FORMULAS FOR

SACRED

CHRONOLOGY.

The Creation of the World, took place long before the days of Cicero and Cæsar.

At the Birth of Cain, Adam returned thanks to God,
A Serious Psalm.

in

Abel was murdered by his brother Cain, who showed himself Miffy and Ugly. Enoch was translated to Heaven, riding safely up without making any

Mistake.

At the Universal Deluge, mankind was saved under
Noah's Home Roof.
The Babel Tower was built, soon after the human race
was preserved in
Noah's New Ark

sacred than

The Calling of Abraham was a covenant that was more A Weighty Bond. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by fire, the inhabitants receiving A Stiff Bake. Isaac was offered in sacrifice by his father, who gave a burnt-offering on a fire made of A Wood Fagot. Esau sold his birth-right for a mess of potage, which proved a rather Stiff Dish.

Jacob married Leah and Rachel, and had
A Wedding All-happy.
Joseph was sold by his brethren, who sprinkled his coat
with blood, after killing a kid with A Thick Knife.
Moses was born, at a time when the Jews all spoke one

Dialect.

Job, a man of wisdom and.patience, flourished in A Witty Holy Time. Pharaoh's host was drowned, which would not have happened, had every chariot been A Water Boat. Moses saw Jehovah in the burning bush, and received the Law from Heaven, as though it was

Dropped.

Moses wrote the Pentateuch, and smote the rock, preferring that his people should drink Water Alone. The Israelites enter Canaan, under Joshua, traveling every night by

Star-light.

The Fall of Jericho took place under the trumpets of
Joshua, who
Tore the Wall in Two.
Boaz married Ruth, showing that he rather have a
widow, than
A Witty Maiden.
Jephthah sacrificed his daughter, who showed her
Duty to a Heavy Vow.
Samson killed 1000 Philistines, and showed himself
for his enemies,
A Dead Match.

David killed Goliah with his sling, hitting him

Twice on the Chin. Saul slew himself, and David was elected king, and found his subjects very

Disloyal.

Solomon succeeded David as king, and reigned in a
Wise and Witty Style.
Solomon laid the foundation of the Temple, and built it
of
Wood and Stone.
The Division of Israel and Judah, was announced by
a blast from
A Bugle.

Elijah was translated to Heaven, perhaps in a chariot
made of a tree or
A Heavy Bush.
Jehu destroyed the priests of Baal, without showing
them any

Favor.

Jonah when swallowed by a whale, must have had du-
ring the animal's travels, an interesting
Isaiah prophesied, and predicted that many would go
to a bottomless

Visit.

Ahaz set up idol worship, which brought disgrace upon

his

At the end of the kingdom of Israel, it contained more
land than a common
Senacherib's army was destroyed by an angel, that had
the power of the

Gulf.

Crown.

County.

Gods.

Holofernes was beheaded by Judith, who acted like a

Shylock

perfect

Josiah the pious began to reign, and ruled with a great deal of

Charity.

Jeremiah wrote the Lamentations, long before our Saviour was betrayed by

Judas.

came the

Live-oak.

At the End of the Kingdom of Judah, the many be-
Slave of the Few.
Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Tem-
ple destroyed, though perhaps made of
The three children were saved from the fiery furnace,
instead of being burned
All to Ashes.
At Belshazzar's feast, the hand-writing appeared on the
Wall of the Lodge.

Daniel was cast into a lion's den, or

Leo's Lair.

Cyrus captured Babylon, and put an end to the Jewish captivity, by A Sly Move. Darius divorced Queen Vashti, and married Esther, having A Sly Wedding. Haman was hanged on a gallows, destroying his life, though he had A Soul to Save. Ezra wrote the book of Chronicles, and gave the history of many an ancient Apollonius was defeated by Judas Maccabeus, who A Dutch Jew. Aristobulus was appointed King of Judea, and found in his reign many a hard Gabinius established the Sanhedrim, and gained influence quite

Realm.

acted like

Task,

Slowly.

John the Baptist was born six months before our Saviour, during the same

Year.

The Birth of Christ, took place four years before the vulgar

Era

The Christian Era commenced, just after the days of Cicero and Cæsar.

FORMULAS FOR

SACRED CHRONOLOGY,

AFTER THE CHRISTIAN ERA.

Christ disputed with the doctors in the Temple, and found them nearly as ignorant as

John the Baptist began his ministry, during

Heathen.

A New Age. Christ's Sermon on the Mount, is recorded in the book of.

Matthew. Jesus look five loaves and two fishes, and fed five thousand

Men.

At the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ, his
Father called
Him Home.

St. Paul was converted to Christianity, when he to the
Saviour paid

Pontius Pilate killed himself, in

Homage.

A Miff.

St. Matthew wrote his Gospel, and it was published and illustrated by

А Мар.

Rare.

St. Peter was liberated from prison by an angel, which he must have considered very

Mary the mother of Jesus died, and after her death, received homage more than

was

St. Paul preached in the Areopagus at Athens, which
A Holy House.
St. Paul was imprisoned at Rome, probably in

Royal.

A Jail.

The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul at Rome, was according to the decision of an unjust

Judge.

St. John wrote his Gospel, and was banished to Patmos, where he lived quite

Happily.

St. John died at Ephesus, where his ashes reposed after his

Decease.

Ancient Chronology.

1.

Babylon supposed to be founded, by Nimrod,
Sicyon, the first kingdom in Greece,
Letters invented, in Egypt,

B. C. 2234

2089

1822

1718

1556

1550

1546

1518

1516

1500

1406

1383

1356

1307

1262

1262

1252

1233

1200

Trojan War, commenced,

1194

1184

1141

Troy burned by the Greeks, after a siege of ten years,
Temple of Ephesus burned by Erostratus: soon rebuilt,
First Egyptian Pyramid supposed to be built, by Cheops,
Ionian Colonies migrate from Greece, and go to Asia Minor, 1044
Institution of the Amphictyonic Council,

1082

1040

Smyrna founded,

1015

907

884

824

783

776

753

747

743

721

Sparta founded, by Spartes,

Athens supposed to be founded, by Cecrops,
Thebes founded, by a colony under Cadmus,
Troy founded,

Chronology of the Arundelian Marbles begins,
Lacedæmon founded, by Lelia,

War chariots first used,

Iron discovered, by the burning of Mt. Ida, ¦
Erectheus, an Ionian chief, flourished,
Eleusinian Mysteries at Athens,

Olympic Games instituted, in Olympia, by Pelops, .
Sicily first settled, by the Italians,

Argonautic Expedition, .

Tyre founded, by a colony from Egypt,

Carthage founded, by a colony from Tyre,
Agamemnon supposed to flourish,

Homer supposed to have flourished,
Laws and Constitution of Lycurgus,

Era of Nabonassar,

First Messenian War,

Kingdom of Macedon, founded by Caranus,
Silver first coined, at Ægina, in Greece,
Beginning of the Olympic Era,

Rome founded,

Eclipse of the Moon: the first on record,
Sardanapalus, king of Assyria, flourished,
Combat between the Horatii and the Curiatii,
Byzantium, (now Constantinople,) founded,