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CONTENTS

LABOR AND ECONOMICS

Seven Dollars a Day for Teamsters 406

United States International Trade 406

Armory Opened for Unemployed . 407

Needle Workers of Puerto Rico . 410 Unemployment in Britain

and Germany

Too Many Boys and Girls . . . 411

Priests Hard Up

SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL

Suppressing Truth (Part 1) . . 401

Utilities Propaganda

Prohibition in Texas

Mummies in Mexico

FINANCE—COMMERCE—TRANSPORTATION

The Mortgage Racket

Advantages of Telegraph Merger . 406

The 36,000 Go-Getters .... 406

Better Times for the Big Fellows 406

POLITICAL—DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN

Making America Catholic . . 402

New Deal Not for Oklahoma Indians 407

New War Tank.......407

Bicameral Legislatures Inefficient. 407

Quack Methods of Dictators . . 410

The Guardian Angel of Europe . 410

China and the League .... 410

An Aggregation of Wirepullers . 410

SCIENCE AND INVENTION

A New Wood Preservative . . . 408

Death Rays

A New Motor Oil

Better Lighting Needed . . . , 408

A New Kind of Putty .... 408

Flexible Glass

DOME AND HEALTH

Do You Smoke?

Serum for “Christmas”!  .  .  .

About Red Noses

Tuberculosis and Climate  .  .  .

“Sleepy Death” and Vaccination

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

The Second Hand in the

Timepiece of God (Part 2) . 387

The Story of the Flood . . . 387

Revelation and Observation . . 388

Logos and Jehovah in the Record 389

The Time of Isaac’s Birth . . 390

God’s Witness and the Exodus . 391

Inauguration of a New Era . . 393

The Passover and the Exodus . 395

Inauguration of the

Sabbath System ..... 396

Forty Days in the Mountain . 397

The Entrance into Canaan . . 399

Splendid Testimony in Her Will . 405

Started Reading the Bible . . . 405

St. Hubert Falls Down on the Job 411

Preparing for the Priesthood . . 411

A Fine Way to Treat Peter . . 411

Jesuit Says Wealth Will Be Seized 411

Catholic Monopoly on Gambling . 411

Corrections for No. 404 .... 415

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Volume XVI                      Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, March 27, 1935                      Number 405

The Second Hand in the Timepiece of God

(In 3 Parts—Part 2)

Eclipse Cycles Promote Accuracy*

THERE are 238 eclipse cycles of 223 moons each from No. 20470 listed in the table below to No. 73544, Lifeday, Life 28, Edenic day No. 2171798, Y.R. 1887 (Thursday, May 29, 1919 A.D.). God’s months Nos. 73544-73557 are the counterparts of Nos. 20470-20483. See Lunation Experience Table and Chart of Lunations.

Applying this corrective, the lunation on

Vernal Moon                Day of

Equinox No. Hour        Week

1655 20470 10:27 N. Mansday

“  20471  6:08 D. Godsday

“  20472 2:36 N. Heavenday

“  20473 12:52 D. Earthday

“  20474 1:49 N. Lifeday

“  20475 5:55 D. Mansday

“  20476 12:35 D. Lightday

“  20477 8:10 N. Earthday

“  20478 2:42 N. Lifeday

“  20479 6:50 D. Mansday

“  20480 8:11 N. Lightday

“  20481  6:58 D. Heavenday

1656 20482 3:40 N. Star day

“  20483 10:56 N. Lifeday

The Story of the Flood

The story of the Flood is told, mostly in the language of the Scriptures with which are now connected both of these nomenclatures. “And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write; for these words are true and faithful.” (Revelation 21:5) It takes longer for some minds to get used to new things than it does for others; but afterwards, how much the new things are enjoyed! and how much better they are than the old! Who is there that would wish to return to the sanitary (!) conveniences of the “good old * The twelve hours of Joshua’s long day are believed to have been subsequently compensated.

Edenic day No. 604846 (2372 B.C.), listed below, at which day “the waters were dried up from off the earth”, is found to have occurred at 9:40 p.m. of the day named in the table, instead of 9:21 a.m., as shown in the table of lunations ushering in the most important events in history. The times of all the moons covering the period of the Flood are now shown as the eclipse cycles indicate them to have occurred:

Gregorian Year Hour        Date

4:27 am Fri. Apr.  7

12:08 pm Sat. May  6

8:36 pm Sun. June 4

6:52 am Tue. July  4

7:49 pm Wed. Aug.  2

11:55 am Fri.  Sep.  1

6: 35 am Sun. Oct.   1

2:10 am Tue. Oct.  31

8:42 pm Wed. Nov. 29

12:50 pm Fri. Dec. 29

2:11 am Sun. Jan. 28

“ 12:58 pm Mon. Feb. 26

2404  9:40 pm Tue. Mar. 26

“  4:56 am Thu. Apr. 25

days”? its “churches”? its politics? its finance? its “medicine”? its “education”? its inquisition? its newspapers ? its radio ? its wars ? its oxcarts ? its monasteries? its vermin? its wooden plows? its priests? its poison gas? its convents? its theological seminaries? its manure piles?

“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month” (see No. 20471 in the table, for details), on the tenth day of the month (Genesis 7:7-11), Noah and his family went into the ark. The first day of the month, beginning at sundown at the end of the day the moon rose, was Edenic day No. 604522; the tenth day was Edenic day No. 604531. The day, therefore, when Noah and his family went into their place of safety was Earthday, Life 10 (Tuesday, May 16). (They probably entered the ark the Monday evening previous, which, according to Bible usage, was a part of the day in question.)

“[On] the seventeenth day of the month,” one week later, Earthday, Life 17, Edenic day No. 604538 (Tuesday, May 23), “the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” (Genesis 7:11,12) It rained 14 days in that month and 26 in the next one, Visit-ment (see the table), ending on Godsday, Edenic day No. 604577 (Saturday, July 1). At the time, in the year 1934 A.D., when the month Visitment was named, it was not known that this visitment of God applied so perfectly to this month.

“And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days” (Genesis 7:24), and were due to end, to be exact, at the end of Lifeday, King 17, Edenic day No. 604687 (Thursday, October 19). And it was so; that was just what occurred. “And after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”—Genesis 8:3, 4.

Here Enters the Visibility Factor

God helps man in the things in which he cannot help himself, but as soon as he has been provided adequate assistance he is left to his own resources. This can be seen in Peter’s deliverance from prison. In answer to the prayers of the Jerusalem company of witnesses the angel came to him and found him asleep in the care of his jailers. The angel gave him a little punch, set him up, and told him to get up the rest of the way himself. As he obeyed an unseen angelic confederate unlocked Peter’s handcuffs, and the chains fell. Then the angel ordered Peter to gird himself, bind on his sandals, cast his garment about him, and follow him. He did so. As they came to various doors and gates other unseen confederate angels unlocked them, and Peter stepped into the street a free man. The angel escorted him down one block, just to steady Peter’s nerves, and let him go the rest of the way alone. All will see that this method is right.

Manifestly this is the way it was with Noah at the time of the Flood. Although the earth had been illuminated at night from the time of Adam down to moon No. 20472, at which time the Deluge was at its height, yet probably not a human eye ever saw the moon until the Deluge had cleared the skies of the prevailing mists. On this point, and at length, see Creation, published by The Watch Tower. Further, even now, thousands of years after the Flood, the sun itself is sometimes not seen for many days, and indeed has not been visible in Brooklyn, New York, for four full days past, including the day this is written.

Revelation and Observation

It is very evident that Noah received his information about months down to No. 20472, Visitment, inclusive, by revelation, and from that point onward by his own observations, and those of his family. Viewed in this manner, the story is consistent with itself and with the facts.

The first moon that Noah saw, therefore, was No. 20473, Freedom, which rose astronomically at the hour 12:52 D., Earthday, Edenic day No. 604580 (6:52 a.m., Tuesday, July 4). It could have been seen that night; the earliest a new moon may be seen after its astronomical rising is sixteen hours; it is often forty hours. From the time observation was possible, it seems to have been the custom to count the new month as beginning at sundown of the day following that in which the new moon was seen.

Referring now to the table, it is manifest that Noah’s months, after observation was possible, began to count about two days later than the astronomical rising. Thus, take moon No. 20476, rising at 12:35 D., Lightday, Edenic day No. 604669 (6:35 a.m., Sunday, October 1). It was probably seen sometime in the succeeding night, and the new month began to count with sundown of what the heathen call Monday night, which day is in fact and in effect Earthday, King 1, Edenic day No. 604671 (Tuesday, October 3).

The seventeenth day of that month, King 17, Edenic day No. 604687 (Thursday, October 19), concludes, just where it should, the 150 days mentioned in the account. In other words, revelation and observation combine to make the record perfect.

Theologians have tried to make people believe that Moses, the writer of Genesis, was influenced by his Egyptian education and that at this point he followed the Egyptian custom of ignoring God’s months and making 150 days to be exactly five months of 30 days each. This

argument answers itself. Moses was a man of God, writing the record of God, for God’s witnesses to use now, to put His enemies to shame. Moses was not influenced by anything but a desire to put down the record as it came from God, through God’s faithful intermediate messengers, Shem and others. Moses’ grandfather, Levi, was a grandson of Isaac, living in the days of Shem.

Logos and Jehovah in the Record

“And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.” (Genesis 8:5) The moon itself (No. 20479, Logos) rose astronomically at 6:50 D., Mansday, Edenic day No. 604758, 2405 B.R. (12:50 p.m., Friday, December 29, 2373 B.C.). It was probably not seen that night, Godsday. Therefore the month did not begin until 12:00 D., Heavenday (6:00 p.m., Sunday, December 31). The next morning, corresponding to Monday, January 1, the tops of the mountains were seen, Edenic day No. 604761.

“And it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: and he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground: but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.” (Genesis 8:6-9) The time indicated is Mansday, Jehovah 10, Edenic day No. 604800,¹ God’s month No. 20480, 2405 B.R. (probably Friday evening, February 9, 2372 B.C.).

Jehovah in the Record Thrice

“And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark: and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf, pluckt off; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.” (Genesis 8:10, 11) The time indicated is Mansday, Jehovah 17, Edenic day No. 604807, God’s month No. 20480, 2405 B.R. (probably Friday evening, February 16, 2372 B.C.).

“And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more.” (Genesis 8:12) The time indicated is Mansday, Jehovah 24, Edenic day No. 604814, God’s month No. 20480, 2405 B.R. (Friday evening, February 23, 2372 B.C.).

“And it came to pass, in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.” (Genesis 8:13) The time indicated is Mansday, Redemption 1, Edenic day No. 604849, God’s month No. 20482, 2404 B.R. (Friday, March 29, 2372 B.C.).

“And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.” (Genesis 8:14-16) The time indicated is Lifeday, Life 27, Edenic day No. 604904, God’s month No. 20483, 2404 B.R., vernal equinox No. 1656 (Thursday, May 23, 2372 B.C.). And who shall say that this was not the ideal time for them to come forth from the ark and plant their first garden in the rich alluvial lands covered by the detritus from the Flood? And so there naturally follows, as the concluding verse of the chapter and of this part of the story: “While the earth re-maineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.”—Genesis 8: 22.

The Covenant with Abraham

The next place where one of the months of God is in evidence is at the time of the covenant with Abraham: see again the six-thousand-year calendar and note the “C” in the year 1945 B.C. (1977 B.R.). It was in this year that the covenant was made, and Jehovah God has been pleased to reveal the day.

Although the history of the making of the covenant is recorded in the twelfth chapter of Genesis, the day is not disclosed in the Genesis account (further than to make it clear that it was the day Abraham crossed the Euphrates at Haran); but it is mentioned in Exodus 12:41, where it says, “And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of [Jehovah] went out from the land of Egypt.” It is clear that the covenant was made on Heavenday, Redemption 14, Edenic day No. 760812, God’s month No. 25763, 1977 B.R., vernal equinox No. 2083 (Monday, April 3,1945 B.C.).

Shem lived on after the Flood, down through the deflection in the days of Nimrod, the dividing of the land among the people, or possibly the rending of the continents asunder, in the days of Peleg, the building of the tower of Babel and the confusion of tongues. Abraham’s father, Terah, was born, grew to manhood, lived to be 205 years of age, and died, and Shem lived on. Abraham himself was born and lived to be one hundred years of age, and Shem lived on.

Refer again to the six-thousand-year calendar and note the “I” in the year 1920 B.C.(1P55 B.R.}. Isaac was born in that year. Isaac grew to manhood, and was married to Rebecca at forty years of age, and it was not until ten years after that marriage that Shem passed away. See the “S2” in the year 1870 B.C. (1902 B.R.}.

Although there is no record that either Abraham or Isaac ever met Shem, there is nothing in reason nor in Scripture to the contrary. It would seem reasonable that God had some reason for perpetuating the life of this man whose grandfather Methuselah must have known Adam well, and who had himself passed through all the experiences of the Flood, and that the reason was that he might convey to some faithful soul like Abraham the things that he knew. Indeed, he might have conveyed the same information to Isaac.

The Time of Isaac’s Birth

Isaac was born in the year that Abraham was 100 years old, 1920 B.C. (1952 B.R.}, but the time of the year is uncertain. Consider the circumstances. Abraham was circumcised when he was ninety-nine years of age. (Genesis 17: 24) He subsequently entertained angels unawares, the angels who came to destroy Sodom and to announce the forthcoming birth of Isaac. On this occasion one of these angels made the promise, to Sarah, “At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” There is a reason to believe that the time of life² when the angel returned to fulfill his promise was in the month Logos, and that it was the Logos himself that made the promise. Sarah’s conception was delayed nine months.

Before the promise was fulfilled, Sodom was destroyed and Abraham left that part of the country, to dwell in the land of Abimelech. While he was in that land Abimelech seized Sarah, intending to have her for his wife, but “[Jehovah] had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife”. (Genesis 20:18) Jehovah defeated the Devil’s plans to prevent the birth of the promised seed, but permitted him to go the limit to do what he could to interfere. These experiences necessarily took some time; so there was a delay. After this there is the simple record:

“And [Jehovah] visited Sarah as he had said, and [Jehovah] did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. Anl Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was an hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him.”—Genesis 21:1-5.

Isaac Born in the Autumn

Though Abraham’s birthday was evidently in the spring, about the time the covenant was made with him, there is reason for thinking that Isaac was horn in the autumn, sometime around October 1. At that time Abraham would still be spoken of as “an hundred years old”, for when Christ was 12]£ years of age he was still referred to as twelve, the half year being ignored.

The reasons for thinking that Isaac was born in the autumn are several. There is the curious reference to “the time appointed” (Genesis 18:14), the delay occasioned by the journey to the land of Abimelech and what there occurred, and the reference to “the set time of which God had spoken to him”.—Genesis 21:1-5.

In a very special sense Abraham represented God and Isaac represented Christ Jesus; and it pleased God that Christ should be born in the autumn. “By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.” (Hebrews 11:17-19) “Which things are an allegory.” (Galatians 4: 24) When Jehovah God makes allegories He makes them right.

Isaac was Abraham’s heir, heir of all that he had. He was to have the land of Palestine for his inheritance, and the Scriptures declare that he really got that inheritance (typically and, in a fuller sense, in his posterity), though his posterity, the children of Israel, had to wait about four hundred and fifty years for it. It was 450^ years from the fall of the year 1920 B.C. (1952 B.B.), when Isaac was born, to the spring of the year 1469 B.C. (1501 B.R.) at which time the division of the land among the twelve tribes of Israel occurred.

Genesis 15:13, 14 reads: “And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years: and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.” This scripture proves that four hundred years were up at the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt; they wandered in the wilderness for forty years more, and thereafter were occupied six years in conquest of the land before the division of the land took place. This makes a total of 446 years. Isaac was born five years before these years began, making a grand total of 451 years, which is “about four hundred and fifty years”.

One of the most trustworthy of all the versions of the Holy Scriptures explains the entire matter as above set forth. Note carefully:

“Ye men of Israel! and such as revere God! hearken:—The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and the people he exalted by their sojourn in the land of Egypt,—and with a high arm brought he them out of it; and for the time of about forty years bare with their manners in the desert; and overthrowing seven nations in the land of Canaan gave them their land as an inheritance—about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.”—Acts 13: 16-20, Rotherham.

The American Revised Version is the work of many able scholars. Their rendering of verses 19 and 20 is similiar:

“And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years: and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.”

Another version much appreciated by many is the Weymouth. Dr. Weymouth, who made his living for many years teaching Greek in college, renders the last-cited passage:

“After overthrowing seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided that country among them for their inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years; and afterwards [after their 4501/2 years of waiting for their inheritance were at an end] He gave them judges down to the time of the Prophet Samuel.”

Isaac was born in the autumn. God now discloses, thrusting it forth as one of the ‘precious things of the moons’ (Deuteronomy 33:14), that it is not necessary to mutilate or alter His Word, in order to force a chronology, as was done with 1 Kings 6:1, where a “4” was changed to a “5” to make things fit better (?). All that is necessary is to keep faithfully on with His organization until such time as He sees fit to explain things theretofore obscure. But, anyway, even if Isaac was born in the spring, four hundred and fifty-one years is “about four hundred and fifty years” and would be properly so mentioned.

God's Witness and the Exodus

The next time months are mentioned in the Scriptures is in the record of the Exodus. As several are mentioned within the first fourteen months, and it is desirable that the exact time be known, as near as possible, reference is again had to the eclipse cycles, already used with good results.

From the new moon which rose nearest to the time of the Exodus, in the spring of the year 1515 B.C. (1547 B.R.), there are 191 eclipse cycles of 223 moons each down to No. 73674 (see Lunation Experience Table and Lunation Chart). Nos. 31080-31097, of Moses’ day, find their exact counterpart in Nos. 73673-73690, now but about five years in the past. Therefore, the following table shows, as near as may be calculated, just when the lunations in those days occurred. Comparison of the second item with the corresponding one in the Lunation Table shows a correction of 3 hours 55 minutes, obtained by using the eclipse cycles at this point.

Stirring Times in Egypt

Jehovah God must have had some reason for disclosing the time that elapsed between various acts of the drama of vindication and deliverance in the land of Egypt. It is manifest that the very days in which the Israelites were making all their preparations to leave the land of bondage were the days in which the plagues were visited upon the Egyptians. It is so in the fulfillment.

At this point the reader is urged to procure the book Jehovah, and to read it all, but especially Chapters II and III, and there see what the plagues upon Egypt foreshadowed. Briefly, these plagues, preceding the vindication of Jehovah’s name in Egypt, foreshadowed the truth of God’s Word, at the hands of His witnesses, shining into every part of the Devil’s organization, and revealing that commerce is bloody and death-dealing; that all plans of human origin for the recovery of humanity are frog-like in appearance and effect; that the visible organization of Satan is active for the same reason that a lousy person is more active than one that is not lousy; that in claiming to be the “higher powers” Satan and his agents are disclosed as mere side-steppers, false flitters; that the “Holy Year” scheme, and all similar schemes, aim, not to bear away the burdens of the people, but to add to them; that the League of Nations, the World Court, and all similar pretentious political projects, are just so many frauds; that the true people of God openly take their stand for Jehovah and against Satan; that the “locusts”, ■which are such a pest to the Devil and his crowd, are really a great blessing to all that love truth; that the darkness which covers the earth, and great darkness the people, is because the Devil’s crowd have neglected the Word of God; and that the destruction of the Devil’s firstborn impends.

In this article there is no thought of more than mere mention of what the plagues represented. The intent here is to pay close attention to what actually happened in Egypt 3,449 years ago, the ‘things thrust forth by the moon’. It at once appears that the preliminaries and the plagues covered a total period of 21 days and that each of these days may now be identified. Some think the plagues were strung out for months. The thought herein presented takes an opposite view; but whichever view is taken the tenth plague terminated at the time and in the manner herein presented.

Identification of the Days

Identification of the days really begins with moon No. 31080, which rose at the hour 11:41 N., Lifeday, Edenic day No. 917811,1548 B.R., vernal equinox 2512 (5:41 a.m., Thursday, February 6, 1515 B.C.). The month Temple began its 30-day course 36^ hours thereafter, due allowance being made for the usual visibility of the moon and proclamation. The story now proceeds in order, as set forth in the Scriptures, each day being accounted for down to the time of the departure from Egypt, on the 15th of the succeeding month.—Numbers 33:3-5.

It was on Heavenday, Temple 24, Edenic day No. 917836, God’s month No. 31080, B.R. 1548 (Monday, March 3,1515 B.C.), that “Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so did they. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded”. Pharaoh’s heart was hard; Jehovah knew it, and doubtless while His witnesses stood there (as seems at other subsequent times to have been the case) “Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go”. Within a few hours followed the command to Moses and Aaron, “Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning” and visit him with the first plague.—Exodus 7:6-10,14,15, A.R.V.

Bright and early the next morning, Earthday, Temple 25, Edenic day No. 917837, God’s month No. 31080, B.R. 1548 (Tuesday, March 4, 1515 B.C.), “Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.”—Exodus 7: 20, A.R.V.

“And seven days were fulfilled, after that Jehovah had smitten the river.” (Exodus 7: 25, A.R.V.) For one week there were no additional plagues visited upon Pharaoh. These seven days have a symbolic meaning, but back in the days of Moses and Aaron and Pharaoh they served a very real and practical purpose.

Inauguration of a New Era

In the week that followed it was God’s purpose to inaugurate not only a new month, but a new year and a new era. During the week of the plague of blood rose a new moon, No. 31081, at 4:28 N., Godsday, Edenic day No. 917841, B.R. 1548 (10:28 p.m., Friday, March 7, 1515 B.C.). It was seen the night following, of Lightday, and the next day, which followed the seven days of the plague, was the beginning of a new month, a new year, and a new era.

In the Scriptures, as in other literature, it is impractical to put into one chapter all the events that occur at the same time, and it was manifestly Heavenday, Redemption 1, Edenic day No. 917843 (after 6:00 p.m., Sunday, March 9, 1515 B.C.), that Jehovah “spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you”. (Exodus 12:1, 2) That day was the first day of the month, and the first day of a new era. The account goes on to specify what the Israelites should do on the tenth day, 8 tar day (after 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 18), and the fourteenth day, Lightday (after 6:00 p.m., Saturday, March 22), indicating that those days were yet future from when the instructions were given. The week while the plague of blood continued enabled Moses and Aaron, now with considerable prestige among the Israelites, to do something toward organizing the two million or more people that would be in the exodus. As soon as the week was up additional plagues followed one another in rapid succession for twelve days, terminating with the passover and the exodus.

Subsequent Plagues

Without delay, on the morning of Earth day, Redemption 2, Edenic day No. 917844, God's month No. 31081, B.R. 1547 (Tuesday, March 11, 1515 B.C.), the plague of frogs was visited upon the Egyptians and produced results immediately. “Then [the same day] Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only? And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word.”—Exodus 8: 8-10, A.R.V.

The plague of the frogs was lifted from Egypt on Starday, Redemption 3, Edenic day No. 917845, God’s month No. 31081 (Wednesday, March 12). The very day that the plague of frogs was lifted, and Pharaoh was again proven a liar and hard of heart, a plague of lice was upon him and his people; and when this came, even his magicians had sense enough to admit that it was the finger of God.—Exodus 8:19.

Moses was instructed to “rise up early in the morning [Lifeday, Thursday], and stand before Pharaoh” (Exodus 8:20) and tell him of the huge swarms of flies that would be upon him and all his people on the day following (Mans-day) unless he yielded. To hurt him still worse, he was also told that on this occasion a line would be drawn between the land of the Egyptians and the land of Goshen, where the Israelites dwelt: his own people would suffer; the Israelites would not.

The notice that the flies were coming was served on Pharaoh on Lifeday, Redemption 4, Edenic day No. 917846 (Thursday, March 13). When the notice was served, Moses said, “Tomorrow shall this sign be” (Exodus 8: 23); and it was: the flies came on schedule, Mansday, Redemption 5, Edenic day No. 917847, God’s month No. 31081 (Friday, March 14).

Tomorrow—Tomorrow—Tomorrow

As one reads the account of the plagues it is striking how rapidly the events follow one another and how well every day is accounted for. It did not take Pharaoh long to get all the flies he wanted, and so he sent for Moses and Aaron, and, after some argument, told them they might go a little way into the wilderness and sacrifice to Jehovah God, but not to go very far. “And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow.” (Exodus 8:29, A.R.V.) The plague of flies was lifted on Gods-day, Redemption 6, Edenic day No. 917848, God’s month No. 31081 (Saturday, March 15).

As soon as the plague of flies had been removed, “Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also” (Exodus 8:32), and “then [the very same day] Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field. . . . And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land. And Jehovah did that thing on the morrow; and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one”. (Exodus 9:1-6, A.R.V.) The plague upon the cattle came on Lightday, Redemption 7, Edenic day No. 917849, God’s month No. 31081 (Sunday, March 16). Pharaoh did not repent, and so on that day (the same Egyptian day, but not the same day of Jehovah God; probably about sundown) he received double punishment; that day (Heavenday) came the boils on man and beast.—Exodus 9:7-12.

Another plague followed hard upon its heels. “And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, . . . Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.” (Exodus 9:13, 18, A.R.V.) This came to pass, the notice one day and the hail the next, the latter on Earthday, Redemption 9, Edenic day No. 917851, God’s month No. 31081 (Tuesday, March 18).

The Last Week in Captivity

The last week in captivity was a stirring week. The first three days, as above noted, brought in swift succession the plagues upon the cattle, boils on man and beast, and hail such as never before seen in the land, yet “when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased” (in answer to Moses’ petition to God offered in the suburbs of the heathen city) “he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants”. (Exodus 9: 34) Thereupon, “Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in [return into the city at once] unto Pharaoh” with this message: “If thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border.”—Exodus 10:1-4, A.R.V.

All the rest of that day, and all that night (in the evening hours of Starday), Jehovah brought billions on billions of locusts, so that in the morning, the daylight hours of Starday, Redemption 10, Edenic day No. 917852, God’s month No. 31081 (Wednesday, March 19), they literally covered the earth. One glance at them was enough. Badly frightened, “Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only.” (Exodus 10:16,17, A.R.V.) Moses complied, and the plague was lifted. That day, Redemption 10 (March 19), the paschal lamb was selected by each Hebrew family group.

As usual, Pharaoh’s repentance was merely a mouth repentance, and he still refused to let the people go. There then followed three days of pitch-black darkness. At the beginning of these three days of darkness was the vernal equinox No. 2513, at 1:08 D., Lifeday, Redemption 11, Edenic day No. 917853, God’s month No. 31081 (7:08 a.m., Thursday, March 20). During those three days, ending Godsday, Redemption 13 (Saturday, March 22), “they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”—Exodus 10: 23.

God’s hand in bringing the plague of darkness at that time can be plainly seen. The Israelites had rest from their tormentors. Also, they had the necessary time to pack up their belongings and get ready for the great trek, the Exodus. There were final instructions to the companies; contact points were assigned. Everything was ready for the final great event, Vindication, and deuverance. If you have not read them, get the Watch Tower publications bearing these titles and read them, carefully.

The Passover and the Exodus

Refer again to the lunation table published under the subhead “God’s Witness and the Exodus” ; note moon No. 31081, and see its counterpart in No. 73674 in the Lunation Experience Table and Lunation Chart. This moon came to the full, Jerusalem time, 14 days 21 hours 27 minutes after its astronomical rising, or, in other words, 1:55 N., Lightday, Redemption 14, Edenic day No. 917856, B.R. 1547 (7:55 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 1515 B.C.).

About that time the paschal lamb was slain and eaten, and its blood was sprinkled upon the door posts and lintels of every home of the Hebrew people. That night the angel of death would perform God’s act, His strange act, in the land of Egypt. All the firstborn in Egypt were doomed, “from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.”—Exodus 11:5.

“And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said. Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment [back pay for unpaid labor or ransom money by the Egyptians for themselves not all being killed]: and Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.”—Exodus 12:29-36, A.R.V.

It took the cavalcade eighteen hours to get under way. It left the contact point, Rameses, at sundown, the beginning of the next day, Heavenday, Redemption 15, Edenic day No. 917857, God’s month No. 31081, B.R. 1547, vernal equinox 2513 (Sunday evening, March23, 1515 B.C.). “And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month: on the morrow after the passover.” (Numbers 33:3) The pilgrims had good light for their journey. God’s ‘faithful witness in the heavens’ (the moon) was furnishing illumination then, even as it is giving some to the reader now. The moon was at its full, providing, in the clear air of Egypt, ample illumination for night travel.

On the Sinaitic Peninsula

Here and there, in the wanderings of Israel in the Sinaitic peninsula, there is mention, when matters of unusual interest occurred, of the exact time. One of these is recorded in the sixteenth chapter of Exodus, which please see.

God’s “second hand” in the heavens assists us in locating the events which took place in the second month after leaving Egypt, the month Life, the new moon of which rose at 11:22 D., Lightday, Edenic day No. 917871 (5:22 p.m., Sunday, April 6, 1515 B.C.).

The moon in question, No. 31082, has its counterpart in No. 73674. Reference to the lunation experience table shows that this moon spanned 29 days and 1,134 minutes (29 days 18 hours 54 minutes); one half of which is 14 days 21 hours and 27 minutes. Moon No. 31082 came to the full in the daytime, at 8:47 D., Heavenday, Life 13, Edenic day No. 917885, God’s month 31082 (2:47 p.m., Monday, April 21, 1515 B.C.). The fourteenth day of the month began at sundown of that day; it could not have begun earlier; the moon would not have been at the full. The fifteenth day of that month, therefore, was Star day, Life 15, corresponding to Wednesday, April 23.

In the Wilderness of Sin

“And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt [arrived at their destination Starday, Life 15, Edenic day No. 917887, God’s month No. 31082, B.R. 1547, vernal equinox No. 2513 (Wednesday, April 23, 1515 B.C.)].” The first day at this point was no doubt taken up in getting settled, and it seems that a murmuring against Moses and Aaron arose without delay. Probably the very next day a deputation of representative men came to Moses and conveyed to him the sentiments of the people, who said, “Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”—Exodus 16:1, 3, A.R.V.

The Israelites had been on the trek an entire month, and it is probable that the store of food which they had brought with them was about exhausted and the possibility of famine became a depressing shadow, since they apparently forgot to take into consideration all the wonders Jehovah had worked on their behalf. Moses took the matter to Jehovah, who said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”— Exodus 16: 4, 5, A.R.V.

Moses and Aaron returned Jehovah’s answer to the people, probably the following day, which was Mansday, Life 17 (Friday, April 25). They said to the people, “At even, then ye shall know that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt; and in the morning [Godsday, Life 18 (Saturday, April 26)], then ye shall see the glory of Jehovah; for that he heareth your murmurings against Jehovah: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? And Moses said, This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in the evening [beginning Lightday, Life 19] flesh to eat, and in the morning [of Lightday] bread to the full; for that Jehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.”—Exodus 16:6-8, A.R.V.

The foregoing is the part of the drama which was enacted in the short time, seemingly about three days, which elapsed between their arrival in the wilderness (which did not look very good to them after the palm trees of Elim) and the day when the Lord was ready to send them the manna. Moses had told the people to be ready for the vision of Jehovah’s glory in the morning.

Inauguration of the Sabbath System

“And Moses said unto Aaron [Godsday, Life 18, Edenic day No. 917890, God’s month No. 31082 (Saturday morning, April 26)], Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah; for he hath heard your murmurings. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even [beginning of Lightday, Life 19 (Saturday, April 26)] ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning [of Lightday (Sunday, April 27)] ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.”—Exodus 16:9-12, A.R.V.

“And it came to pass at even [beginning Lightday, Life 19], that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning [of Lightday] the dew lay round about the camp. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat. This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded. Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.”—Exodus 16:13-16, A.R.V.

“And it came to pass, that on the sixth day [Mansday,Life 24, Edenic day No. 917896, God’s month No. 31082 (Friday, May 2)], they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow [Godsday] is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that re-maineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jehovah [Godsday, Life 25, Edenic day No. 917897, God’s month No. 31082, B.R. 1547, vernal equinox 2513 (Sat., May 3,1515 B.C.)].” —Exodus 16:22-25, A.R.V.

“In the Third Month . . . the Same Day”

The next place a day is mentioned in the Scriptures which may now be identified with reasonable accuracy is the day mentioned in Exodus 19:1, where we read: “In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.” Inasmuch as there is the plain statement of Scripture already noted that they came out “on the fifteenth day of the first month: on the morrow after the passover”, it is taken that “the same day” means the fifteenth day of the third month, in which they arrived at Sinai, Mansday, Visitment 15, Edenic day No. 917917,³ God’s month No. 31083, B.R. 1547, vernal equinox 2513 (Friday, May 23, 1515 B.C.). It was the beginning of the ratification of the law covenant, for that same day Moses went up into the mountain for instructions and set before the people the momentous words of Jehovah, “If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:5,6, A.R.V.) “And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah.” —Exodus 19:8, A.R.V.

The people were told to sanctify themselves and to wash their clothes to be ready for the

This is the same as the other grouping of digits, except that there is one more 10 enclosed within the other figures. “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” (John 1:18) So, besides coming to God the Judge of All, the arrival at the mount of God is also a coming “to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant”.—Hebrews 12: 24.

It further appears that the number 1001 is a factor of the original number. This number may be set down in this manner:

1

1000

“One ... among a thousand have I found.”—Ecclesiastes 7:28.

Most remarkable of all, one of the factors of the original number is 131,131. Rearrange the digits, adding 3 and 1 together to make 4 (as the 9 and 1 were added together to make 10), and the rearrangement becomes, by easy stages:

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140,140, then 144,001, then -------

144,000

“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. ’ ’—Revelation 14:1.

The prime factors of 917,917 are 7X7X11X13X131. third day, when God himself would speak to them. “And it came to pass on the third day [Lightday, Visitment 17, Edenic day No. 917919 (Sunday, May 25)], when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.” (Exodus 19:16-19, A.R.V.) The ten commandments were then given, “and the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was” (Exodus 20:21, A.R.V.) and received supplementary instructions.

“And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will w^Te do. And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning [Heavenday, Visitment 18, Edenic day No. 917920, God’s month No. 31083 (Monday, May 26)], and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.” —Exodus 24:3,4, A.R.V.

Forty Days in the Mountain

“And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.” (Exodus 24:12, 18, A.R.V.) The summoning of Moses away from the elders, where they all “did eat and drink” in the presence of God (Exodus 24:11), began after the glory of Jehovah had covered Mount Sinai for six days. (Exodus 24:16) The first day of this glory was Visitment 17 (Sunday, May 25); the sixth day of it was Mansday, Visitment 22, Edenic day No. 917924, God’s month No. 31083 (Friday, May 30). The day when Moses went into the midst of the cloud was Godsday, Visitment 23 (Saturday, May 31); the day when he came down out of the mount and found Israel worshiping the golden calf was Lifeday, Vindication 4, Edenic day No. 917965, God’s month No. 31085, B.R. 1547, vernal equinox No. 2513 (Thursday, July 10, 1515 B.C.).

“Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah’s side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. And it came to pass on the morrow [Mansday, Vindication 5, Edenic day No. 917966 (Friday, July 11)], that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sins. And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.” (Exodus 32:26-32, A.R.V.) Moses’ great act of intercession took place on the same day of the week on which Jesus died, the great Mediator between God and man. This striking correspondency appears clearly to prove the exactness of these figures.

Setting Up the Tabernacle

The tabernacle was set up (Exodus 40:2) “on the first day of the first month” of the second year after coming out of Egypt. Moon No. 31094 rose 1:04 N., Mansday, Edenic day No. 918225 (7:04 p.m., Thursday, March 26, 1514 B.C.). It was first visible about twenty-four hours later, and the first day of the month Redemption began with the evening of the next day; so that the tabernacle was set up on Lightday, Edenic day No. 918227, God’s month 31094, B.R. 1546, vernal equinox No. 2514 (Sunday, March 29). Had it been reared a day earlier the labor on the sabbath day would have been a stumbling block to some.—Exodus 40:18.

“And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, in the wilderness of Sinai.” (Numbers 9:5) Was it not superbly arranged by Jehovah God that this first memorial, which meant so much to the Jews, came on their sabbath day? The passover was kept on Godsday, Redemption 14, Edenic day No. 918240⁴ (after sundown Friday night, April 10, 1514 B.C.). One can see an appropriateness, also, in the sabbath’s beginning the evening before the daylight period of the rest day arrived.

The census was taken “on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt” (Numbers 1:1), moon No. 31095, which rose on Godsday, at 6:16 D. (12:16 p.m., Saturday, April 25,1514 B.C.), but was probably not seen until the next night. The month began at sundown about 54 hours after the astronomical rising. The census, therefore, was on Earthday, Life 1 (Tuesday, April 28).

“And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year [Lightday, Life 20 (Sunday, May 17)], that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.” (Numbers 10:11, 12) A good day to start on a long journey, the day after the sabbath of rest.

After Forty Years of Wandering

There are no more days located by the second hand in the timepiece of God until after the forty years of wandering were nearly at an end. “And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.” (Numbers 33: 38, A.R.V.) He died on Mansday, Vindication 1, Edenic day No. 932225, week No. 133175, God’s month No. 31568, B.R. 1508, vernal equinox No. 2552 (Friday, July 26, 1476 B.C.).

Moses survived his brother by seven months and eight days. In thirty-five days he wrote the book of Deuteronomy, and delivered his final exhortation to those for whom, in the providence of God, he had acted as mediator. “And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them.” (Deuteronomy 1:3, A.R.V.) That was on Lightday, Edenic day No. 932402, God’s month No. 31574 (Sunday, January 19, 1475 B.C.).

“And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.” (Moses evidently died on his birthday, Lightday, Temple 8, B.R. 1508, Edenic day No. 932437, God’s month No. 31575 [Sunday, February 23,1475 B.C.].) “And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die.” (Deuteronomy 31:1,2,14, A.R.V.) “And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hinder sea, and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah. And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days.” (Deuteronomy 34:1-8, A.R.V.) The mourning began on the day of his death, and ended on Earthday, Redemption 7, Edenic day No. 932467, God’s month No. 31576, B.R. 1507, vernal equinox No. 2553 (Tuesday, March 25, 1475 B.C.).

The Entrance into Canaan

“Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that ... Joshua commanded the ... people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan ... And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month [Mansday, Redemption 10, Edenic day No. 932470, week No. 133210, God's month No. 31576 (Friday, March 28, 1475 B.C.)].”— Joshua 1:1,11; 4:19, A.R.V.

“And the children of Israel encamped in Gil-gal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the plains of Jericho [after sundown, at the early beginning of Earthday, Redemption 14, Edenic day No. 932474, God's month No. 31576 (Monday evening, March 31, 1475 B.C.)],” (Joshua 5:10) The new life of Israel in Canaan’s “fair and happy land” was begun just 1,507 solar years before the day of Ransom, and 3,392 solar years before April 1, 1918.

Division of the Land

One can only roughly estimate the time when the spies returned from spying out the land of Canaan, in the second year after leaving Egypt. A chronology built on such a foundation would be somewhat shaky, Sinai was left on the twentieth day of the second month. (Numbers 10:11) In three days Israel was complaining. (Numbers 10:33) Then followed thirty full days of gorging themselves with quail. (Numbers 11) Miriam’s leprosy detained the march seven days. (Numbers 12) The 110-mile journey to Kadesh-barnea is estimated to have taken eleven days, but there is no record: it may have taken more, but would hardly have taken less. The spies were gone forty days. Total days from the beginning of that year, about 140. The time indicated for the return is not earlier than Gods-day, Vindication 22 (Saturday, July 18). On their return journey the spies brought pomegranates and figs, probably ripe, and one cluster of grapes, probably nearly ripe, so large that it took two men to carry it. In Palestine figs are ripe from the end of June on. In the valley of Eschol grapes even now grow as large as plums. The time of fully ripe vintage is September. A reasonable estimate, on the basis of these known facts, would be that the spies set out on their forty-day journey into Canaan about the time of the summer solstice, say Lightday, Freedom 17 (Sunday, June 21). By this admittedly circuitous and relatively inexact method (but the best possible under the circumstances) the date last named is here put forth as the birthday of Caleb. It may have been earlier by several months; it could hardly have been later. The division of the land, therefore, was at some time in the spring of the year, as appears from the following scripture:

“As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land. Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephun-neh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old [but maybe 401/2, though counted as 40] was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God. And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy foot hath trodden shall be an inheritance to thee and to thy children for ever, because thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God. And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.”— Joshua 14: 5-10, A.R.V.

It has been pointed out that it was 450$ years from the birth of Isaac, in the fall of the year 1952 B.R. (1920 B.C.), to the time of the division of the land among the twelve tribes of Israel, in the spring of the year 1501 B.R. (1469 B.C.), at which time, as above shown, the division of the land occurred.

The Scriptures describe this period of time as "about 450 years”. (See Acts 13:17-20, Rotherham, Weymouth, and American Revised Version.)

From the Exodus to the Temple

Everything in the Scriptures is written with direct reference to the erection of the temple of God and the subsequent vindication of His name. The exodus was associated with one grand picture of the coming vindication: the building of Solomon’s temple was a picture of the true temple, through which Jehovah vindicates His name and which is of God’s building, not of man’s. In His Word Jehovah God has been pleased to join together these two pictures, and to make them an integral and necessary part of the divine record. Note the care with which the connection is made, enabling one now

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Suppressing Truth

A five-minute talk            (Part 1)           by Judge Rutherford

FREEDOM of conscience and speech is dear to the hearts of true men. Today there is an organized movement to deprive the people of such rights and to suppress the truth. The Roman Catholic hierarchy is the prime mover in this endeavor to suppress the truth. Many persons have unwittingly fallen into the deceptive trap of that organization.

Early in 1934 two and one-half million American citizens petitioned Congress to take the necessary steps to protect the rights of the people in freedom of speech by radio. Congress then enacted a law creating the Federal Communications Commission and commanded that Commission to take testimony concerning the use of the radio and to report to Congress. In obedience to that mandate testimony was taken, and the testimony of the two great radio corporations of America disclosed that they control most of the radio facilities; that they permit only clergymen of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish organizations to broadcast matters of religion, and that they refuse to Jehovah’s witnesses the use of their facilities to broadcast the Bible truths, on the ground that such programs by Jehovah’s witnesses “hold up to ridicule the doctrines of the churches and shock the religious susceptibilities of those who are opposed to Jehovah’s witnesses”. The chief witnesses for said radio corporations are sons of clergymen. Catholic priests and other clergymen testified, and all of them agreed that Jehovah’s witnesses should not be permitted to use the radio for broadcasting programs to the people.

Testimony was offered by Jehovah’s witnesses showing that they have no controversy with men; that their only purpose is to call to the attention of the people the plain truths of God’s Word, which it is essential for the people to know; that not one of their programs has ever attacked any individual; and that they broadcast only the truth as found in God’s Word, the Bible, which truth necessarily exposes erroneous doctrines. The testimony of Jehovah’s witnesses, fully supported by the Bible, shows that the Devil at all times has tried to prevent the people from hearing the truth and that it is the Devil who blinds men to the truth of God’s Word and attempts to wholly suppress the truth, and that the Devil uses selfish men to accomplish his wrongful purpose.

America has always claimed to be a Christian nation; which means that the nation acknowledges Christ Jesus the Son of God as the great Teacher, and that the Word of God is supreme. The radio law provides that programs broadcast should be of public interest, convenience and necessity. These words, as defined by the Bible, mean that such programs should be of value to the people, that is, for their upbuilding in righteousness, and which will serve the best interest of mankind. It is written, at 2 Timothy, that every scripture inspired of God is profitable for the instruction of men in the way of righteousness. The programs broadcast by Jehovah’s witnesses, therefore, are the only ones that strictly comply with the law as written, because they broadcast the Bible truths, and the Bible truths make known that which is for the best interest of mankind.

The testimony before the Federal Commission disclosed that the Roman Catholic hierarchy, by the use of threats, of boycotting, and other means of coercion, is attempting to prevent radio stations from broadcasting programs of Jehovah’s witnesses because these programs make known God’s truth. Since the Scriptures show that Satan is the great opponent of truth, the question is now placed squarely before the people: Whom does the Catholic hierarchy represent, God or the Devil? The opposition of that organization to the truth shows that it represents the Devil. Now, shall the people take the side of the Devil, or shall they take the side of God’s Word of truth? Shall the people be permitted to hear the truth, as stated in the Bible and as broadcast by Jehovah’s witnesses, and each person decide for himself what he wants to believe, or shall a few selfish men be permitted to constitute themselves the censors of public programs and thus prevent the people from hearing what they really need to hear? Shall freedom of speech continue in America, or shall it be suppressed?

Public officials are sworn to safeguard the general welfare of the people. In violation of that oath many officials in America now conspire with a foreign power to control the radio facilities and limit the use of the same to selfish interests. This they do in order to suppress the truth and keep the people in the dark concerning the kingdom of God which Jehovah’s witnesses

[The foregoing short talk by Judge Rutherford is one of 36 obtainable in the form of phonograph records which may be run on an ordinary phonograph. The wide demand for these talks indicates a desire on the part of the people to know more about the important truths now due to be understood, as well as an effort now proclaim to the people. Let the people take courage; for the truth is from Jehovah, and the truth shall prevail.

to pass on these comforting truths to others. The records are made by the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and are designed to aid those who, having been blessed by the truth, wish to pass it on to others. Inquiries regarding these records should be sent to the Society, not to The Golden Age.

Making America Catholic

COHERE are two kinds of Italians, the decent ones and the other brand. The Roman Catholic hierarchy is made up of the grasping type of Italian and is a dominantly Italian institution. In the “College of Cardinals”, which is called “The Senate of the Roman Church”, there are 26 Italian representatives, while other countries are represented as follows: France 6, United States 4, Germany 3, Spain 3, Austria 2, Poland 2, and England, Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Ireland, Brazil, and Canada, 1 each. Clever, isn’t it? How would the United States Senate be likely to work if one state had as many representatives as all the other states combined?

Theodore Roosevelt had it right when he said, “The Catholic church is not an American institution.” And that it isn’t. It isn’t anything but an Italian institution, and is far from being a credit to the Italian people. The more of it there is imported into the United States, the worse for that hitherto favored land. But the Hierarchy has set out to “make America Catholic” by hook and by crook. They have a system of hooking every key position in American politics on which they can lay their hands. This accounts in considerable measure for the crookedness which is commonly associated with American politics. The Hierarchy cannot work as freely as it does in more Catholic countries, and so has recourse to all kinds of chicanery.

To see what happens when the Italian religious racketeers exercise a dominating influence, just glance at South America and compare it with North America. In countries where they have had the longest experience with this sneaking and treacherous system the real statesmen will have the least to do with it and its agents. In such countries this religious (1) organization does not hesitate to encourage violence, bloodshed and revolution. Its activities in less Catholic countries are moderated as “prudence” may require. Hence, in seeking to “make America Catholic” the papal emissaries proceed with some caution and much diplomacy.

Many American politicians are of either the “innocent” or ignorant type, who seem never to have read history, or who, having read history, are so utterly beguiled by the charms (?) of papal diplomacy that they fatuously think of it as other than it was in those days of the stake, the rack and the dungeon vault. So at least appearances indicate, for these same statesmen (?), instead of holding the papacy properly in check, are induced, or seduced, to co-operate in its schemes to “make America Catholic”.

Censorship and boycott are favorite weapons of the Hierarchy. To suppress the truth is allimportant. It has to proceed with caution, but must accomplish its ends. The effort to censor the movies, not to speak of the radio and the press, is disguised as a step in the direction of decency. But how does the papal crowd propose to raise the morals of the people? Not by instruction in and proper inducements to righteousness. Oh, no. Rather, it would favor a censorship board which would have at least one Catholic representative; but the more, the merrier, for the Hierarchy. Then would not only “indecent” pictures be eliminated, but a fine opportunity afforded the papal system to exclude all pictures that cast even slight reflection on its operations. Such pictures could very nicely be classed as “likely to offend religious susceptibilities”.

Various and devious are the ways of the papacy, but if there is one thing that will bring it out into the open with vituperation it is a frank criticism of its schemes and methods, or even the appearance of such criticism. It was so in Minnesota, where, in the senate, somebody evidently had his religious susceptibilities terribly hurt when a number of citizens left on the desk of each of the senators a copy of the booklet Truth: Shall It Be Suppressed? The St. Paul Dispatch made mention of this distribution and the reaction of Senator Charles Hausler to the question. It appears that he immediately and loudly voted “Yes” in answer to that question, even before a vote was called for. He just couldn’t hold himself back, and worked his religious sensibilities overtime in his demand that henceforth and forever the truth should be suppressed in the Minnesota senate chamber. Said Hausler, “Never, until yesterday, have we ever had to submit to ridicule because we were either Catholic, Protestant or Jew. It is an insult to every intelligent American.” That word “insult” is characteristic of agents of the Catholic hierarchy. Just let anybody appeal to truth and righteousness as against the tactics of the unscrupulous Catholic political system (for such it is), and immediately he has “insulted” somebody or hurt somebody’s religious sensibilities.

Hausler was pleased to refer to the contents of the booklet as “dirty”. Everything that shows up the Hierarchy in its true colors is “dirty”. This may be acceded with the thought in mind that reference to an unchaste lady by that Scriptural one-syllable word so carefully avoided by the clergy is considered “dirty” language. But truth is never dirty, not even when it is compelled to deal with dirty subjects. Hausler wanted the rules committee to “see that this kind of literature is not passed to our desks so we don’t have to swallow this dirty literature”. No doubt, he was especially anxious that the booklet should not be placed on the desks of the other senators. As for his own desk, he could put up a sign, “No truth wanted here.” Or perhaps his objection was based on the fact that the booklet was not written in Latin. When one writes in Latin one can be as dirty as one wishes. Witness the book that deals with questions which priests may address to females in the confessional. The book would not be printable in English, but the priests do ask the questions in English. The booklet left with the Minnesota senators was different. It sets forth important facts, showing the tactics of the Hierarchy in its efforts to carry out the plan to “make America Catholic”.

Another senator, Charles Orr, chairman of the rules committee, feeling he had to say something, said that the booklets were “sneaked” into the chamber, but that in the future safeguards would be made against a recurrence. Perhaps so. But does papal politics imagine it can hold back the floodwaters of truth which will sweep away the refuge of lies? That the booklet was not “sneaked” into the chamber is evident from the following letter which appeared in the St. Paul Daily News, and which makes a few other important points as well.

Knocks and Boosts

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RAPS STATE SENATORS

Editor, Daily News: In the Daily News, January 15, attention is called to an “objection” being made by Sen. Charles Hausler over the distribution among the senate members of pamphlets entitled Truth—Shall It Be Suppressed? I am writing to Sens. Hausler and Orr in this mail and enclosing you a copy of my letter to them. Inasmuch as this matter was called to the attention of the public in your paper, will you not also publish my letter enclosed, a reply to their statements made on the senate floor on January 15, 1935. The letter follows:

In a recent issue of the public press I note what you had to say from the floor of the senate concerning distribution in the senate of a booklet entitled Truth, and referred to the same as “dirty politics”, and further the statement that this booklet was “sneaked into the senate”. Both of you gentlemen are in error, and I am addressing you thus in order to set you right as to facts.

I am a resident taxpaying citizen of St. Paul for more than 30 years. I shared in the distribution of those booklets in the senate, and others shared in the distribution of the same booklet in the house of representatives. I did not sneak into the senate, but walked in, as I had a right to do. I had been informed that the senate convened at 2 p.m. on the 10th. When I reached the senate chamber I learned the senate was not in session. Hence I walked in and placed the booklets on the desks of the senators.

Had you read the booklet you would have seen that it contains information important to the people. The major portion of it is quotation from the official record of the Federal Communications Commission at Washington, which testimony is now before Congress. As a senator of this state you should be informed about that matter, and in bringing this to the attention of the senators I was doing my duty, and was certainly clearly within my rights and not subject to any such criticism as you gentlemen have placed upon me.

You seem to think that senators are bosses of the people, instead of servants of the people, as in fact they should be. Apparently you hold to the theory that senators are entitled to special privileges that other citizens are not. The capital building does not belong to you. The taxpayers paid for it, and I have always understood that every citizen had a right to go into it on legitimate business, and It is legitimate to call the attention of public servants to matters of public interest.

Again you are wrong when you say that you have had to submit to ridicule because of your religion. That is worse than foolish. The facts show that certain religionists are attempting to take undue advantage of the American people, and surely no religionist, regardless of the religion he represents, has this right. There is a desperate effort being made by certain religious organizations to suppress the truth in America and take away from the people liberty of speech and press. Are you in favor of such action? If so, then surely you are not representing the interests of the people from your senatorial district.

When did the senate chamber become such an exclusive place that a taxpaying citizen cannot enter it without first having the approval of that body? The sooner the people of this dty know that citizens have to have an O.K. from a senator in order to enter a public place, the better it will be for them, and they will doubtless elect a class of men who will accord to citizens their just rights and privileges without vigorously and unrighteously denouncing them.

—H. B. Mokbison.

In writing this straightforward but dignified letter to those who should be the servants of the people (not their papacy-controlled bosses) H. B. Morrison was instrumental in rendering a great service to the liberty-loving people of Minnesota. In answering Hausler's papal-senatorial outburst he made it clear to the unprejudiced members of the senate that an effort was being made to browbeat them into refusing to consider a booklet which contained information of vital importance. This booklet was gladly received by the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Every state legislature in America likewise received copies. It remains only for the arrogant, oppressive, self-opinionated, self-important Catholic agents to denounce American citizens for exercising their just rights.

It would appear that the Catholic hierarchy is not functioning so well in liberty-loving Minnesota. It would have been more in line with Catholic tactics to sneak around and quietly suppress any mention of the booklet. Perhaps the St. Paul Daily News and the St. Paul Dispatch are among the few papers that do not have Catholic “contact men” suppressing items of information which do not please the Roman hierarchy, and which would interfere with its effort to “make America Catholic”.

Note how friend Morrison went after them for the statement that the booklets were “sneaked” into the senate chamber. Americans do not have to sneak around in making known the truth. Much less do Jehovah’s witnesses, who are children of the Most High, feel any need of doing anything in a sneaking way. On the contrary, it is the Catholics who sneakingly worm their way into public office and utilize such positions for private grab and religious (?) ends.

Jehovah’s witnesses and other publishers of the truth do not have to sneak, for they have nothing of which they have need to be ashamed. They are not trying to put anything over on the people, as the Catholic hierarchy is doing. All they want to do is to present the truth, and both sides of the truth. It is for this reason that more than two million petitioners requested Congress to arrange for proper publicity of all the testimony presented before the Federal Communications Commission, dealing with the efforts of the Catholic hierarchy to suppress the truth. The Hierarchy works in the dark, and does not want its activities to be made known. Those who love the truth, and that includes Jehovah’s witnesses, do not play a seductively “sweet” tune, but tell the truth in a straightforward manner, not putting on the soft pedal when certain unpopular references to the Word of God are necessary. The trumpet must not give an uncertain sound. The whole counsel of God must be made known, and will be made known.

Satan’s opposition to Jehovah’s servants and his efforts to destroy them, as well as his determination to keep the people under his control, are variously pictured in God’s Word. There is Haman and his scheme to destroy the people of God. He pictures those who have strong “religious susceptibilities”, for personal reasons; the crowd that is now trying to choke the truth and to finish those who proclaim it. But Haman, and all who unite with him, will get it in the neck. It is the fifty-cubit gallows for them. How many American statesmen will be found on the Devil’s side? How many Minnesota senators favor the return of the Inquisition and its establishment in that state? All who do may so signify by throwing the booklet Truth into the wastebasket.

Pharaoh and his officers tried to bring back into captivity those who had just gained their freedom. At the Red sea these oppressors presumptuously followed the Israelites into the divinely provided channel, only to have its fluid walls collapse and engulf them. Likewise the Catholic and like religious officers of Satan, together with their allies, will be overwhelmed by the collapse of the elements through which they seek to make their way in their unrighteous determination to bring back into bondage those who are marching to freedom.

Jehovah’s witnesses, like Daniel among the satraps of Babylon, are in a tight place, humanly speaking. They may have to spend a night in the “lions’ den”, but they will come out all right. The satraps, picturing the rulers of “Christendom” among whom the Catholic hierarchy seeks to take the lead, smiled up their capacious sleeves, so convenient for carrying off booty. They thought they had Daniel where they wanted him. But up came Daniel, and down they went. Their stay in the den of lions was short-lived, but a good time was had by all—the lions. Will the Catholic clergy take a lesson from this ? They will not. They will keep right on trying to “make America Catholic”.

And finally, remember Jezebel. Age is beauty and gray hair a crown of glory in the way of righteousness. Jezebel’s old age was not such. Neither is the old age of “Organized Christianity” anything to be admired. Grown old and out of date, but still ambitious as Jezebel, “Organized Christianity” is dolling herself up and parading her charms (?). But the painted face and the finery will not make any impression on the Greater Jehu. His chariot, drawn by its impetuous horses, is already at the entering in of the gates. It won’t be long now until He will draw up at the window of Jezebel’s tower and those who have been more or less associated with the old “unchaste lady”, but unwillingly so, will pitch her out of the window. The hoofs of Jehu’s horses will reduce her to dog-feed. This is not jesting. “Christendom” has made herself ridiculous, and a look at her would make one laugh were it not for the whoredoms and “enchantments” with which she has defamed the name of Jehovah, the Most High. If anyone feels that his “religious beliefs” are made ridiculous by examination of them in the light of the Word of God, and if he is determined to prevent such examination or suppress the findings, he will meet his finish as did the foregoing notorious examples.

Among the Lovers of Jehovah God

Splendid Testimony in Her Will

IN HER will bequeathing $100 to the Watch

Tower Bible & Tract Society, which will was published in the Daily Kennebec Journal, of Augusta, Maine, Miss Myrtie E. Taylor explained that the bequest was “in appreciation of the outstanding work it is doing, the only religious organization during my whole life’s experience that has brought to me a comforting, reasonable and satisfactory understanding of the meaning of life, and faith, and trust in the one supreme being, Jehovah God, to whom all honor is due”.

Sent to Jail for Quoting Bible

rich Schauer, 25, of Halle, Germany, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment because he called his sweetheart’s attention to the Scriptural assurance that the Kingdom of God and Christ will replace all the governments of the world, which, of course, includes the Nazi government.

Satisfied

• < I 0EVERAL times I had the kind visit of a missionary lady from whom I had procured the book Prophecy and three booklets. All these books, which rejoice my heart, have been read and reread several times; for I believe they are the truth, and I pray ardently that this good reign of justice may arrive as quickly as possible.”—P., Dijon.

No Longer the Houses of God

• < < T HAVE for many years said and told other

A folks that churches were no longer the houses of God, but were nothing more than big business, corrupt politics and whatnot, operating behind the cloak of religion and using God’s intended house of worship to do so. I have a copy of your book Crisis, and enjoyed reading it; I also enjoy all your radio talks, as all you say and speak is the truth and nothing but the truth.”—H. A. W., California.

Started Reading the Bible

WANT to thank you for the good you have

■L done me. It was through listening to you over the radio that I started reading the Bible. All church members I know think there is a Tiell’ where the wicked will be tormented for ever. I would like your copy of ‘Universal War’ to give one of my church neighbors. They come here and try to get us to go to church, and they are not satisfied with what they get at church either.”—Mrs. L. S. R., Kansas.

"How Grateful 1 Am”

«T LISTENED to the lecture “Universal War

•L Near’, given by Judge Rutherford Sunday, January 13, and I can’t find words to express my surprise. I didn’t know that such words could fall from the lips of mortal man. It filled my heart with joy, and I want to tell you how grateful I am.”—Mrs. C. McK., Oklahoma.

Among the Larger Racketeers

The Mortgage Racket

MORELAND Commissioner Geo. W. Alger, in a report to the governor of New York state, shows that the laws under which the mortgage certificate business developed into a racket were not framed for the benefit of the public. He said, in part:

“The law applicable to these companies was always hopelessly inadequate to protect the public.

“As the companies became stronger through the years such meager protection as was contained in the law was gradually whittled away.

“Such sporadic efforts as were made from time to time to strengthen the law were defeated.

“The companies were represented at Albany when legislation affecting them was proposed. . . .

“Various examiners of these companies reported from time to time activities of a given company which ranged from those which were inadvisable to those which involved actual fraud.

“The reports were filed, and that, following what seems to have been the practice of the Department for many years, was the end of the matter....

“A large part of the investors were poor individuals or persons of modest means who sought safe, rather than speculative, investments and relied upon the fact that the mortgage business was under supervision of the State Department of Insurance.’’

Utilities Propaganda

THE Federal Power Commission has issued a statement that gas and electric companies expend vast sums of money to influence public opinion in favor of privately owned utilities. They even went so far as to bestow attention “upon educators and educational institutions. . . . No means of presenting the utility story to all schools was overlooked, even the kindergarten being provided with a specially published picture book, The Ohm Queen, of which the record shows over 400,000 printed and distributed. The very textbooks in the classrooms were carefully surveyed in all schools in many of the states and definite steps taken to eliminate those considered unfavorable and to have them replaced by others written by utility men or by professors receiving retainers from the industry. . . . Most of the utility advertising, in addition to its ordinary advertising value, has part of its return in the creation of good will with the newspaper fraternity. Such good will frequently opens the newspaper columns to matter, both editorials and news, that clearly falls under the head of propaganda”.

Advantages of Telegraph Merger

THE advantages of the proposed telegraph merger were variously set forth by various telegraph officials. A Western Union official said that his company could take over all the Postal Telegraph business without adding a man to the staff, while a Postal Telegraph official said that all the Postal employees would be taken care of. The way they would be taken care of would be to be put on the public relief rolls. The net result would be that the Western Union employees would all have more work to do and the big financiers back of the merger would make more money.

Seven Dollars a Day for Teamsters

IN EXPLANATION of the threatened strike of union teamsters, liable to tie up the port of New York, it was explained that though their nominal wages are seven dollars per day, they work only two or three days per week, and that if open shop arrangements go into effect wages will be cut in half and days of work also cut in half, presenting an insurmountable problem for those who have families to support.

United States International Trade

DURING the first half of 1934 United States exports exceeded imports by $173,000,000.

During the same period there was an inflow of $920,000,000 in gold and $30,000,000 in paper currency. International trade and financial transactions showed the most favorable balance in several years. Exports to foreign lands were $1,036,000,000; imports, $863,000,000.

The 36,000 Go-Getters

IN THE year 1929 the 36,000 American families with the greatest' incomes received as much as the 11,000,000 families with the least income. Just which crowd will seek to rectify matters by plowing a portion of the other crowd under has not yet been settled, but a new solution of the problem is being found every day, and prosperity is just around the corner.

U. S. A. Matters Governmental

New Deal Not for Oklahoma Indians

THE New Deal isn’t benefiting the Indians in Oklahoma. John Collier, Indian commissioner of the United States, said that these Indians were suffering cruel and devastating wrongs. He said, “Oklahoma interests were strong enough to persuade Congress to exclude the Oklahoma Indians from the protections and benefits of President Roosevelt’s legislation.” He also stated that “those members of the tribes who still possess anything have been put under the control of ‘guardians’, appointed by the courts, who, in numerous cases, almost literally have ‘eaten them alive’ ”.

But the Osage Indians of Oklahoma do not seem to be faring so badly. Perhaps they do not have “all things common”, but they do hold their land in common, and it happens to be oil-land. Consequently, every gentleman Osage, every lady Osage and every little Osage in Oklahoma has an income ten times greater than the average Oklahoma farmer. Before the 1929 crash the per capita wealth of these Indians, big and little, was $36,000, and while it is less today by a good deal, they still have enough to buy themselves limousines or tin lizzies according to their individual tastes. Other Oklahoma Indians, who have not been having their land in common, are as poor as the average white man, and that is poor enough even in these days of the pope’s New Deal. This year, or rather, last year, the Osage nation got a total of $1,065,650 out of their oil leases, which, it must be admitted, isn’t half bad for an Osage nation, and, divided among the headright holders of the tribe, of whom there are something over 2,000, it seems sufficient to keep the wolf from the door a little longer.

New War Tank

WASHINGTON has been treated to a demonstration of the possibilities of a new war tank, which can go sixty miles an hour, when necessary, and maintain an average speed of thirty miles an hour. It is armed with one 50-caliber and two 30-caliber machine guns, and Thompson submachine guns, is protected with ^-inch armor, and has a radio. It lays its own track or runs on wheels, as desired. The construction of a fleet of these tanks is under consideration, and all that will then be wanting is the clergy’s blessing upon their use, which, of course, it will not be hard to get.

Bicameral Legislatures Inefficient

BICAMERAL legislatures are intended to serve as a sort of balance of power in which one chamber restrains the other from enacting undesirable legislation. But politicians in both houses of such legislatures generally work together, and therefore a unicameral legislature is considered by many to be the better form of government, particularly where checks and balances are provided in the separation of legislative, judicial and executive offices. Nebraska, under the leadership of Senator Geo. W. Norris, has decided to scrap one of its chambers and to henceforth run the state under the supervision of one house or chamber. Politicians, however, are not enthusiastic about such innovations, as it provides fewer jobs for themselves. Business men, as well as the professions, incline to favor the one-chamber plan. Three of the original thirteen states had unicameral legislatures: Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia. These subsequently changed to the bicameral plan.

Prohibition in Texas

TEXAS still has prohibition, the state law prohibiting the sale of liquor in that state without a doctor’s prescription. However, with the general breakdown of law and order, no attention is paid to the law, and one retail druggist, checked up, was found to have sold 373,344 pints of whisky in 90 days, and did not have a single prescription for any sale made. All this was entirely safe for the druggist, as he well knew, but if he had put in the hands of the people books or booklets calling attention to God’s kingdom as the sole hope of the world, he would have been in luck to keep out of jail. As soon as the bishop got on the job he would have had trouble a plenty. The bishops care not a rap about the law, except where they suspect that some activity is going to cut into their particular line of graft.

Armory Opened for Unemployed

ONE of the Brooklyn armories has been opened as a recreation center for unemployed men who, while they sleep in public and private lodging houses during the night, have no place to go during the day. If the experiment proves successful other armories will be similarly used if needed. The unemployment problem is no nearer being settled than it was when Roosevelt became president.

Science and Invention

A New Wood Preservative

ALL woods are subject to the attack of fungi and insects, so industrious and effective in their destructive work that it is noticed, very frequently, only after the damage has been done. They can reduce solid wooden posts to powder, and frequently are clever enough to leave the exterior intact, so as to give the impression of a sound post or board. In reality, however, such undermined timbers are rotten through and through, having been destroyed by an apparently moistureless process called dry rot. A wood preservative, named “Cuprinol”, has been invented which may be had in three colors (or without color), dark brown, light brown, green, and neutral. The effects obtained are pleasing, and the wood is made impervious to the attacks of the destructive fungi and insects. The preparation is also of value in the protection of canvas, nets, cordage and sailcloth against decay.

Death Rays

MANY of the stars, especially the “blue” stars, are continually sending out death rays, which are rained upon the earth in a constant barrage. These rays, however, are stopped or turned aside by a layer of ozone about forty miles above the heads of puny man. How easy it would be for the great Creator to wipe out a part or all of the population of the globe by letting through a storm of these death rays which are said to hold the threat “of a blistering, blinding death”! Whatever may be the means employed, Jehovah assures us that He will find out all His enemies and that they shall perish for ever. Yet, He is abundantly able to protect those who trust and obey Him.

A New Motor Oil

ANEW method of making motor oil out of crude petroleum has been discovered. “Chrysalic acid” and propane are poured into the petroleum; the first dissolves and settles impurities, and the second absorbs the useful parts of the oil. The propane oil mixture is then drawn off, and when warmed the propane bubbles off in the form of gas, leaving a superior motor oil. The manufacturer states, “This new way to refine oil is expected to change the entire trend of present-day refining and save millions of dollars for motorists.” The savings result from the fact that less oil is needed and that there is less engine wear and no carbon deposit.

Better Lighting Needed

TA r. M. Luckiesh, who is the lighting authority of the General Electric Company, addressing the Optical Society of America, said that the illumination of the average home or factory should be thirty times greater than it is. He stated that seeing is not merely an act of the eyes, but of the whole body. The eye muscles become tired and the whole body becomes tense to the extent that even the rate of the heartbeat is changed when difficult visual tasks are continued over long periods. The tired feeling of the white-collar office workers is just as real as the physical weariness of the manual worker. Electric lights close to the ceiling or covered with shades give no better light than a candle close at hand.

A New Kind of Putty

THE Goodrich Rubber Company is turning out a new kind of putty, called “Plastikon”, which, by the way, is a very nice and ingenious name for the product, suggesting something that is both plastic and made to stick on. It is very much like ordinary painter’s putty, but is combined with rubber. It contains practically no oil, requires no mixing, and resists corrosive chemicals and fumes. The rubber in the new putty increases its moisture-proof qualities. It is also superior to ordinary putty in use upon steel surfaces, to which it sticks readily.

Health Notes

About Red Noses

THE debauching of women by inducing them to smoke, by means of attractive advertisements, continues. The advertisements suggest that it is smart, progressive and pleasant to smoke; that if you do not smoke cigarettes you are a back number, a hick, or whatnot. As a matter of fact, if you fall for the smooth suggestions of the ads you show you are a numskull, a nitwit, or at best a thoughtless and spineless copycat. What possible good can smoking do you or anybody else? It befouls the air, and your breath as well, it stains your fingers, and messes things up generally. Nevertheless, during 1933 approximately 120,000,000,000 “coffin nails” were eagerly, fatuously consumed by the American public, including plenty of women. Why bring yourself under the power of a weed? Dr. George Starr White doesn’t like the cigarette ads. He particularly disliked the one where the city salesman was trying to get a nice, cleanlooking country girl to smoke. What Dr. White said about that ad was plenty. Then he says, “Daily I treat the poor, unfortunate dope fiends —addicts to all kinds of drugs—but the worst I have now are the cigarette fiends! The cigarettes are being drugged, so far as the effects go. I cannot prove how they are doped, but I have been told in confidence by those working in the largest cigarette factories in the world that the doping is being increased gradually. ... I do know the mental and nervous symptoms of the addicts are terrible now. Loco weed as well as hemp weeds, I am told, are being used with other weeds of a similar nature.”

Serum for “Christmas”!

A CERTAIN “health” commissioner offered the suggestion a short time ago that no mother could give her child a better present for “Christmas” than diphtheria immunization, meaning an injection of filthy and poisonous serum. It is said that diphtheria is particularly deadly of late, and that seems likely. Parents cannot give their children the foods needed to build sturdy bodies that can resist the disease. But while parents are not able to get proper foods, they can get the serum injections for their children free. The Devil is bent on destroying the human family, denying them the necessary comforts of life, and urging them to give their children “Christmas” presents of germ-laden pus. What a travesty of civilization!

A SUBSCRIBER’S plaint that some people have red noses who are not guilty of drinking too much alcohol moves the insertion of this item. The objection was raised to a statement which appeared in the October 10 issue, which said, “People who drink too much alcohol often have red noses, and Dr. B. Kauders, of Vienna, has discovered that this is the result of damage to the part of the brain which governs the operation of the smaller blood vessels.” We hasten to say that we are aware that not all red noses are the result of alcoholism, and the item does not so state. The subscriber lists the following among probable causes: kidney trouble, too much milk, tea or coffee, nervousness, weariness, constipation.

Tuberculosis and Climate

THE idea that a patient suffering from tuberculosis must be sent to a climate that is drier and higher is being questioned by physicians. Doctors of the Brooklyn Health Council assert that “in practically all cases the patient suffering from tuberculosis can be treated as successfully in Brooklyn, under adequate and careful medical attention, as in Denver or Arizona”. It is further stated that there is not necessarily any danger connected with treating patients at home, provided certain reasonable precautions are taken.

“Sleepy Death” and Vaccination

IN AN official report of the scientists of the United States government it is stated that the sleeping sickness is a sequela to vaccination for smallpox, and that in all instances where death followed vaccinea was found in the brain upon post-mortem. More than a hundred persons in St. Louis died of this malady in the latter half of August 1933, and the scientific investigation of the “sleepy death” was reported in the March 1934 issue of the Country Gentleman.

“Black Widows” Move Inside

ONE of the most poisonous of spiders, the “black widow”, is invading Denver in large numbers. Ordinarily encountered only outdoors, they are now found in residences, office buildings, warehouses, and other heated enclosures. One “black widow” lays two hundred eggs at a time, and under favorable conditions these spiders increase rapidly.

Here and There over the Planet

Quack Methods of Dictators

THE Svenska Dagbladet gives publicity to the following statements by Professor Gustav Cassels: “A dictatorship has no right to exist if it is unable to contribute to the reconstruction of world economy. But dictatorships have not done so. Instead, they have introduced economic experiments strikingly reminiscent of quack doctors’ methods. Developments have been almost identical in Germany, the United States and Russia. Nazi Germany’s economic policy is typical and is based on the greatest possible self-sufficiency. If carried through, it means the ruin of international trade as well as a return to terrible universal poverty and the consequent incompetency of nations to fulfill their obligations. Moreover, German Nazism means the denial of . . . justice and liberty.”

Ex-Senator Reed said: “The present administration, having abandoned the precepts of the Democratic platform and the solemn commands of the Constitution, is drifting upon a sea of Bolshevism, Socialism and Red Internationalism. The major portions of its acts are rendering real recovery impossible.” He charged the administration with subjecting the “business of the country to a dictatorship more obnoxious than that of the monsters who control the enslaved peoples of many European countries”. Stating that he had supported Mr. Roosevelt with every ounce of energy he possessed, he asserted that the United States has “arrived at a condition where the right to work is no longer a right. It is a privilege granted upon condition by some board or bureau”.

The Guardian Angel of Europe

IN THE Sunday Sun and Guardian, of Australia, there is a cartoon of “The Guardian Angel of Europe”. The angel’s wings are made of swords, cutlasses, dirks and spearheads. The angel itself wears a gas mask and is busy pouring out poison gas and dropping bombs on the world beneath. A fine picture of the Devil’s kingdom.

China and the League

CHINA has, since 1931, paid 5,250,000 gold francs into the treasury of the League of Nations, but she isn’t getting much in return. China was not re-elected to a place on the League Council, and is now seeking to have the arrangement made permanent whereby Chinese assessments were reduced by half.

An Aggregation of Wirepullers

THE London Evening News says, editorially: ■T “Are we willing to be dragged into wars that don’t concern us at the instance of the intrigue-ridden League of Nations, an aggregation of sentimentalists and wirepullers, which cannot possibly be trusted to say who is the attacker and who the attacked?” Another London paper says: “For ourselves, we have long since given up hoping that the League will ever be anything but a dangerous nuisance, or that the League of Nations Union [an English organization] will be anything but the instrument of a bunch of truculent pacifist busybodies who nearly landed us in a war with Japan and are still trying to do it.”

The Needle Workers of Puerto Rico

VIRTUALLY everything produced in Puerto

Rico is sent out of the country to absentee landlords living in Spain or France in luxury. Some idea of how badly Puerto Rico needs God’s kingdom may be gathered from the fact that in an investigation of sweatshop conditions in that beautiful island it was found that in 252 homes the 323 women workers earned less than the cost of decent food. Only 6 percent received more than 4 cents an hour, while 31 percent earned less than 1 cent an hour. Puerto Rico has been solidly Catholic for centuries. Make America Catholic and the whole United States will be like that.

Mummies in Mexico

THE bodies of 37 men and women, nine of them in a perfect state of mummification, were found in the Indian country of Sonora, Mexico, in a remote district south of Ciudad Obregon. They were all over seven feet in length but with extraordinarily small feet. They are said to have been members of a lost tribe that wore sandals and turbans. The discovery was made by an expedition headed by Paxson Hayes, ethnologist of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Unemployment in Britain and Germany

THOUGH Britain’s official unemployment figures are but 2,151,000, and Germany’s but 2,854,320, the Winnipeg Evening Tribune says that unofficial but accurate figures show close to 13,000,000 unemployed in Britain and 14,000,000 on relief in Germany. The only thing that will ever straighten out this situation is God’s kingdom.

Department of Ambrose

St. Hubert Falls Down on the Job

EVERY saint in the calendar has his particular job to perform. For instance, St. Anthony has charge of the ‘lost and found’ department. St. Christopher looks after travelers, including those who travel by auto and by air. He was the one who was looking after the Molli-sons when they crashed on their flight from England to the United States, just missing the ocean by a few miles. Now we have St. Hubert brought to our attention, and he also seems to be negligent. Dr. Prentice Pugh, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, blessed a pack of hounds that were about to go fox-hunting. But the blessed hounds failed to get the fox. Since Dr. Pugh was all rigged out in his nightgown when he did the blessing, which anybody knows is the proper way to bless anything, it must be that St. Hubert was the one who fell down on the job of helping the hounds get the fox. Besides, the hunters themselves were all wearing blessed medals; and what more could be done by anybody?

Preparing for the Priesthood

«T7*ather” Griffith, an Episcopal clergyman, wanted to become a priest. He had a wife, however, and was told by Catholic church officials that the only way he could become a priest was either to have his marriage annulled or for his wife to enter a convent. So he began to treat her merely as an obstacle in his way to complete sanctity. He struck her, cursed and swore at her, and once hurled a breadboard and a loaf of bread at her. He even refused to be seen with her on the street, saying that priests were never supposed to be seen alone with women. His wife was finally forced to leave him, and gained a divorce by telling the court these facts. Which leaves “Father” Griffith free to become a priest.

Roman Catholic Monopoly on Gambling

IT IS now or never with the Roman Catholic hierarchy to get their hands on every cent that can be nabbed. Hence one reads with interest that at a conference of Chief of Police Callahan with others of like mind, at Louisville, Ky., it was agreed, since other gamblers were making $100 a night at the form of gambling known as “bingo”, and since it was desired that all this money should be kept under “Holy Name” influence, hereafter this gambling must all be done on church property.

Too Many Boys and Girls

THE desperate condition of the Devil’s empire is shown by the explanation that the rise in unemployment in the fall of 1934 over 1933 was due largely to the increase in population, which normally adds more than 400,000 to the army of job-seekers. Here is a chance for some great statesmen to rise up and suggest plowing one-third of them under. Isn’t it just as bad to have too many boys and girls as to have too many houses and too much food and clothing? Leave it to the great statesmen. Secretary Wallace says that the philosophy behind the new deal is at one with that of the Catholic church, as expressed through the Vatican.

A Fine Way to Treat Peter

AT HOGANSBURG, N. Y., an ice-jam three miles up the St. Lawrence river was pushing its way toward the village, part of an Indian reservation. The priest of the R. C. church saw that the church building was in danger and placed a statue of Peter between the ice-jam and the church. He said later that he did so at the request of the frightened Indians, and thereby confesses his failure to teach these benighted heathen the vanity of idol worship.

Priests Hard Up

WHEN priests have to go to work it is time something were done. So, in Greece, measures are under consideration to give the priests of the Greek church regular salaries, which the people, as you might expect, will pay through taxation. Greek priests had found it necessary to apply for manual work in fields and on roads. It makes one feel very sad, to think that the government would discourage their efforts to make themselves useful.

Jesuit Says Wealth Will Be Seized

IN AN address at Washington Rev. Edmund A.

Walsh, prominent Jesuit, said that the wealthy would have to share their profits more equitably or their wealth would be seized. A large part of the finest building sites in Washington are in the hands of the Roman Catholic church. Doctor Walsh was not sure whether the government would conscript the property of those who have too much, or whether the mobs would get it.

(Continued from page 400) to determine exactly when the construction of the temple was begun, to the very day, and exactly how long it was after the exodus. The two passages that cover the subject are now quoted:

“And it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif [the name itself is of heathen origin], which is the second month, that he began to build the house of [Jehovah].” (1 Kings 6:1) “And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.” —2 Chronicles 3:2.

Some of the items that go to make up the 480 years from the exodus to the building of the temple are known and may be set down, as follows:

Wanderings in the wilderness.....40 years

To the birth of Boaz (son of Salmon, one of the wanderers, by Rah ab) ?   “   (91% ?)

To the birth of Obed, David’s grandfather .  ?   “

To the birth of Jesse,

David’s father . . .  ?   “

To the birth of David .  ?   “

To the death of David .70

To the 4th year of

Solomon’s reign ... 4

Total years . . . 480

In the past some thought it expedient, or wise, or necessary to say of this text that the four should be changed to a five (to agree with a passage in Acts which they misread and misunderstood). It would be folly to think that Jehovah God would make it necessary for any to resort to such a method of preserving the meaning of one of the most important texts in the Bible. This text is the one text that directly connects up the days of Moses with the days of the kings of Israel: in connection with the accurate and reliable record of events preceding Moses’ time, and the accurate and reliable record forward from Solomon’s time, it enables one to say with full assurance that the building of the typical temple of God was completed just three thousand years after man appeared upon the earth; indeed, this item in itself is very suggestive that there was nothing accidental about the time of the beginning of this work of construction.

The years that the judges ruled, as stated in the book of Judges, plus the years of the reigns of Saul and David would, if put end to end, be more than 480 years, but they are wisely admitted to be ‘"broken, lapped and tangled”, needing a text just like this to keep a true and accurate chronological record for the use of Jehovah’s people.

It is highly important at this point that the reader should familiarize himself with the contents of the Watch Tower publication entitled Preservation. On this subject of the miraculous manner in which Jehovah God maintained the lineage of Christ Jesus, despite the great age of many of His ancestors at the time of the birth of the one next in line, this work says, in part:

Here is stated the genealogy from Pharez to David. Between Obed and Jesse no one is mentioned. Is this due to the lack of importance of connecting links, or did each one from Nahshon to Jesse live to be of a very great age, and each one in his extreme old age bring forth a son? This latter conclusion is supported by the words of the divine record: “And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle:... and David was the youngest,” and David was the eighth son of Jesse. (1 Sam. 17:13,14) “Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.”—1 Sam. 17:12.... The fact that no intermediary generations are mentioned in the genealogy of the book of Ruth shows that each one of the men named lived to a great age before begetting the son named in the genealogy. Thus it appears that there was continued difficulty in maintaining the royal line. Jehovah had given his word that the Vindicator should come from the tribe of Judah, hence Satan tried to interfere with the genealogy of that tribe. At various times it appeared that God’s word would fail, and each time Jehovah stepped in at the opportune hour, even as shown in the book of Ruth. . . . There does not seem to be any good reason, therefore, to conclude that in the genealogy there are links missing between Obed and Jesse.

In the table just published the average age of the father at the time of the birth of the child next in the royal line was at least 91% years. To change the divine record from the “four hundred and eighty years” to “five hundred and eighty years” would make the average age of the fathers at least 116% years at the time of the birth of such child; hence the wisdom of trying to force a chronology by such a method

Footnote on Calculating Future Lunations

The duration of an eclipse cycle is correctly stated on page 373 of The Golden Age No. 404 as 6,585.32 days, and the figures on page 375 should be corrected to correspond. (On the latter page also, forecasting the future, insert moon No. 73766 immediately before the moon marked on the chart as No. 73766 and change the latter number and all the remaining numbers to 1 higher.)

It will be observed by the careful student that from No. 73131 (January 5, 1886, 10:13 a.m.) to No. 73354 (January 17, 1904, 6:15 p.m.) is 4 minutes longer than from No. 73354 to No. 73577 (January 28, 1922, 2:13 a.m.). As the sun is constantly making compensations, altering the length of the year slightly, so with the eclipse cycles of the moon. The astronomers understand these latter very well, and the reasons for them, but it is not the intention of The Golden Age to examine them. In calculating future lunations they should be noticed, but, even then, any figures the average Golden Age reader will make will be subject to astronomical adjustments.

Persons desiring to forecast future lunations should take note of the following table, in which is a list of the “Minutes Over 29 Days” (a) for the eclipse cycle from No. 73131 to No. 73354, (b) for the cycle from No. 73354 to No. 73577, and (c) for the incomplete cycle from No. 73577 to No. 73800; and (d) is the difference, plus or minus, between the corresponding lunations of (a) and (b), and (e) is the difference, plus or minus, between the corresponding lunations of (b) and (c). It will be observed that the figures, plus or minus, necessary to make (a) agree with (b) are about the same as are necessary to make (b) agree with (c). Let the astronomers battle over the differences of a minute or so.

Using this method, the lengths of the 38 lunations needed to complete column (c) are shown in parentheses, and the

CALCULATED TIME OF FUTURE LUNATIONS—Jerusalem Tin

	Approximate	Mean	Mins, over	Compared with next		Compared with Mean
				Slow	Fast	Slow	Fast
Moen Days !	Date     Time	Date Time	29 Ds hr ml hr ml			hr ml hr ml
		1937 A.D.
73762 30 Ta	Jan 12 7:02pm	Ta Jan 12 2:15pm	891	2 07		4 47
73763 29 Th	Feb 11 9:53am	Th Feb 11 2:59am	719		45	654
73764 30 Fr	Mar 12 9:52pm	Fr Mar 12 3:43pm	580		3 04	6 09
73765 29 Sa	April 7:32am	$■ April 427am	486		4 38	3 05
73766 29 Mo	May 10 338pm	Mo May 10 5:11pm	443		5 21		133
73767 30 Ta	Jen 811:01pm	We Jun 9 5:55am	447		517		654
73768 29 Th	Jal 8 6:28am	Th Jal 8 639pm	499		425		12 11
73769 30 Fr	Aug 6 2:47pm	Sa Aug 7 723am	615		229		16 36
73770 29 Sa	Sep 5 1:02am	Sa Sep 5 8:07pm	783	19			19 05
73771 30 Mo	Oct 4 2:05pm	Ta Oct 5 8:51am	979	3 35			18 46
73772 30 We	Nov 3 6:24am	We Nov 3 935pm	1137	613			15 11
73773 29 Fr	Dee 3 121am	Fr Dee 310:19am	1191	7 07			858
		1938 A.D.
73774 30 Sa	Jan 1 9:12pm	Sa Jan 111:03pm	1123	5 59			151
73775 30 Mo	Jan 31 3:55pm	Mo Jan 3111:47am	969	3 25		4 08
73776 29 We	Bar 2 8:04am	We Mar 21231am	793	29		7 33
73777 30 Th	Mar 31 9:17pm	Th Mar 31 1:15pm	634		210	8 02
73778 29 Sa	Apr 30 7:51am	Sa Apr 30 139am	509		415	5 52
73779 29 Si	May 29 420pm	Sa May 29 2:43pm	426		5 38	137
73780 30 Mo	Jan 27 1126pm	Ta Jun 23 327am	400		604		4 01
73781 29 We	Jal 27 6:06am	We Jul 27 4:11pm	440		5 24		10 05
73782 29 Th	Aug 25 126pm	Fr Aug 26 4:55am	554		3 30		15 29
73783 30 Fr	Sep 23 10:40pm	Sa Sep 24 539pm	726		38		18 59
73784 30 So	Oct 23 10:46am	Mo Oct 24 623am	926	2 42			19 37
73785 29 Ta	Nov 22 2:12am	To Nov 22 7:07pm	1087	523			16 55
73786 30 We	Dec 21 8:19pm	Th Dec 22 7:51am	1166	6 42			11 32
		1929 A.D.
73787 30 Fr	Jan 20 3:45pm	Fr Jan 20 8 35pm	1146	6 22			450
73788 30 Sa	Feb 19 10:51am	Si Feb 19 9:19'am	1043	4 39		132
73789 29 To	Mar 21 4:14am	Mo Mar 20 10:03pm	885	2 01		611
73790 30 Wo	Apr 19 6:59pm	We Apr 19 10:47am	708		56	812
73791 29 Fr	May 19 6:47am	Th May 181131pm	549		3 35	7 16
73792 29 Sa	Jun 17 3:56pm	Sa Jan 17 12:15pm	440		5 24	3 41
73793 30 Sa	Jal 16 11:16pm	Mo Jul 17 1239am	409		5 55		143
73794 29 Ta	Aag 15 6:05am	Ta Aug 15 1:43pm	445		519		7 38
73795 29 We	Sep 13 130pm	Th Sep 14 227am	546		3 38		12 57
73796 30 Th	Oct 121036pm	Fr Oct 13 3:11pm	687		117		16 35
73797 29 Sa	Nov 1110:03am	Su Nov 12 335am	834	110			17 52
73798 30 Sa	Dee 101137pm	Mo Dec 11 439pm	970	3 26			16 42
		1940 A.D.
73799 30 Ta 13800 30 Th	Jan 9 4:07pm	We Jan 10 523am	1078	514			13 16
	Fol 810:05am	Th Feb 8 6:07pm	1128	604			8 02

table is followed with a list of the times of lunations thus indicated. When the number of “Minutes Over 29 Days” is known, it is an easy matter to determine when the lunations themselves will occur (the approximate days and hours), within an hour or so.

Three Eclipse Cycles Compared (Minutes Over 29 Days)

(a) 1170	(b) 1158	(c) 1140	(d) -12	(e) -18	(a) 1167	(b) 1170	(c) 1165	(d) 03	(e) -05
1130	1115	1095	-15	-20	1118	1114	1106	-04	-08
936	974	931	-12	-13	933	935	9/3	-03	-12
792	785	780	-07	-05	822	811	802	-11	-09
613	612	616	-01	04	642	634	629	-08	-05
491	497	507	06	10	494	490	490	-04	00
440	451	467	11	16	409	409	415	00	06
448	465	484	17	19	399	405	415	06	10
504	522	542	18	20	460	471	435	11	14
597	611	626	14	15	530	592	606	12	14
723	730	734	07	04	733	744	753	11	09
877	871	861	-06	-10	897	902	903	05	01
1027	1009	936	-18	-23	1046	1042	1032	-C4	-10
1119	1093	1064	-26	-29	1146	1133	1115	^3	-18
1109	1034	1057	-25	-27	1157	1141	1120	-16	-21
1003	937	970	-16	-17	1052	1045	1029	-17	-16
853	846	844	-07	-02	886	877	868	-09	—C9
707	714	723	07	09	695	692	694	-03	02
593	612	632	19	20	545	549	558	04	09
533	551	576	18	25	461	472	487	11	15
501	526	553	25	27	444	460	479	16	19
516	539	561	23	22	479	499	520	20	21
573	589	603	16	14	555	572	539	17	17
673	676	678	03	02	661	672	6-1	11	09
797	736	770	-11	-16	798	798	793	00	-05
914	890	860	-24	-30	951	935	916	-16	-19
939	953	919	-36	-34	1073	1048	1019	-25	-29
1006	974	943	-32	-31	1115	1087	1057	-28	-30
976	954	934	-22	-20	1055	1032	1011	-23	-21
911	905	901	-06	-04	924	913	904	-11	-09
822	834	847	06	04	776	779	734	03	05
724	748	775	24	27	652	665	682	13	17
636	666	699	30	33	567	SS3	613	21	25
578	609	641-	31	32	521	547	575	26	28
568	594	619	26	25	515	540	566	25	26
603	618	630	15	12	549	568	587	19	19
662	663	659	01	-04	624	634	639	10	05
722	706	687	-16	-19	732	727	718	-05	-09
771	742	711	-29	-31	850	829	804	-21	-25
816	781	745	-35	-36	943	911	876	-32	-35
868	833	800	-35	-33	938	953	918	-35	-35
915	891	869	-24	-22	982	956	929	-26	-27
934	927	923	-07	-04	940	926	915	-14	-11
907	920	935	13	15	869	874	831	05	07
839	867	897	28	30	783	801	825	18	24
762	797	834	35	37	691	720	753	29	33
704	738	772	34	34	617	650	634	33	34
678	704	727	26	23	582	610	639	28	29
668	680	690	12	10	592	611	629	19	18
657	653	645	-04	-08	635	642	644	07	02
639	621	600	-18	-21	689	680	666	-09	-14
633	605	576	-28	-29	736	712	655	-24	-27
665	631	579	-34	-52	777	744	709	-33	-35
733	701	693	-32	-08	823	788	753	-35	-35
819	787	778	-32	-09	878	848	822	-30	-26
892	895	883	—03	-12	911	906	894	-05	-12
930	943	956	13	13	938	932	940	-06	08
933	960	938	27	28	887	909	934	22	25
912	947	931	35	34	816	850	885	34	35
873	907	938	34	31	747	783	819	36	36
813	836	856	23	20	703	733	761	30	28
734	742	746	08	04	683	701	715	18	14
647	640	631	-07	-09	666	669	667	03	-02
579	560	539	-19	-21	652	629	613	-23	-16
546	520	496	-26	-24	611	596	571	-15	-25
559	531	506	-28	-25	628	596	565	-32	-31
610	586	566	-24	-20	678	645	616	-33	-29
693	676	664	-17	-12	762	736	712	-26	-24
794	790	790	-04	00	851	838	828	-13	-10
903	914	925	11	11	917	921	928	04	07
1002	1025	1046	23	21	945	966	939	21	23
1055	1085	1112	30	27	941	974	1006	33	32
1032	1060	1084	28	24	912	947	931	35	34
935	953	966	18	13	861	889	913	28	24
799	802	802	03	00	785	795	809	10	14
668	659	648	-09	-11	691	689	684	-02	-05
571	553	536	-18	-17	602	587	572	-15	-15
509	438	469	-21	-19	545	522	499	-23	-23
482	463	448	-19	-15	533	507	432	-26	-25
498	484	473	-14	-11	567	542	520	-25	-22*
564	557	554	-07	-03	637	619	604	-18	-15
688	688	692	00	04	736	728	722	-08	-06
857	867	875	10	08	850	854	860	04	06
1028	1044	1059	16	15	964	981	999	17	18
1135	1154	1171	19	17	1050	1077	1102	27	25
1134	1151	1162	17	11	1C70	1097	1123	27	26
1035	1043	1047	08	04	1004	1025	1032	21	07
889	887	882	-02	-05	875	883	(891)	08	(08)
737	727	716	-10	-11	729	724	(719)	-05	(-05)
601	587	574	-14	-13	608	594	(580)	-14	(-14)
492	479	469	-13	-10	524	505	(486)	-19	(-19)
424	415	411	-09	-04	481	462	(443)	-19	(-19)
416	413	413	-03	00	475	461	(447)	-14	(-14)
481	432	438	01	06	517	508	(499)	-09	(-09)
617	623	631	06	08	617	616	(615)	-01	(-01)
802	812	822	10	10	771	777	(783)	06	(06)
990	1000	1007	10	07	953	966	(979)	13	(13)
1123	1131	1134	08	03	1103	1120	(1137)	17	(17)

Thrw Eclljw Cfdu Cmuni (Uhnitei Orel 29 Days)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(«)	(a)	(»)	(c)	(4)	(a)
1159	1175	(1191)	16	(16)	1154	1150	(1146)	-04	(-04)
1101	1112	(1123)	11	(11)	1061	1052	(1043)	-09	(-09)
967	968	(969)	01	(01)	907	896	(885)	-11	(-11)
809	801	(793)	-08	(-08)	726	717	(708)	-09	(-09)
660	647	(634)	-13	(-13)	557	553	(549)	-04	(-04)
535	522	(509)	-13	(-13)	442	441	(440)	-01	(-01)
446	436	(426)	-10	(-10)	395	402	(409)	07	(07)
408	404	(400)	-04	(-04)	425	435	(445)	10	(10)
438	439	(440)	01	(01)	520	533	(546)	13	(13)
542	548	(554)	06	(06)	659	673	(687)	14	(14)
710	718	(726)	08	(08)	820	827	(834)	07	(07)
904	915	(926)	11	(11)	976	973	(970)	-03	(-03)
1071	1079	(1087)	08	(08)	1100	1089	(1078)	-11	(-11)
1160	1163	(1166)	03	(03) -			--

170402 170398 170392 Totals

(To be continued)

CORRECTIONS FOR NO. 404

Page 371: moon No. 73142 rose 9:47 p.m., not 9: 49. Page 373: moon No. 73316 rose 2: 30 a.m., not 2: 32. Page 375: eclipse cycle is 6585.32 days, not 6538.32. Page 375: moons 73766-73772, change to 73767-73773. Page 376: moon No. 73446 rose 3:48 p.m., not 3:49. Page 377: moon No. 73476, minutes over 29 days, 798, not 803.

Page 378: moon No. 73575 rose 3: 51 p.m., not 3:49. Page 378: moon No. 73632 rose 1: 31 a.m., not 1:10. Page 379: moon No. 73679 rose 9:33 p.m., not 9: 32. Page 381: omit first asterisk (•) (under Lifeday) at top of page.

Page 381: put asterisk (•) after 26 in month Temple, not after 27.

Page 381: put double dagger (J) after 27 (in month Temple), not after 28.

Page 381: footnote f, Saturday, March 21, 2177939; not Sunday, March 22, 2177940.

There Must Be Freedom of Speech

Archbishop McNicholas (R.C.) speaking at the National Catholic Charities Conference, said, “If I were asked to give in a single word the formula that would end the depression, I could readily give it in the word of Pope Benedict XV [rather, the word of Christ]—Love, or charity, if you will understand charity as defined by the Catholic church. If the virtue of love dominated all groups in America, if the virtue of charity dominated all nations of the world, there would be no strife, no uprisings, no injustice. . . . There must be freedom of speech, there must be freedom of the press, there must be freedom of religion, so also there must be freedom of business, not under the old order of greed, industrial slavery, lust for power and corruption of government, but under the freedom of social justice. . . .” This is all well said; and now, if the archbishop will just say a few words to those Catholic interests that have worked so hard, though unsuccessfully, to exclude Judge Rutherford from the radio and the press, it would give a good illustration of charity’s beginning at home. And above and before everything else, let there be an end of hypocrisy.

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¹

There are just 604,800 seconds in one week

²

The “time of life” here referred to Is 280 days. Therefore we may understand that if the birth of Isaac was on October 1, 1920, as is believed to have been the case, the day of the visit of the angels was March 21, 1921 B.C., and the day of conception was December 26, 1921 B.C.

³

This day, Visitment 15, when Israel camped at the base of the mount of God momentarily waiting until He should reveal himself, was a most unusual day. Manifestly it stands for or represents the day of Jehovah, just preceding God’s great revelation of himself at Armageddon. See the account in Hebrews 12, “For ye are not come unto the mount ... but ye are come unto mount Sion and consider how true it is that Jehovah was then visiting His typical people as He is in this day of visitation. Consider now the number of this Edenic day, 917,917. The 9 and 1 may be grouped together in a rearrangement of the digits thus:

7

10      10

7

The number 10 is symbolic of perfection toward earth as 7 is symbolic of perfection heavenly. Divisible by 7, this number, 917,917, seems to point to Jehovah God, the Head. “The head of Christ is God.”— 1 Corinthians 11: 3.

Accepting the whole number as representing “God the Judge of all”, notice now that one of the factors is 7007. The number 1000 is composed of 10X10X10; so the number 7007 may be thought of as follows:

7

10 10 10

7

⁴

The factors are interesting: 2x2x2x2x2x3x5x1913.