| 1. | After midnight. |
| 2. | Cock-crow. |
| 3. | Between the first cock-crow and daybreak. |
| 4. | The dawn. |
| 5. | Morning. |
| 6. | Noon. |
| 7. | Afternoon. |
| 8. | Sunset. |
| 9. | Twilight. |
| 10. | Evening. |
| 11. | Candle-time. |
| 12. | Bed-time. |
| 13. | Dead of night. |
Recurring now to the prevalent notions regarding the sinister and portentous character of this number, one may well inquire in all seriousness whether the harboring of this and other firmly rooted superstitious fancies is compatible with a deep and abiding Christian faith. The answer is plainly in the negative. Therefore it is doubtless true—and the truth should make us free—that the greater our indifference to the various alleged omens and auguries which so easily beset us, the more readily shall we acquire and retain a firm and enduring dependence on Divine Providence.
FOOTNOTES
[1] New Cabinet Cyclopædia.
[2] Archæologia, vol. iii. 1775.
[3] John Kitto, D. D., Cyclopædia of Biblical Art.
[4] John Beckman, A History of Inventions.
[5] Carmen XVIII. 26.