New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-03-22

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his knees he exclaimed in whisper 20 ms friends
but it does move though; and n-w know thatis
does Yet this doctrine was opposed 70 al the
religious preiudices of that DAY. Let u= thank
God that we i've in age when nave the right
OF pirate thought even the Scripture itself
/; wc bclieve the Scriptures De fully unerrlng-
Il ms pred they must agree with tila irresistible
evidences OF nature, Tor these change or
ca noel To me they seem IL farm"aisf. not onI:
in reference the periods Of creation. but even in
saer and mysterious doctrines these pc
RODS called DAYS and rJleasl.yedbs The mora
ing and evening. were "a vast as geologv shows
them have been. for aught The Scriptures saw TO
the contrary: for how could they have been COM
mon days, brief ours, when the Scripture
Itself declares that the sun and bv when
alone we measure time, we've not vet created
And even at the commencement OF the sacred MS
tory, there's high doctrine Of religion minated
in the word Eioitim, Gods. Designating. a phi-
rallty IN the creative power Of the universe winch
also agrees with the deductions OF phosoph for
two spiritual OF tnnaicrial forces acting upon
ter. appcar=not only to be absolutely necessary.
but actuaiiycxis and thus tie great doctrine
OF the Trinity Is also one Of philosophy. AID
may inot venture to add tina, this theor. OF crea-
ton, * beautifully revived and illustrated in the
Christ creed OF an imcarnate principle. proceed
ing from two spiritual ones. and IN the mystical
SYMBOL OF the equilaterll triangle, profoundly
r.yered By the ancient; nations! And th~ crca-
tive and reproductive energies OF thi, trinity Of
nature are still in perpetual operation. a. we
have seen in the example OF the acorn, and other
seeds. one modification OF matter is converted into
another, and preserved IN a distinctive character
and type, through endless multiplicatiou>. by the
original incarnation Of the two creative forces, in
matter possessing certain definite proportions.
Nor is there living form in nature winch * not
reproduced bv these forces from other kinds of
matter, in the ori sinal process Of creation.
Prior, however, tracing the hrs; success
sive periods of creation. as caused bva change in
the position of the earth'> axis toward the sun. we
may briefly advert to certain influences
upon climate, and therefore upon animals and veg
ctabl.s, arising from another motion OF the earth.
OF narrower limits and consequences. In the pre-
yiolis lectures Of this course, showed you, from
numerous observations embodied in Dr.. Sher-
wood Acknowledgements .ilEuanac. for 1912, and
not yet published, and from Memorial which
was prese.ted to Congress in $3.50, that the earth
is magnetised by the sun in the direction OF liz
path from tropic 10 tropc. and therefore in the
angle of the obliquty OF tie eclptc, % 30
that therefore the magnetic poles. vortceS. are
situated at the same distance from the terrestrial
poles that the tropics arc=trom the equator. or
$50 90. and therefore in latitude GO 80. north
and south, which i, that OF the arctic anc t.tarc-
tic circles. also proved that these magnetic
poles or vortiCes, rcvovc In those circles al the
rate of 80 y" q year, and therefore perform an
entire revolution of 300 n6G6 year.. Now in thus
revolving they aiicc, only the needle. causing il
in every latitude 10 exhibit alternately ancas.rlyad
westerly variation, but also affect the climate in
l.,,i,u
are the seats of lnaximum cold; and the line OF
no-variation which runs between them, and which,
| have shown You, cncirccI the earth at the
angle Of & degrees IS minutes with the carth's
axis OF rotation, exhibits the truc angle of the
isos,hcrmal lines OF climate. When the magnetic
pole is nearest TO any place, then Is about the
time of the greatest cold of that place and as 1t *
al opposite points OF its circle Of revolution in half
of its period. or in 3}33 years, the maximum
changes Of climate take place in this time. An
GENTLY we had climate suited to our latitude,
and shall have it again. and now actually
acquiring it, Ii was called the land OF vines by
the Norhmc. who visited it, and it will again be
luxurant in vcgctation or many years past, our
winters of New York have been more severe than
thos,. Of London which Is situated in latitude
81 81. and therefore more than ten degrees far
Their north. Butfor tewvea past. since the
wear l79i when the line OF no-varlatlon passed
over our longitude, our winters have been gladu-
allv,, though irresularly, growing milder, and
those OF Europe more severe: and tlcyw con-
,inde 10 re. wo Sc there for about 300 years. willie
ours viii improve. The Baltic. whichused to De
frozen over. our BAYS were. so a even TO bear
the transportation OF cannon. will be 50 again.
Iceland may be again unapproachablctor Ice. and
slcists and sedscS, now unknown in England,
NAV be familiar there and forgotten ere.=nntll the
mild y,erios comes round to them, ana becomes
a.ain-los, 70 US. The ice breaking up N the
northeast Of Europe. and crossing over toward the
southwest, max cause our SaIngs TO DC Dcke Tor
some wears: but after this. our seasons wall be
regularly graduated according TO our highly favor
able climate. 1t Is interesting fact. wtilch
na,zhcr. incidentally mention, tilat the track OF
the magnetic pole from east to west i indicated
BIZ the northern lights. which are occa>loned
by its action upon moist atmosphere lie
north magnetic being negative force,
and water being anegatiye body, they rePet each
other and those ditiuSon, ofzhght when We see
in the Aurora Boreas are the consequent pheno-
mana for diiusions are always the result oi re-
pul>ions as contIactioas are OF attractions Hence
the greater quantity OF water in the southern hetlis-
phcra th;u in the .!orthern tor the south magnetic
pole being positive attracts the water whichl- ne
a,l,:y. while the north rcpel> 1t. Tor YOU viii re-
member that forces ot opposite denominations at
tract while those OF the same denomination rcnei
Hence while dry atmosphere is essential 70 an
Aurora AustraliS a humid eae IS necessary to al
aurora Borcalis Il is true, Capt Ross speaSs Of
al, Aurora Australasia lat. : OF - north, but ne
was bevond the north magnetic pole. which Is N
lax, 656 So 52f and although he on The verge OF
lis vortex as vas shown o. the great Dip u ms
needle it vas thus 10 the south Of him, and he &C
cordiuglv ssv the lights N that direction When
,e humidity % r, at-rlosvitre extends from tile