Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-01-05

not day OF twenuy-four hours, DuJ or ages,
the word there being translated as day"
In other places meaning ages And so
the Bible account of the creation and the
peologists' account Of the creation are COM
pletely harmonious.
Chronology enters the book OF Daniel
and says that the words "time and half
mean year and half Chronology enters
at 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 800 days, instead of 365; that
the day was calculated from o'clock in
the morning to o'clock at night; that the
night was divided into four watches-name-
ly, the late watch, the midnight, the cock
Growing, the early watch. The clock and
watch were invented so long after the world
began their mission that the day was not
very sharply divided in Bible times.
THE DIAL OF AHAZ.
Ahaz had a sundial, or flight OF stairs
with column at the top, and the shadow
which that column threw on the steps be
meath indicated the hour, the shadow
lengthening or withdrawing from step to
step. But the events of life and the events
of the world moved so slowly, for the most
part, in Bible times that they had no need
of such timepieces as we stand on our man
tells or carry in our pockets in an age when
man may have Il half dozen or dozen en-
gagements for one day and needs to know
the exact minute for each one of them. The
earth itself in Bible times was the chief
/ timepiece, and it turned on its own axis
and that was day, and once around the
sun and that was year. 1t was not until
/ the Fourteenth century that the almanac
was born-the almanac that we toss care
lessly about, not realizing that it took the
accumulated ingenuity of more than 5000
/ years TO make one.
/ Chronology had to bring into its service
the monuments Of Egypt, and the cylinders
of Assyria, and the bricks of Babylon, and
the pottery of Nineveh, and the medals
! struck at Antioch for the battle of Actium,
and all the hieroglyphics that could be de
ciphered, and had to go into the extremely
delicate business OF asking the ages OF
Adam and Seth and Enoch and Methu-
selah who, after their 300th year, wanted to
be thought young. | think it must. have
been in recognition of the stupendous work
of making HI almanac that all the days OF
the week are named after the gods, Sunday
after the sun. which was of old worshiped
as god.
Monday, after the moon, which was also
worshiped rs IA god Tuesday, after Tues
co. tae god of war. Wednesday, aftel
Wooden, the chief god of the Scandinavians
Thursday, after Thor, the god of thunder
Friday, after Frea, the goddess Of marriage
and Saturday after Saturn. The old Biblt
wear began with the 25th of March. Mo-
until 1859 did the first of the month of Jan
uary get the honor in legal documents il
England of being called the first day OF tn
year improvements all along have beer
made in chronology until the calendar, ant
the almanac, and the clock, and the watcl
seem to have reached perfection, and al
, the nations of Christendom have sinlilarit.
of time calculations and have adopted wha
is called new STYLE" except Russia, whicl
keeps what is called the ''old style" and
twelve days different, so that, writing from
there, if you wish to be accurate, you dat
your letter Jan. and Jan. Is, or Dec. l
and Dec. %.
It is something to thank God for that tn
modes are so complete for calculating tn
, cycles, the centuries, the decades, the year
, the months, the days, the hours, the se
, onds Think of making appointments, 8
in the Bible days. for the time of the ne
| moon. Think of making one of the watcht
: of the night in Bible times ROSTERS crov
ing. The Bible says, Before the cock Gro
| thou shalt deny me thrice" If the MAST
3 cometh at cockcrowing," and that was Il
. way the midnight watch was indicate
The Growing of that barnyard bird has
} ways been most uncertain. The Growing