Sierra Console.app show earlier data
You need to first use the log command at the command line to collect the logged messages into a .logarchive bundle, then use Console to view the contents of this bundle.  For example:

sudo log collect --last 1d


…will collect all logged messages generated during the past day into a system_logs.logarchive bundle in the current directory.  Open this bundle in Console, and you can use the full power of the app to view, search and filter the log data.

Note that log has many other useful applications;  I suggest reading the log(1) man page.