p. 4 | THE HORN AGE by N. Y. Observer

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Dec 8, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 47.

THE HORN AGE.

By N. Y. Observer

IN the Canton of Neufchatel a gang of manufacturers of spurious archæological articles have been recently convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment, differing in length from several days to several months. If amusing ingenuity could have any weight in mitigating punishment, it would lighten the sentence of the scamp who invented the "horn age" for the enthusiastic antiquarian, and then disinterred various articles which he had prepared to represent this imaginary period in the history of the lake-dwellers. His "horn age" is not one particle more imaginary than hundreds of other fancies with which men have entertained themselves while they have endeavored to use them to discredit the testimony of the Scriptures. Such credulity among learned investigators shows that it is not wise for the unlearned to be in haste to accept alleged discoveries until the evidence is satisfactory and convincing. Much vaunted biblical criticism in regard to the Old Testament Scriptures has no more foundation than the "horn age."