'The father of history' (484 b.c.).  He was born one hundred years

after the death of Isaiah, and twelve years before the first year of

Nebuchadnezzar's dominion.

Philosopher (469 b.c).

He held that 'the proper study of mankind is

'The father of medicine' (460 b.c.).

Philosopher (429 b.c.).  He sought to solve

the riddle of the universe

by the discovery of the ultimate Good.  His

doctrine of the immortality

of the soul percolated into the teaching of

the church and stultified

in some degree the glorious doctrine of the

'The father of learning' (384 b.c.).  Turning from the Platonic unity

of being, Aristotle directed his attention to the variety that is in

the world, and as an instrument in this investigation he brought logic

to a very high pitch of completeness.

'The founder of Stoicism' (342 b.c.).  At his death a monument was

erected to his memory, with the words: 'His life corresponded with his

'The founder of Epicureanism' (340 b.c.).  His motto was: 'The greatest

good for the entire life'.  As it was, 'the entire life' held no

certain hope, and without resurrection, Epicureanism degenerated into:

'Eat, drink and be merry'.

'The father of mathematics' (300 b.c.).

Philosopher (300 b.c.).  We know him best by a hymn to Zeus, from which

the apostle quotes in Acts 17:28.

'The father of mechanics' (287 b.c.).  He said: 'Give me a lever long

enough, and I will move the earth', but alas, like so many other claims

by these philosophers and thinkers, he did not reveal what he would do

without the essential fulcrum.

'The father of astronomy' (150 b.c.).

He made a catalogue of 1,080

stars, and invented trigonometry.

Such are a few of the outstanding names of men who contributed to the

wisdom of the world during the silent years that followed the close of the

Old Testament canon.  We regard that 'feeling after God' with keen sympathy,

and we turn afresh to the Word, Living and written, and say with even deeper