The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-05
IlR. IALMACE'S SERMON.
,HE pRooKIYN DIvIEE's SUN
DAY SERMON
I Among the Ages Past and
Gone.

Il At ~ o'clock last nirht. while so many
Xooi people were watching, an old friend
3assei out OF our homes and stranger en-
bred The old friend making vsleiictory
as 1897 the stranger arriving is 1893. The
Ia frier was garruous with the occur
#ences o. mauv days. but the stranger put
kis finger over his lin and said nothing and
remei charged with many secrets and mys-
eries | did not see either the departure or
he arrival, but was sound asleep, thinking
hat was for mo the hest wav 10 be wide
Xwake now. Goodhv. 1922 Welcome. 1881
4 As an army is divided into brigades aud
#eCiments AMI companies, an they observe
his order in thor march and their tread is
ns iestic. 50 the time or the worlds exist
1nce Is divided into an army divinsly com =
naudrd. the eris are the briga les, the CEN
|siries are the regiments, and tho years are
ie companies. Forward into the eternity
Bass. out OF the eternity 70 comsl Forward
Che command. and nothing can halt them,
&wen though the world should die While
8beyiny INV text, "Consider the years OF
<nanv generations / propose TO speak OF
BE- Chronology OF the Bibie,or God Among
/he Centuries
Il We make n distinction between time aud
8fernity, but time l. only piece OF eternity,
1nl chronology has been engaged in the
t,b.ire work of divi ling up this portion Of
tfcrnity that We call time into compart.
rompartmont. IL is as uuch an injustice
ogainst the past 90 wrongly arrange its
esents as IL would be an injustice Il, through
n glcct of chronological accuracy. it should
Al the far distant future he said that Amer
d was discovered in 1910. aud the Declara-
tcu of Independence was signed in 1902,
nd Washington born on the % OF March,
Nd the Civil War of the United States was
{on yht In 1870.
81 A. tod puts all the events OF time in the
<ighj ulac', let Us be careful that we do not
~ them IN the wrong place. The chron-
L|oey Of the Bible takes six steps. but they
"a steps so long IL makes Us holt our breath
y VIZ watch the move n Mt From Adam
~ Abraham. From Abraham TO the exodus
80 OF Egypt. From tbp exodus to the
mud alton OF SOlomon's temple. From the
G1Dnlati of Solomons temple 10 the de-
4fuction OF that temple. From the destruc-
1[on Of the temple TO the return from Biby-
[11ish captivity. From Babylonish cap-
MIN TO the birth OF Christ
q itChronoogy takes pen and pencil, and call
UE astronomy and history 20 help says:
slRt us fix one event from which TO cllcd-
i8<n everything. Let IL bs a star. the Bath.
io'1cm star. the Christmas star" Aud from
that we 20 back and seq the world was
crea;ed i0Oi years before Christ, the deluge
c4znc 23iS years before Christ; the exodus
out ol Egypt occurred li9l years before
Chfis', aud Soomon's temple was DESTROYED
56U ears before Christ.
Chronoo2y enters the first chapter OF
0tzsesis aud says the day mentioned there Is
noto day ol twenty-four hours but or ages,
t11wordthe translated as Jay in other
~ ,s meaning ages, and so the Bible &c.
2e1pt o. tho creation and the geologists' ac-
X8t OF the cfsetjnV are complttea,v tA--
M tous. Chronology enters tho book OF /
1el aud says that the words ''tifne and |
u" mean year and half.
ronolo2y enters at another point and |
p us that the seasons of the year were
only two summer ana winter. We
tiat the Bible year was 800 days instead 1
~, that ths day was calculated from
cck IN tue morning. to 6 O'Clock at night:
~ ight was divided into four watches
..H kIefN she late watch. the midnight, the
- wifig. ffnf ezrTy- wHtcir.- Ihs clock
>fch We're invented so long after the
gon their mission that tue day was
sharply divided in Bible times.
Va sundial, or flight OF stairs with
Mt the top. and the shadow which
nb threw on the steps beneath In.
te hour, the shadow lengthening
Eing from step to step.
vents OF life and the events of
WXmoved so slowly for the most \
XUtle tunes that they had no
M timepiecss as we stand on our
4Rrry in our pockets in an age
o may have n half dozen or a
ments tor one day aud needs
uI1F Xact minute for each one of
b4earth itself in Bible times wns
p<tin& piece. and it turned once on
4 q pat was day, ani once around
1Ed th0t was a year
Not until the Fourteenth Century
4manac was born, the almanac
W< carelessly aolut, not realizing
4t the accumulated ingenuity OF
oNO years 20 make one. Chron.
&oLrlng into its service the monu-
{2<fpt and the cylinders OF Assyria.
nose OF Babylon and the pottery
ani the metals struck nc An
tno battle ot Actium, and all the
4Ico that could bs declnhered, and
H1tlotp the extremely delicate tusi-
y14t1Qt the ages OF Adam and Seth
l0Q Qd Methuscab, who after their
<XQpled 10 be thou yht young.
K/10st have been in recognition
Pns work OF making an alma
days OF tho week are named
tH Sunday, after the sun.
worshiped as goi. Mon
Noon, which was also wor-
Tuesday, after Tuesco. the
<*< flxe einesday, after Wooden. the
P~ecandinaviaus. Thursday,
@<gol OF thunder. Friday,
Ioddess OF marriage. And
eturn. The old Bible year
45*oth OF March. Not until
tpf the month OF January
}pgal docupentsi in England
<@ - hrst day of the year.
velu1u111 ~ along have been made
,lo1Pky 4uui the calendar aud the
tc. ln'l th4 block, AMI the watca seem
trl1chtd periec Ion, aud all the Ma
tQrlatMdpm have similarity OF time
U<o4t AND have adopted what is