Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-23

is not tn he eiiinguth,d by winter. IL is not
a spirit for IL is visible. II is moi body for
IL does not agitaie the hghiest bodies. II ~
evidently, therefore, noneniiy.' In ins this
philosopher, by incassanily contemplating the
sun, aud reasoning upon lie light, iOsi hs eyes.
aud what Is worse, his understanding. lie
imagined not that his sight was lost but tina,
the sun no longer existed. His conductor was
snegro. who. having seated his master under
cocoa tree. tnok up one of its nuts ffom the
ground. and began 10 make a lamp oil lis she'll,
n wick OF It's rough 6laments, mud 10 extract
from ITS kernel IA little oil for his lamp. While
thu negro was thus employed the blind man.
sighine, said 10 him There is no longer then
any hi IN the world = There Is the light
OF tue sun. answered the negro. What is the
sun 7 replied the biud man. know no more
of II, returned the slave, than that its rising ~
the beginning of my labor, and Us setting The
| end Of II. The light OF thu sun Is OF less con-
sequence 10 me than that of my lamp, which
| eplighIens my eottnge. and without which
could not serve You IN he nght.H Then taking
up his lamp, THIS, said he, my sun Al
! tins conversation, Que of the villagers, who
walked with crntches. began 10 laugh and
sappos,ng that the blind man had b.en born 80.
he sad Ia bin, Know thai the sun Is globe
Of fire which rises every day in the sea, aud sets
| each evening in the West in the mountains OF
us, il you bad the enjoyment Of sight. h.h
erman then said, II IN very evident that YOU
hive never been out of yonr village. II you
had legs, aud were TO make the tour ot the
stand OF Snmntta, you would find that the sun
does moi set IN these mountains, but thatit
leaves the sea every morning. and returns 10 II
IN the evening ~ refresh itself constantly
zee this myself, "a whatever part OF The coast
| may be fishing. An inhabiani OF the PENN
sula OF India then said 10 the fisherman, Is II
posslbl that any n,an endued with common
sense, can imagine the sun to be globe of
fire, thai II leaves the every day, aud returns
| IN the evening 10 be exnngu,shed You are
To know, then tina, the sun is a divinity my
county, who iraverses the heavens every
dry IN MS chariot. making "A circuit round
the golden Mountain OF Meronwa aud
whrn he Is eclpsei. he is swallowed up
10y the serpents Ragon aud Keto'u, from which
he is delivered by The prayers OF the Indians
on the banks OF the Ganges,--ll is very fldl-
/ culous pride OF an inhabitant oil Snmaira 10
suppose that the sun shines only On the horizon
| Of his Island. Such an idea could never enter
into the head of II man who had uay'eeted any
hing lager Tim n canoe a bascat, The ma.
Ter OF a eoasting vessel then al nnchor, here
observed thar II was sliil more ridiculous
pride 10 bellnye that The sun preferred lndh TO
every other country. hnve mnde several
voy res, he continued, Ia the He'd sea, on
the Coast of Arabia, In Madagascar. and To HE
Moucca aud Philippine Islands aud Know
! thu tie SUI illnmines all these countries as
we'll a indn. llu makes no circuit round
! a mountain; but I've rises In The ISLES of Japan,
which, on that account are called Jep0n OF
! Gepaen, which signifies the birth OF The SUI,
add he sets Tar To tie West, behind The British
/ ISLES. / AN cerlaiu OF tbs. Tor was told SO,
when boy, by nv grandfather, who had sailed
/ TO Tue very eGtreu,ities OF the ocean tie was
/ proceeding, when one Oi our crew interrupted
hun lhere is moi a ~oantry.' said be, IN
/ which the course vi ne sun - better knoWD
! than Ia England can inform You then
! that II rises aud sets no where. IL constantly
makes the eif@it OF the Garth am very
certain Of tins toI We are Iusl returned from
! circuit round, tue globe, aud we mel the sun
every where
Then taking a stick from one oil his auditors,
! he traced u cnCle on the sand aud cudoa.
! vored 10 shew tie course oil the sun from tT0plc
TO trnpIc hut beng Unable TO explain himself,
! he appeaied Ia me pilot oi his own SHIP ioi
the lat If hi, assertion. The pilot was
sensible man VINO had attended Ia silence 10
! the dispute but when he saw the whole c1mps-
ny were slteutively waiting for his opinion, he
thus addressed them; My friends, you are
mutually deceisng each other. The sn1 does
! >
earth turns round the Sun. presenting TO II,
every twenty -four hours, the isles oil Japan, the
Molaccas, Sunatra, AirIca. Europe. aad many
! other countries. II does GoI SHINE for single
| mountain Only, for an island, horizon, hu
ocean, or Even for The Whole earth but II rs
the centre OF the universe, whence II eu-
Iighsns, not only the earth, but hyc other plan
, cts, some Of which aie much larger than The
earth Itself, and Il far greater distance from the
sun, Such, for instance, ~ The planet Saturn,
10000 leagues IN diameter, and distant from
the sun $50 Hiilious OF tongues not 10 mention
lhen attendant moons, which reflect the solar
! Il GIN TO The most distant places. You would
Zach have an zen of these snoInne truths, were
Won to take "A nocturnal view OF The heavens
aud II you did moi i0siur The PRIDE oil believing
Thai the SUI HHs made Tor - stnEie country
0ulf.'--Iuus spoke 10 tue great aslonshtntnl
10 his andi0I.. Tie pilot VINO Gad made foJ-
age round the world. and ateuuVely observed
the heavens.
IL Is the same added he disciple of Con
iucius, With God WIN Tue suu.--EVely
mao believes, that he exclusively po Sesses the
Deity 10 has own chapel, or al lnasi IN his own
country. All The nations Imagine that ia their
respective temples they lnclose that glorious
4 sing whom the visible universe cannot contain.
Bur "a there a temple comparable TO that which
God himself hath erected, 10 collect all men, as
II were, III one communion All the temples
on The earth are but mn alons oil the universal
trmple OF nature. In the greatest part al
/ them, We fad places for aUsoluIlon, and vases
ofholy wafer, columns, cupoios lamps, statues,
iasenpuons, books oil the Ian, sacrifices, Hlt.rs,
/ aud priests. But III what temple IS there sa-
cred vessel so capaciogs as the sea, WHICH is not
Contained IN shell Columns so nobie as
those OF the trees OF the forest, or Of the or
Guards, loaded with tnt! capols so sub
lime as the armament Or lamp resplen.
dent AS tho snn' Where Gun we behold
statues 50 interesting as number OF rational
beings, who mutually love, and ald and hold
converse with each other , inscriptions more