Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-10-02

stietcheS INTO valleys; of another. that II
: surrounded by an atmosphere whicb
may support tn respiration of animals.
Ola third, that clouds are formed and e..
pended over it, which NAV minis,er - .
all the bloom and luxuriance Of yeoe,.-
t'on ana oil a fourth, that a white color
fsPreaos over It's northern regions as Nv
winter advances, and that on the annroach
OF summer this whiteness is dissina,edS.
giving room 10 suppose, that the elemen,
OF water abounds In ii, that il rises hv
evaporation into lis atmosphere. Thai !,
freezes upon the application oil cold. that
1t is preciptated In the form Of snow. that
ltcovers the ground with fleecy mantle.
winch melts away from the heat of a mora
vertical sun; ana that other worlds bear
resemblance TO our own, in The sama
yearly round OF benefcent and INTERESTING
changes.
| Who, shall assign a limit 10 the discov.
cries OF future ages! Who can prescribe
10 science her boundaries, or restrain he
active and Unsuitable curiosity OF man with
in the circle of his present requirements
We may guess with plausibiIiiy what we
cannot anticipate with confidence. The
DAY may yet be coming. when our instru-
Inents OF observation shall be inconceiya.
bly, more powerful. They NAV ascertain
still more decisive points of resemblance
They may resolve The same question bv
the evidence of sense which IS now !,
abundantly convincing By the evidence of
analogy. They may lay open 10 US the
unquestlonabe vestiges of art, and indus.
try, and intelligence. We may see sum.
mer throwing lis green mantle over these
mighty tracts, and we may see them left
naked and colorless after the flush of yeo.
citation has disappeared. In the progress
OF years, of centuries, we may trace the
hand of cultivation spreading a new as.
pect over some portion Of planetary sur.
lace. Perhaps some large city, the me-
tropolIs OF mighty empire, may expand
into visible spot by the powers of some
future telescope. Perhaps the glass of
some observer, in distant age, NAV ena-
bic him to construct a map of another
world, and to lay down the surface of il
IN all lis minute and topical varieties
But there Is no end of conjecture, and to
the men of other times we leave the full
assurance of what we can assert with the
highest probability, that yon planetary
orbs are so MANY worlds that they TEEN
with life, and that the mighty Beng who
prealdes In high authority over this scene
of grandeur and establishment, has there
planted worshippers of his glory.
Did the discoveries of science stop here
we have enough to justify the exclamation
of the Psalmist, What IS man that thou
art mindful of him, or the son of man that
thou shouldesI deign TO visit him p They
widen the empire of creation far beyond
the limits which were formerly assigned
ito it. They give US 10 see that yon sun,
throRed In the centre of his planetary sys.
tenn, gives light, and warmth, and the vi
cissitude OF seasons, TO an extent of sur
face several hundreds of times greater
than that of the earth which we inhabit.
They lay open to us number Of worlds,
rolling In their respective circles around
this vast luminary-and prove. that the
ball which we tread upon, with all its
mighty burden of oceans aud continents,
instead of being distinguished from the
others, is among the least of them and,
from some of the more distant planets,
would not occupy more visible point in
IL
let US know, that though this mighty
earth, with all its myriads of people. were
TO sink into humiliation, there are some
worlds where an event SO awful to Us
would be unnoticed and unknown, and
others where il would be nothing more
than the disappearance of a little star
which had ceased from its twiukling.-
We should feel a sentiment of modesty
at this just but humilating representation.
We should learn not to look on our earth
as the universe of God, but one paltry
and Insignificant portion OF it; that il is
only one of the many mansions which
the supreme Being has created for The &C.
commodalion of his worshippers, and on.
lv one of the many worlds rolling in that
flood of light which the sun pours around
him to the outer limits of the planetary
system.
But is there nothing beyond these linn
ils2 The planetary system has lis bound
airy, but space has none; and if we wing
our fancy there, do we only travel through
dark and unoccupied regions2 There
are only FIVE, or al most six. of The plan
etary orbs visible 10 the naked eye. What
then, IS that multitude of other lights
which sparkle 10 our armament, and fill
the whole concaye of heaven with innum-
cradle splendors7 The planets are all al ?
Tao he'd 10 the sun; and, 10 circling around
him. they do homage to that influence
which binds them to perpetual attendance
ON this great luminary. But the other
stars do moi OWE his dominion. They do
not circle around him. To al common
observation, they remain isnnoveable;-
ma each. like the independent sovereion