Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-03
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
DEPICTED IN ADDRESS By
PROFESSOR STANWOOD

At Community Vesper Service Sun
day at South Congregational
Church - Subject Expounded in
Most Interesting Manner by
Sesaker-TeIIs of New Discoveries
Made
That the state of civilization of
the present day excells the civiliza-
ton of the time Of Christ in it's con-
troll over nature. just as the Greek
civilization excelled ours in art and
the Roman excelled ours in law and
administration was pointed out in an
address, instructive and of unusual
interest, given by Professor Daniel
c. Stanwood at the community ves-
per service held with a large atten-
dance at o'clock Sunday at the
South Congregational church. Pro
fessor Stanwood's subject was The
State OF Civilization in Jerusalem at
the Time Of Christ" He has made
special study of this subject and pre-
sented it to his audience in a most
eniightening manner.
From archaeological records found
iii Egypt wonderful advances have
been made i'll the present day
knowledge Of that ancient civiliza
ton, and it certainly is surprising TO
find out how far advanced along
many lines were these ancient people.
Records that are 800 years old have
been unearthcd, and from these are
read references to Il we'll organized
fire department. The old civilization
were one by one ousted, the speaker
showed. and each was succeeded by
another. greater and stronger. AT
the time of the Roman disin tergra-
ton there was nothing to take its
place, and the result was a retro
erosion, the long period known as
the Dark Ages. The last 200 years
! has seen a greater advance in Amer
lea than was ever made in any other
country.
The Roman civilization and our
| civilization was depicted by the
speaker as two chains of mountains
with a dark valley between. In the
Dark Ages it was believed that the
earth was fiat, but in Rome it had
been taught that it was round. and
that knowledge had been completely
, forgotten. The records concerning
Nero of Rome showed that, he was
very musical, and from those records
it is shown that music that Jesus
listened to had IL scales and had
quarter tones as well as half tones.
Nero had in his palace a pipe organ,
ana one Of Nero's hobbies was lead
ing orchestras.
Professor Stanweod spoke of the
similarity of the states of civiliza alton
| OF the countries that were near to-
gether in those days, nearly all of
| them speaking the same language.
In Damascus and other cities the
houses had plumbing and running
/ water and some of the more preten-
tieus ones were installed with eleya :
Tors run by bronze machinery. Some
or the houses had equipment for
| making artificial ice.
The fact that distances were NOT
so great in those days S thew seem
10 one reading OF Jesus preigina-
tions, was shown by the speaker, and
II must be remembered that the
roads were excellent in those DAYS.
The ships carried many people. and
some OF the Roman troop ships were
large enough to accommodate 1000
men.
Ihe archaeological discoveries made
by two Oxford men were referred IN nv
the speaker. some of the material hav-
ing been unearthed SO recently that il
mas hardly been published. Among those
ancient treasures are a new poem nv
Sappho. new ode by Pindar and . nJay
, by Euripides dealing with woman suf-
frage. Many records have been dis.
covered showing the state OF deyelop-
ment of the people Of the middle classes
OF those days, some OF these being. A
JUDGES charge to jury; a letter from,
lady to her butcher, complaining about
. the meat; receipt for tooth nowder.
ana q letter from waitress insisting
mat she be given her regular dav off
Faid checks on banks, A. D. II tn q
nave been discovered. There were many
unions in those ancient DAYS. the trades
and professions having been we'll or.
gained.
1t seems to people of today impossible
'aat there was such a thing as stenor-
raphy in the days of Paul, but such IS
I 1act Their method differed, however.
Tor instead Of the phonetic system II
was system of taking down ideas and
copying them in the language of the
I stenographer. And in those DAYS Ie,ters
could be sent by registered mail.
In closing his address Professor Stan
woed spoke OF the advantage in the op-
pertpntty for spiritual advancement.
that is today found in the smaller cities
rather than the larger cities Of the
United States.
Rev. James H. Ecob. pastor of the
church. pronounced the benediction.
special musical numbers were sung at
the aeryice by the chn.ol