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The conclusions set forth by all these writers are amply 

 borne out by numerous extant representations. 



Ordinary Zodiacs are unreliable : planispheres are more 

 reliable. They coincide with those used by the Anglo-Saxons 

 of the ninth century. 



It is found onaKoman gem, a.d. 100. Going backwards, it is 

 also found on a Babylonian Matsebah discovered by Dr. George 

 Smith, which he dates B.C. 1320. (3n one side is a cuneiform 

 inscription, and on the other side are signs of the Zodiac. 



His translation is given, and in it occurs the expression " the 

 emblems of the gods of Assyria are on this stone." 



In the 4th chapter of Genesis, last verse, are the words, 

 " Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord." It is 

 impossible to take that literally, that no man called upon 

 the name Jehovah before that date, which is the date of the 

 birth of Enos. 'Nor that Adam and Eve and righteous Abel 

 and Seth never called upon the name of the Lord before. 

 Turning to authorities, the LXX, the Vulgate, and Spurrell put 

 the pronoun in the singular number, — this man — then altering 

 the name Lord to Jehovah. The last mentioned man is Seth. 

 Maimonides says that it refers to stars and religion, so we 

 have : " Then began this man (Seth) to call the stars by the 

 name of Jehovah." The Hebrew use of the " name of Jehovah " 

 really means the attributes, characteristics of justice, holiness, 

 and mercy. Hence with the aid of Maimonides we obtain this 

 result : " Then began this man Seth to call the stars by the 

 attributes of Jehovah." I think there is little difference of 

 opinion between those who have been students of Scripture, 

 that Jehovah of the Old Testament is the Jesus of the New — 

 the Messiah. 



In regard to the cherubic forms : the cherubim were composed 

 of, or a composite figure of, man and lion, bull and eagle ; four 

 symbols in one. The conclusion is that this is the foundation 

 of the Zodiac. (Ezekiel i, 10.) Three of these symbols were 

 placed in three of the cardinal points, while the scorpion took 

 the place of the eagle, which was made a decan. 



Discussion. 



The Secretary. — I wish personally to return thanks on behalf 

 of myself and the Institute to the reverend gentleman who has 

 given us this remarkable lecture, because he acceded at once to 



