Outlines of general history . on,in defiance of the divine purpose and com-mand. 7. The defeat of the human purpose,by a divine process, in the confusion oftongues. And from this point we look for-ward to 8. The birth of Abram, midway inpoint of time between the first Adam andthe second Adam. He was chosen of God,the founder of a new nation, the depository ofdivine truth for all nations, himself the Fa-ther of the Events of the Mesopotamian Epoch, 4000 to2000 The Creation of Man, (common chronol- ogj,) 4004 The Translation of Enoch 3017 The Deluge 2348 The Building of Babe
Outlines of general history . on,in defiance of the divine purpose and com-mand. 7. The defeat of the human purpose,by a divine process, in the confusion oftongues. And from this point we look for-ward to 8. The birth of Abram, midway inpoint of time between the first Adam andthe second Adam. He was chosen of God,the founder of a new nation, the depository ofdivine truth for all nations, himself the Fa-ther of the Events of the Mesopotamian Epoch, 4000 to2000 The Creation of Man, (common chronol- ogj,) 4004 The Translation of Enoch 3017 The Deluge 2348 The Building of Babel 2247 The Birth of Abram 1996 STUDENTS REVIEW ^oh.—East, Ind. Chin. North, Ary. West.,Egi^ Events: 1. Fir. M. 2. Meth. 3. Eno. 4. Bui. Fam. No. 6. Bab. 7. Conf. Ton. 8. Ab. Outlines of General History. 25 QUESTIONS FOR EXAM IN A TION. Describe the memorial edifice of the first what scenes did it look out, north, east, west ^What great events are associated with the firsttperiod ?. 2. The Outlook from the P3rrainid. Rising out of the sands of Egypt, with theSphynx at its feet, and the Nile rolling past,stands our second great monumental building,the Great Pyramid, the most massive struct-ure ever raised by the hand of man, built in anage so early that its date cannot be given withcertainty, and looking down through the cent-uries upon all the events of history. Itstands as a fitting symbol of the thousandyears between Abraham and Solomon, (2000to 1000 ,) the Egyptian Epoch, while theempire on the Nile was at its height. Fromits lofty summit we look over the world atthree points of time, during the lives of threemen, of whom two saw the Pyramid and the :26 Outlines of Ge7ieral History. .•third married a princess who had lived by Our first outlook from the Pyramid is in thetime of Abraham, about 2000 In Egyptithe old Memphian monarchy, founded byMenes, has given place to the Middle King-•dom, and Thebes, of the
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