incarnations of the mythical genius of the sun, the symbol of the ram
was changed to that of the lamb, and the text in the allegories, which
read the Ram of God, was changed to read "The Lamb of God which taketh
away the sin of the World," John i, 29. The explanation we have given
relative to the Zodiacal Symbols of solar worship makes the assurance
doubly sure that the originals of the New Testament were composed when
the Vernal Equinox was in the sign of Aries, as will be shown
hereafter. Having adopted the symbol of the lamb, it was represented by
several forms of what is known as Agnus Dei, or Lamb of God, one of
which was in the form of a bleeding lamb with a vase attached into
which blood is flowing, which originated in reference to the shedding
of blood as a vicarious atonement for sin. But the most comprehensive
form of this symbol in its astronomical signification, was represented
by the figure of a lamb in a standing attitude, supporting the circle
of the Zodiac, divided into quarters to denote the seasons. At each of
the cardinal points there was a small cross, and the lamb held in its
uplifted fore-foot a larger cross, the long arm of which was made to
cut the celestial equator at the angle of 23 1/2 degrees, the true
angle of obliquity of the Ecliptic. This symbol is still retained in
the Catholic Church.

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The Fish.

By deducting 2,150 years from 4,300 we determine that about 2,150 years
ago the Vernal Equinox entered the sign of Pisces; and although the
original version of the New Testament was founded upon the symbol of
the lamb, it is a historical fact that for centuries after the