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...being about 2200 B. C., though most of them are from the sixth century. There is an other case filled with Babylonian and Assyrian seals, cylindrical and conical in shape, used as charms against evil spirits and also for stamping written documents. They are carved with emblems of the gods, men, animals, etc. A unique object is a lapislazuli disc about an inch and a half in diameter, once the property of a temple. It was presented to a certain god for the life of the donor,-perhaps for his rescue from some danger...
...matter of sentiment. Assyria and Babylon furnish the largest share. Among the casts on the floor are bronze and stone weights in the shape of lious and ducks from the commercial system of the Babylonians and Assyrians. There are five clay books that deserve special mention; the sun god in his temple at Sepharvoim., a grant of land by a Babylonian king to his servant, the cuneiform account of the deluge, a record of Nebuchadnezzar's building operations and a sale of real estate at Babylon in the 6th century B. C. The most interesting cast is one facing...
Christ opens to us a vista of an eternal life, a life in the living God. Who comes to mutilate life is a thief and a robber...
During the evening the choir sang the following anthems: O how Amiable are Thy Dwellings-Barnby; Keep Me, Saviour-Brown; O God, My Trust is in Thy Mercy-King Hall...
...Cynics played an important part at this time. Their bravery and constancy won for them the respect of all. They resemble in some respects the modern anarchists except in relation to God. Their pure deism rebuked the polytheism of the age, and their asceticism did much towards shaping the hermit life and the monastic system of later times...