Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-01-05
THE MARCH OF YEARS
AN ANNIVERSARY SERMON BY DR..
TALMAGE.

The Chronology OF the Bible Never Has
Been and Cannot Be Impeached-Evo-
luton of the AImanac-Time Was, Time
Is, but Time will End.
BROOKLYN, Jan. Rev. DR.. Talmage
ihis morning appropriately took for the
subject of his New Years day sermon
1.-THE Chronology of the Bible, or Goti
Among the Centuries" Before the dis
course the great audience which fully
crowded the Tabernacle sang the hymn:
Our God. our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come.
The text chosen was Deuteronomy xxxll,
Z, Consider the years OF many gener-
ations."
At 10 o'clock last night, while so many
GOOD people were watching, an old friend
nassed out of our homes and u stranger en-
tered. The old friend making valedictory
was 1892; the stranger arriving is 1893. The
old friend was garrulous with the occur
rences of many days, but the stranger put
his finger over his lip and said nothing and
seemed charged with many secrets and mys-
teries, did not see either the departure or
the arrival, but was sound asleep, thinking
that was for me the best way to be wide
awake now. Goodby, 1899: Welcome, 1881
As an army is divided into brigades and
regiments and companies, and they observe
this order in their march, and their tread is
majestic, no the time Of the worlds exist
snce is divided into an army divinely COM
manded. The eras are the brigades, the
centuries are the regiments, and the years
ere the companies Forward into the
nf ha
Forward is the command, and nothing can
halt them, even though the world should
die While obeying my text, CONSIDER the
years of many generations" propose TO
speak of the Chronology of the Blble' or
God Among the Centuries"
THE DIVINE CHRONOLOGY.
We make distinction between time and
eternity, but time is only piece of eternity,
and chronology has been engaged In the
sublime work of dividing up this portion
of eternity that we call time into compart-
ments and putting events in their right
compartment. 1t is as much an injustice
against the past to wrongly arrange its
events as it would be an injustice II, through
neglect Of chronological accuracy, it should,
in the far distant future, be said that
America was discovered in l7T6, and the
Declaration of Independence was signed IN
1892, and Washington born on the 2Sd OF
March, and the civil war of the United
States was fought in 1s40.
AS God puts all the events OF time in the
right place, let US be careful that we do not
put them in the wrong place The chro
nology Of the Bible takes six steps, but they
are steps no long it makes us hold oul
breath as we watch the movement From
Adam to Abraham. From Abraham to thu
exodus out of Egypt From the exodus tt
the foundation of Solomon's temple. From
the foundation of Solomon's temple to thu
destruction of that temple. From the de
struction of the temple to the return IRON
Babylonish captivity. From Babyionisi
captivity to the birth of Christ. :,
Chronology takes pen and pencil an'
calling astronomy and history to nell
saws: s'Let us fix one event from which t.
calculate everything. Let it be star, tn
Bethlehem star, the Christmas star" Ant
from that we go back and see the worl'
was created 4,OO4 years before Christ; tn
deluge came 2,34S years before Christ
the exodus out Of Egypt occurred Lay
years before Christ, and Solomon's tempt
was destroyed $50 years before Christ
Chronology enters the first chapter OF Ger
aasa aad savs tha dau mentioned there