Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-28

long periods of time and vast extents
Of space.
CHEssEAUX ON DANIEL.
one hundred and fifty years ago
celebrated Swiss astronomer Ches-
seaux, undertook to investigate these
matters with view to ascertaining the
precise date OF the crucifixion OF our
| Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was
led TO peruse the prophecies of Daniel,
| referring to future events. Upon re-
| ferring to his hooks he found that 3l5
years was q, fairly good cycle lacking
| only about 2Ia hours. The astronomer
was astonshed TO find, in reading the
| book of Daniel that the period of
| 1860 years is referred to repeatedly, and
| he soon discovered that SIS years,
which he had found to be fair cycle,
| was exactly e-fourth of 1860. the per-
| iod OF time referred Ia in Daniel,
though IL Is there called days. These
were periods when great political and
| religious events should occur. Investi-
| eating Daniels prophecy further he
| found another period referred to was
| 1890 another cycle almost AS perfect
| as $50. but the variation between the
correctness of them set him further to
work and he reasoned that In as much
as the one cycle would indicate too much
of one side, the other cycle would have
similar tendency, so he concluded that
the intermediate would be perfection.
| This was 1910 which he found was the
exact division between the two other
| cycles. and was a complete cycle with
| out fault. Mr.. Chesseaux submitted
| this intelligence to the French acad-
| envy where they were referred to two
emine mt scientists. who after investiga-
ton declared that 1t was impossible TO
doubt the conclusions reached In Mr..
| Cheeseman's essay but they could not
| conceive how or why they should have
| been embodied in holy Scripture. The
scientist realized that the next new
moon at the vernal equinox would occur
In Alexandria IN Egypt on the 10th Of
March 1883. He had access to the
records giving the research of Ptolemy.
tho ancient Grecian astronomer. He
referred back twice 1910, which Is 20S6,
and ascertai-ed when the new moon oc-
| CURED at Alexandria and he found the
date to he the 26th day of March, ZOE
before Christ. That, however, was IN
the old style of years and In the present
| calculation 1t was 1883. His computa-
tion showed a difference OF 16 years,
which harmonizes exactly with the dif-
ference that had grown out of the two
classes OF time measuring and he found
that the variation between the new
moon of the vernal equinox at the one
time as compared with the other was
exactly 20So years lacking four and n
half minutes, which slight difference
might be due to lack Of suitable astro-
nomical instruments to get at the exact
truth. In the days of Daniel nothing
was known of cycles and the astron-
omer asks the question: IF Daniel
was not inspired of God how was It
possible for him TO select those three
periods of time to indicate marvellous
events that were to come" These in
vestigations carry great weight In es-
tablishins the divinity of the Bible.
PRESIDENT LYMAN SPEAKS.
President F. NJ, Lyman spoke first of
the efficient labor that is being per-
formed by the saints of Pioneer stake
ana In the Church, due to the fact that
the Lord has employed great many
hands and they are laboring under d.
vine guidance and authority. Consider
Ing the population of the Church. 1t il
remarkable how many men and women
are engaged In this work. and how
much is accomplished when It Is known
that the Latter-day Saints, like other
people. have to labor to obtain the nee.
essaries OF life. II was shown by Elder
Lyman, that there Is no royal road t.
learning; there is no royal road to pro-
duce the fruitfulness OF the earth and
there is no royal road TO produce tho
fruitfulness OF the gospel. II takes co.
slant labor early and late, II we wish
TO gain these things we must persever.
A man who Is lazy and Indifferent can
not acquire learning nor can he rece.v.
the blessings OF the earth, and th>
speaker declared that such a man, la8,
and Indifferent, will not be saved In
the kingdom OF heaven.
STEADY PROGRESS.
Elder Lyman spoke of the progress
made by the saints I'm 1905 as compared
to 1905. and while the Improvement was
marked yet there is ample room for
Improvement and he urged the saints 10
perscvere and improve in their lives I,
become better qualified for the aborS
Of the future as Well as the presola
Mention was made of the work that lies
before the Church In the way OF
preaching the gospel, and he declared
that every cerature should hear thesame
either In the fesh or in the spirit
Speaking OF conditions IN the world. Ei.
der Lyman declared that light and In
telligence are increasing, and many will
come 10 knowledge OF the gospel OF
salvation. While mankind may haye
the opportunity OF receiving the gospel
even after this mortal life is closed, and
while II is possible for some o. this
work to be done IN their behalf, vet II Is
altogether better thu, man should do
his own work. perform his own mission,
and work out his own salvation. The
Scriptures tell us that Il II more blessed
TO do than to have something done FOR
us. II IL good thing that we can ia
Dor for our kindred, living and dead.
but N Ia far better that tha,, .La,,ts A..