The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-07
Temple of the Bible.

Editor The Washington Herald
All Washington. regardless Of belief or
creed is interested in the proposed grand
cathedral that Episcopalians hope To
erect on Mount St. AIban, because il will
add to the many attractions Of the Cap
i;al City
If $4,000 were raised fer the purpose
and sufficient ground donated. the writer
could erect another building that would
attract more attention than the cathedral,
or any other building In Washington.
1t would be a f0ur-sided pyramid. each
edge Of which would De 147 feet long
and the height 125 feet from floor to apex.
Constructed of steel, cement, and Luxi-
fer glass, and prominently located, IL
would attract wide spread interest. on &C
count of its exterior appearance alone;
but with its interesting furnishings and
marvellous interior decorations. il would
become the most important educational
building in the world. and attract stu
dents from all quarters of the earth.
For, on the four interior walls would be
q scientific and chronological illustration
OF universal history that would be of
more benefit 10 the student in one days
examination than "a years course in any
institution of learning In the world.
brief description of the diagram on
the back Of the wall of the pyramid oppo-
site the entrance viii give the reader an
idea Of the plan of illustration iThe en-
trance would be an elaborate combination
of Egyptian, BabylOnian. and Russian
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white cement extends ] 40 inches across
the building rising in steps from the
floor, Of gTeen-cOlCred cement The first
step is Z inches high and q inches wide,
and is without q break illustrating IN
paralle!ogram-shape the III Gr-ud Lunl-
SOlar-Sabbatlc period of lao years I'm
Hebrew chronology. Behind this rises
another Of the same length-7xl0 inches
above the first divided into ten paraIlelo-
grams. each Illustrating a Mosaic period
Of 147 years
Behind and above this Is another. 5x7
inches. divided into tWenty-One paralleIo-
grams. each illustrating a septuagesfmal
period Of 20 years. Then one 3x5 inches.
divided into 50 parallel0grams, each a.
Illustrating an Adamic JubiIe period Of 20
years. Another. Ski inches. divided into
20 parallel0grams, each illustrating a
n =
inches. divided into 210 parallelOgrams,
each Illustrating a Sabbatic Week Of z
years Another, 1X2 inches, divided into
40 psrallelograms, each illustrating the
Post-Diluvian IntercoIony period Of 8
years Then the crown, 1xI inch. divided
into l.490 parallelOgrams each represent
ing the Hebrew Luni-Solar year; show
ing, in different c0lOrs, the intercalary,
the sabbatiC and the jubilee years On
the sides Of these altar steps would be
engraved in gold letters the number and
character of each paraIlelogram, while
on the surfaces would be recorded In
regular chronological order and in parallel
lines. the outlines of Universal History
from 1880 2. c. TO $40 A. d.
Above this crown Of steps IS q series
of photo glass parallelograms. each
12x2l inches, on the reverse sides of |
which is engraved the Hebrew Civil /
Sacred Calendar Of the third period /
synchronized with the corresponding |
Julian Calendar.
Above and below this calendar, &C
cording 10 their more intimate autumnaI /
or vernal equinoctial, relation will be /
recorded the prominent events Of He /
brew history during the same period.
Each first day of every month during /
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according to the terms OF the Julian 4
calendar, and according TO the Scrip /
lures. a marvellous accomplishment that
the renowned Dean Prideaux declared /
had never been done. nor likely ever
would be done. The reverend gentleman !
died too soon TO see this ''impossfbilitv."
The consensus of opinion among nine
teenth and twentieth century scholar
ships has declared the discovery of a
scientific and historically accurate He
brew chronology TO be an 'impOssibilitv."
The writer has this imposslbllity down
'gn black and white" and has tried
during the past ten years 10 get preach
ers. priests, professors, and publishers
TO examine It and point out a serious
flaw in the computation, but they have
all been "too busy" They are not too
busy" but they are too dizzy for this
grand and solemn truth. The preachers