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.The Qdh Age f& May 25, 1921 5c9. ..--.. .--Laudseer's &ah~ -d3e~~~rcli*+~ p 201) 911 the tioils in tlle day~, of old lluvle Use 01 tlxe starssigns of the &@d&, rutd tbe 0th- constellations in their mythological worsUp, a d iu this wereand stars, wew'a~iated with &OUS god% followed by the erring Je\va, this does not-or with incidettts in connection with them, by weaken, but confirm our aurkrvta~tcling that thethe Chtrldelrn idolators, as well as by the astrol- naming of the stars n.m ot' divine i~~spiration -agem oP other nations.The worship of the idolrrtrolis nations is indeedi he L ~& Ppeeiidlg co~~mdedthe Ismlite. a stme niethod of establishing the truth of -0s no awnfit to tvorship images, and the s~ripttUe8; lle~erthdt!~~. by perfe~tlyWUn- *the *noon or the stars, heausc of the degrading terfeiting each detail of the rbme of salvation, . -wmnce it n-oldd hare npn thel% e m a, it these fake religions unwittingly qubrtaetiatebad upon the llenthcn nations. In Deuteronomy Lord's Word. \Fe believe that in the Golden-4: 1519 ae rend: .'Take ye therefore good heed Age men shall discover that erer)zhing in. h to yourselred . . . Lest ye corrupt yourselves, heaven and earth flayed its Put in buildingad make yo. a gravel1 image, the einiilitutle up the t ~ t of h God-Proverbs %:2-of any figure, the like~lrss of nlale or female,Origin of the Fish-God Dagonthelikeness of any beast that is on the earth, me ~~~a~ \,.anling to *a wple not tothe likeness of any ninged foal that Bieth in make an image of MISt~,g in 9, of athe air, the likeness of any fish that is in fie fish, 7,.o,dd imply th+t ea n~ po3dilJle,le. Innot$rs beneath the earth; and lest thou lift up hi, exc,,ations at s'm&g P w r Lapardthine eyes unto henren, and when thou seest discorered scdptured fi8.iutXs fishmgod,the sun, and the moon* and the stars, even dlt& fish-hwd ofnenesShe identified wia bgvRthe host of henren, &ddst be driven to wor- - tile pmistirles, rrllo hrrotGed it fi;sin tile Babyshipthem, and serve thenl." Yet the Jewish lonians. -[xinerch a,t& ~ ~ ~ f pp i ~ 33, l ~ so) , ~ ,people freclnentl~ disregaded the Loss corn- In 1 Saluuel 3: 14 red that tile YIiili+tiilesmand.. In 2 Iiil~s, chnpters 22 and 23, read placed the eaptnred*al-k of 0 ~ in 1 the llouse of,Low King Josiihh, after having heard the words their gd D ~ ~ ~l~~ ~ ~ , rnuing . rlley foundof the ne~vly disco\-ered book of. the la\v ofD~~~~ fdhhll facP .to. t~, earth i,eforeXosea, cleared the land of this idolatry: "He th ark of tjle ~ .~,~d. q-bcv ~~i~~~ ill hisput doml the iclolstrous priests . . . thc.1~ also place amin; bllt ..,,.hrl, nmre earlF thethat bnr~lecl inccrl* ~lto Baal, to the sun, and morrolv monling, ~,~h~l!l. DngOn \\-as Fallento the moon, t~ld to the twelve S~F;I~P li. e;, the llis face tp grcullrl i,donl ofZodiac], and to all the host or' hetrven".(3 !(ilp tile ~ ~ ~ the ilcad d ,,f ; DaZnu n!lt\ l,otll the23: 3, m:~rgillnl rending) This identitieatlon of of llis llnnclP \\.ere ctit (,rf the threstheirgut13 and ~oildesses 7~1th the stars by tile l:oltl: nlllr tile $.3,,.part I,i Dagoll nns left toBab?-loninns c111(1 later nations i~ a ~oiinterfcit lslll. ~ h ~ ~ ,,,. ~ f ,I!',. ~ i),.i(,9E i ~ ,,f,. .I):,,.~~,of the ttus "Jeit:ctl lilorttlls", Jesw C'ltrist aid llor iL,iy cc.::,c i::to 1jc l3 :lo,lst.,the g.loriSed cllorcll of tlie first!)urn; for !ve on tl,rc>hold ,,( D~,~,,~, ill - ~ s ~ , wlto ! ~ t tilis ~read in 1 Corirttl~i-11s 1.5: 41, 42: .-There is one day." (see lllnrr.;l,nl pn,ljlly) I;, Va:.,.ing ,,-eglory of t!le Slln, alld nrl~tll~r glo1'~ bt' the anon, tural evidences prove that the? are of Berosus, describiilg this fi=.h-god, >nys thatdivine origin, arranged and named under in- ':its htly \\-us that of 8 fish, but trltder tlie lieadspirntion. In Poalrn 147: 4 n-e read: "He telleth of the fish was that of n !n::n, and to its tail .the nnnlher of the stars; he giveth them all were joined a woman's 'feetJ'-(Corry's frag.,their nnnles". Even though the idolatrous na- p. 30) From Layard's sculptures we notice thatllpull !,is.