﻿A 
  TWILIGHT 
  TIME. 
  95 
  

  

  from 
  other 
  sources 
  — 
  that 
  long 
  before 
  the 
  Call 
  

   of 
  Abraham, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  long 
  before 
  the 
  

   twentieth 
  century 
  B.C., 
  the 
  Human 
  Race 
  had 
  

   been 
  increasing 
  and 
  multiplying 
  on 
  the 
  earth 
  

   from 
  such 
  ancient 
  days 
  that 
  in 
  many 
  regions, 
  

   far 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  their 
  dis- 
  

   persion, 
  great 
  nations 
  had 
  arisen, 
  powerful 
  and 
  

   civilized 
  governments 
  had 
  been 
  established. 
  

  

  So 
  far, 
  then, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  History 
  

   shining 
  with 
  comparative 
  clearness 
  over 
  a 
  

   period 
  of 
  2,000 
  years 
  before 
  the 
  Christian 
  

   era. 
  Beyond 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  twilight 
  tract 
  

   of 
  time 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  roughly 
  estimated 
  at 
  

   700 
  years 
  — 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  time 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  

   dawn 
  of 
  History, 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  beginning 
  

   of 
  which 
  we 
  can 
  dimly 
  see 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  

   already 
  Kings 
  and 
  Princes 
  on 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  