. all of them us much DISTINGUISH
ow for kindness and good morals rs Tor pro
he ess-the two military leaders Of cur CT
ief ,,,sr ON ucrtLer1 and southern side co
xis ,n1,picant members of Christian chnrcl
.he and their home life rs pure as their put
It'll lie? .t,;. ,.,,ro,ol
lnc Nothing lmpresStS ule ~ 'eI9 - .,-.4
re- ical review more than the TACT thAO
he regiments of years are better ana pet
ono regiments as the troops move on, Ih'i
God that you and were not born any so
ice er than we were born. How could we ~
ers endured the disaster Of beng Doln III
md Eighteenth or Seventeenth or 9iN.eel
Nc ceStnrvy Glad an ! that we are IN
i'm, regiment now passing the reviewing w y. e
de- and that our children viii pass the 81
el. ;n stiU better regiment. God did
ar brild this world for slaughter mousse
hu den of infamy mi,
Ito 4 GOOD deal of cleaning house will be !
,ve esenr,, before this world becomes as cl
ork and sweet az it ought to be, but the Droo
4 Of and the scrllhhing brushes, ana the up
dav sterers and plumbers are already basy
ned when the world gets fixed up as It VIII
If Adam and Eve ever visit It, as eAl
also they will, they will say to each other, W "
nes. this heats paradise when we hVed "a
fter and the pears and the plums are Dettef
mo Ne nlueked from the first trees, ana
der wardrobes are more complete, and the
age, mate IS better" Since settled IN my
ible mind the fact that God was stronger
Not ne devil / have never lost faith in the
IAN bar,fisation Of the planet With the e.
) IN ton of Il retrogression ~ the b'.' 7
the thp movement of the world has beel
Deen md on, and up and up. and lave e"'
and bilant hosannas--one for the closing
atch md the ether for the rew seir.
all Now IS VOri. ONLY cIHiAlN flsis' !.
lrity But The other thought coniing out o.
What subject is that BihlicSl cAlonosogy' 'enS
hieh seed all chronology, is urging the Nori
ID is or,. n1nctuaiity and imnedia;eI
rom what IN unsatisfactory and inael
date thinp it must have been for two bnsi
C. 10 men. IN the time Of Ah..9 @ ssi'ti,e al
nointinent. glyiny, we will settle
! the business matter tomorrow Wheh
Che SHADOW on tie dial Of Aaaz REACHES
ears, tenth step frum the top, or, i VII
Sec Ven In tie street called Stutght q i''s
on cus in the time uf Tue new moon, OF