"things which are behind, and reaching "forth unto those things which are before, press forward to the mark, for the prize "of the high calling of God, in Christ "Jesus." And knowing that "the Lord "trieth the hearts," let it be your main concern to preserve your heart pure from sin; according as it is written: "Keep THY 66 HEART with ALL DILIGENCE." Do you, therefore, so order all the remaining time of your life, that you may, at the last, be able to say, with the prophet: “I « have walked in my house with a perfect "heart:-I will go to the altar of my GoD, "unto GOD, who is my exceeding great "joy!" For it will not be sufficient, to have begun well; since righteousness will consist, IN HAVING CONCLUDEDd well. THE END OF THE EPISTLE OF PAULINUS TO CELANTIA. ELEMENTARY CHRONOLOGY. TIME, is the DURATION of the earth and heavenly bodies; the revolutions of which, measure, and mark out, its PARTS. The great natural measurers, and indexes, of TIME, are THE SUN and THE MOON. Hence, the duration of time is described in THE SCRIPTURES,' by the duration of those two indexes of time: as "long as THE SUN and THE MOON endureth s throughout all generations." For those orbs will one day cease their functions, like every subor dinate system of this visible world; and the cessation of their functions, will be the END of TIME. Which great crisis is thus announced in the SACRED VOLUME. “Thou didst lay of old the foundation " of THE EARTH, and THE HEAVENS are the work "of thy hands: THEY shall perish, but THOU shalt endure; they shall all grow old like a garment; "and like a garment thou shalt change them, " and THEY shall be changed; but THOU art the same, and THY years shall never end." This is that impending period, when, (as it is proclaimed in THE PROPHETIC VISION,)" there shall be TIMB NO LONGER!" The knowledge of the parts of TIME, or of the earth's DURATION from its CREATION until now, is called Chronology; which may be divided into Computative, and Historical. Computative Chronology, is the science of computing the parts and periods of time. ATA Historical Chronology, is the science of assignling the parts and periods of time to the events of history.b hos dy 1. COMPUTATIVE CHRONOLOGY. SOLAR TIME. 5. Of the Day, and its Parts. b THE first, and smallest, revolution of time, de pending upon THE SUN, is a DAY; w which measure comprises all the time during which the sun seems to make one complete revolution round the earth. This revolution is computed, either from noon to noon, or from midnight to midnight. This measure of time, which is called the natural day, is divided into twenty-four equal parts or |