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Show THE FIRST CREATION. NEW STORY AS TOLD BY THE NINEVEH TABLETS. The Effect of tlia Ancient Inscription on tbe Bible Story Written ThousV and of Yenrs Age. R. HENRY ON BAUM, MAS- tbe fa- mous historical lecturer and' editor of RecMonumental furnished has ords, the New York Herald with further data on the finding at Nineveh of tablets pertaining to the creation of the world, and also the effect of these inscriptions upon the Bible. In many respects these tablets corroborate the Hebrew account, as contained In the Bible, but in others they give an entirely new version, and bring forth many fresh and important facts. The tablets were found under the ruins of the great palace of Sennacherib by Professor Smith, the famous English Assyriolo-gis- t, where they had lain hidden from the sight of man, for more than two thousand years. Sennacherib sent messengers and copyistB to all parts of the world to gather up the important documents bearing upon the origin of the world, the birth of man and the deluge. These were brought to the palace, in the great chambers built especially to preserve them. Some of these messengers were sent to the then ancient city of Borsippa, in Babylonia, where, in the Temple of Nebo, they found wonderful tablets relating to the creation, which were supposed to have been written about 2500 B. C. These tablets were written in the cuneiform language and were even then in a somewhat mutilated state. Six of these tablets have now been recovered. On one point namely, the creation of the sun, moon and stars they give a radically different account to that contained in the Old Testament. They place the order as follows: First, the stars; second, the zodiac; then the seasons, the equinoxes, the solstices, the night, the month, the day, and last, the sun. In the Bible this order Is Just reversed, the Hebrew account giving it as follows: First, the sun, second, the day; then the moon; the night, and, last, the stars. The six tablets were probably written in a uniform order, each containing the story where the other left it off. As nearly as can be determined, they were written In the following or- der: Tablet Description of the State and the First Day. Tablet 2 The creation of Light and the war between light and dark1 Pre-Crea-ti- ve ness. Tablet The victory of the former, and the separation of Heaven and Earth; the banishment of the Dragon of Chaos to the depths of the under-worlTablet 4 The Creation of the Earth and Vegetation. Tablet 5 The Creation and the Ordering of the Heavenly Bodies. Tablet 6 The Creation of Cattle and Creeping Things and the Creation of Man. The First Tablet. The portion of the first tablet that has been deciphered reads: 1 At that time, on high, the heavens were unnamed. 2 Below, on the wide earth, a name was not recorded. n 3 The ocean was their gen 3 d. first-bor- erator. The chaotic sea was the bearing mother of them all. 5 Their waters, as one, were folded 4 together. The corn field was unharvested; the pasture had not sprung up. 7 When as yet the gods had not come forth any of them. R A name was not recorded; order did not exist. 9 Then there were made the great 6 gods. Lakhonn and Lakhamn came forth. Until they spread. 12 Far extended were the days, until and the gods An-Swere made. 13 Tbe god Anu. The numerals at the left indicate the lines as they were inscribed upon 10 11 ar Ki-S- ar the tablet. The tablets then go on to tell that the great serpent of chaos and night was slain. The Imprisoned earth was released and divided from the heavens, and three great gods came forth to assume the government of it. The first of the three gods was named Anu, aad bore the title of Father of all the The second was called Bel, Sods. and he performed the duties of guardian of the country. He was the of riches, wealth and possessions, and also lord of the mountains. The third god was named Ea. He was the lord of the ocean; the protector of good men; the lord of the house of knowledge; the lord of the eye; the lord who knows all things. The tablet relating to the creation of animal, life and of man Is very much far-seei- ng mutilated. The portion of it that has been deciphered, however, compares with the sixth day in the Hebrew account and tells of the creation of cattle and creeping things. The lines read: 1 When the gods in their assembly had created great beasts. 2 They made perfect the mighty monsters. 3 They caused the living creatures to come forth. 4 The cattle of the field, the wild beasts of the field and the creeping things. 5 For the living creatures. 6 The cattle and the creeping things of the city they sent forth. 7 The assembly of creeping things and all the creation. 8 Which is the assembly of my family. Ea, the Lord of the Illustrious Face, the multitude of creeping things he made strong. This inscription, as will be Been, bears in parts a strong resemblance and a dissimilarity to the Bible version. The lower part of this tablet ia in such a mutilated state that the translators have not been able to make out the inscriptions. It ia here, probably, that the account of the creation of man was inscribed, and It la the hope of the translators that other fragments of this tablet will be unearthed, with the help of which they may be able to decipher the story. The fragments of the lines that they are able to make out read: For thy redemption did He create mankind; even He, the Merciful One, with whom Is life. In another corner are the words: Ala jest thou be great, for a noble companion art thou. Let thy manhood be increased. With the dominion of all the gods I have caused thy hand to be filled. If this applies to the creation of man, as it certainly appears to. If is a remarkable parallel to the biblical account, although it is, of course, in a very different style of wording. Further down on the tablet are the Btlll more wonderful words: "Woman from the flank of man was called. Which certainly accords with the creation of Eve aa recorded in the Bible. Making Day and Night. The fifth tablet relates to the creation of the heavenly bodies and of the making of day and night. It corresponds with the fourth day in the biblical account. The first twenty-fou- r lines only have been translated: 1 He made pleasant the position of the great gods. 2 The constellations he arranged them; the double stars he fixed. 3 He ordained the year and appoint ed the zodiac signs over It. 4 The twelve months of constellations by threes he fixed. 5 From the day when the year com menced to lta close. 6 He established the position of the crossing stars, and for the seasons their bounds. 7 Not to make fault or error of any kind. 8 The abode of Bel and Ea along with himself he fixed. 9 He opened great gates on cither aide. 10 The bolts he made strong on th right hand and left. 11 In the mass he made a stairway. 12 The illuminator he caused to shine to rule at the night. 13 He appointed him to establish the night until the coming forth of the day. 14 Saying: Each month without fail by the disk keep thou watch. 15 "At the beginning of the month, at the rising of the night. 16 "Horns shall shine forth to announce the night. 17 "One the seventh day to a disk it fills up. 18 "Open thou and cause the rays of thy face to shine. 19 At that time the sun on the horizon of heaven at thy coming. 20 Shalt divide the form. 21 Toward the path of the sun thou drawest near. 22 "Then the shining of the sun shall change. 23 Seeking his path. 24 Set thou as by law decreed." It will be noticed that these tablets, which ere two thousand years older than the Bible, give a much more detailed account of the creation than the Old Testamtnt does. Creation of the Son. The portion of the tablet relating to the creation of the sun speaka of it as the child of the moon, and further on says: 0 Lord. Illuminator of tbe dark ness, opener of the face of the sky. 2 Merciful God, who setteth jp the fallen, who keepeth the weak. 3 Unto thy light turn the great gods. 4 The spirits of earth gaze toward thy face. 5 The tongues of the host aa one cry thou dlrectesL fr Smiling, (heir heads they look to tbe light of the sun. 7 Like a wife thou art glad and making glad. Thou art the light in the vanlt of heavens. the far-o9 . 1- 8- ' ff Thou art the eye center of all thi ATTORNEYS DIRECTORY GRAHAM P. PUTNAM, Attorney-at-Lalands. d 2 Commercial Block. 10 Men from far and near behold T. J. ANDERSON, Attorney-at-LaCHARLES J. PENCE; thee and rejoice. 328-- 9 Atlas Block. 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DENNY, Attorney at Law, Attorney-at-LaDooly Block. free will offering before Meradoch 509 Dooly Block. and Istar. Sacrifice he'slajra. SHEPABD ft SANFOBD, 10 The lifting of his hand finds favor P. J. DALY, Attomeys-at-LaAttorney-at-Lawith his God. 37, 38, 39 and 40, Commercial Block. 2 Block. Commercial alThis version of the Sabbath, J. C. DAVIES, JAMES F. SMITH, though lengthier and much more se' Attomey-at-LaAttomey-at-Lavere than that in the Bible, closely 57 Hooper Block. No. 3, Eagle Block. corresponds with it Wonderful aa DIZ ft ROOTE, do these recent discoveries are, they EDWARD H SCOTT, Attomeys-at-Lanot shake the historical foundation of 77-Attomey-at-LaCommercial Block. the book of Genesis. In fact these diS' H. J. 305 Atlas Block. DININNY, coveries would seem to confirm, rather Attorney and Covnseller-at-LaJ. H MURPHY, than contradict, the statements of the Commercial Block. Attorneys-at-LaBible. They, however, furnish add! Block. Eagle JAMES E. DARMER, tional information that it doeB not give, STEWART ft STEWART, Attorney-at-LaIn this connection it la interesting to 509-51- 0 23-2- 4 McCoraick Block. Central Block. state that Dr. Hilprecht, of the Uni- RICHARD DT"EARLS; N. W. SONNEDECKER, versity of Pennsylvania, stated recentAttomey-at-Lano discoveries that had Lawyer, been ly yet 80 Commercial Block. 307 McCoraick Block. made that shook his faith in any his- L. H. GRAY, N. J. SHECXELL, torical statement of the Bible. Dr. Land and Mining Attorney, Attorney and Counsellor-at-LaRoom 306, 58 West First South. Hilprecht la recognized aa the moat 35 ft 36, Hooper Block. eminent cuneiform scholar in the HIRAM W. GRAY, STEPHENS ft SMITH, world today, and 1b now engaged In Attomey-at-LaLawyers. reBlock. the Auerbach 503 tablets wonderful translating 8 Commercial Block, cently found at Nippur. J. LU TAYLOR, J. GORLINSKI, I- w, wide-sprea- 31-3- w, w, w, w, w, w, w, w, 81-8- ersr Patters w, w, w, w, lt, 51-5- w, w, 8, w, w, w, 91-9- w, w, w, w, 8, w, w, w, w, w, w, 47-4- Land and Mining Attorney, Lawyer, 424-42- 5 22 Central Block. Atlas Block. mutilatedmonzy W. E. GOODWIN VAN TAYLOR; ft PELT, Fall Value of a Nuts b Paid for rtsi Probate and Ttle Law a Specialty. Lawyers, ments Representing Three-Fiftof It. 20-2- 1 6 Commercial Block. Commercial Block, Office Tel. 510. Res. TeL 100. According to the present rule of the D. D. HOUTZ, THOMPSON ft LAWRENCE, redemption division of the Uniter Lawyer, Provo, Utah, Booms 4 and 5, Eldridge Block. States treasury nothing less than frag Lawyers, ments representing Progress Block. of G. RICHARD HARTLEY, JAMES A. WILLIAMS, bank note or will be reREDEEMING hs two-fift- 85-8- hs greenback deemed by Uncle Sam. If that much of a note is presented the United States, writes Clifford Howard, on Destroying a Million Dollars a Day,1 in the Ladies Home Journal, will al lf low the holder the face value of it, while three-fiftof a note will be redeemed for full value. Of course, there are occasional exceptions to this rule. Some time since a man from New England forwarded a bunch of diaclor-orepaper money that he had found buried in a field. It had laid in the ground so long a time, and had been so generously feasted upon by worms that it fell to pieces as soon as it waz touched. It would have been utterly 'impossible for any one unacquainted with the secret marks that the govern nent places on its bills to gather these decayed pieces of money together In tlyir proper order; but some of the cieir.kg in the redemption division of the treasury are particularly expert la sorting snd deciphering bits of mutil ated money, and through long years of experience are able to tell In an In stant jto what particular note or kind of note a certain scrap belongs. When the pii'ces contained in this bunch of old mc,ney were finally sorted and mounted it was found that while there was nofj one complete note remaining (not more than two or three scraps in some instances) the rightful owner was entitled to a redemption of four hundred jiniiara. Unfortunately for the man whoj found the moneys he could not proved hia ownership, nor could he make affidavit aa to what had become of the missing portions of the notea, Consequently, the United States was (he gainer 4ln this case. 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