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"The consideration Of natural phenomena
doubtless a source Of genuine happiness 10 a f"'"
imprisoned by soph:siry and un'a'nted by scei
,ic,s,n: bu, when fallacy Of reason enter, nature
however well adj lsted IN all her parts,arpears dis
tor,ed, and a perver,ion Of all that IS beautifli
great, and good, follows as a natural consequence
and nan Is left to gr"pe his way through tie m's'
OF unbel,cf, where no star guides and no ra,
casts q trancient light around HIM" NC
PHILANDER.
Now If this is really the condition of Ph'lan
der, ii IS GeplorabIe indeed. ] know OF none tina
can be worse and would advise him to associate
h,nsetf with "Astronomy," and with his assis
lance, endcavor to extrIcate himself from the de
plorable condition in which he is paced. Astron
omy w II ~ the first place con, Ince hum from 'heI
writings in The Holy Scriptures, that Noses, Ahra
ham. Job, David. Josiah. Jeremiah, Daniel, Joel
and the Apostle Paul were Astronomers, and tha
The wise men who came from the East, at ,hf
time of the birth Of Jesus Of Nlzareth" were
Astronomers. and that by the study of Astronomy
thew became Acquainted with the power, beauty
and magn,icence Of the Creator IN creating n u
inverse so great, beautiful. and harmonious, rs
the one with which they become acquainted, and
learned to appreciate. worship, ana adore HIM as
the only true God that was worthy Of their honor
and praise. The everlasting gospel, also strong
w confirms the same, as that beloved Disciple,
John, plainly tells Us, that he saw an angel NY
through the mldst Of Heaven who bad the "Ever-
lasting gospel TO preach to ,hcm tina, dwell on
the earth, md to every Nation, and kindred, and
people-saying with a loud voice, fear God and
--. 49,. a.. I,,,. co. tho h,,r M hIS ItiunpDtI is
come: and worship him that made heaven and
earth and the sea, and the fountains OF wlter-"-
Thus it will appear ,ha, the ancient Patriachs.
and grea, and good men were admirers of Astron-
omv, and the grea, aud wonderful discoveries
which that study revealed TO them and produced
in their minds a due regard for the grea; Author
Of their studies, convincing them that he was the
only true God; and then To have 1t proclaimed by
authority as high as heaven, that ihis great Aus
thor of their studies was alone worthy TO be wor-
SHIPPED, aud that too, by a mlnisterlng angel. who
could not be tainted with the sophIstry of men, Is,
! should believe, entirely sufficient 10 convince
Philander, tina, Astronomy if rightly pursued will
lead the mind to an intimate ncqna,ntance with
the divine author, and remove the principles Of
%inhdelity tar from its resting place.
But we must go TO the place where Philander
has expressed his most particular doubts and fears.
that II would clash with the doctrine of Jesus of
Nazareth. But first let me invite him TO attend
strictly TO the doctrines of Astronomy, with an
unprejadiced aud single eye, and new worlds will
onrs, upon his view, and greater gl"ries will re-
veal themselves to him Of which he heretofore
mad no knowledge, his mind will become more
enlightened IN the science, and convince his
judgment, that Astronomy has been the pursuit OF
The great and good men from The beginning Of
History 10 the presen,day, and tina, too with divine
APPRECIATION. Blu, now to take up the particular
doubts Of Ph:lsader. We read Ina, on the sixth
Gay 5 work of creation, thus: "And God said let
Us make man IN our own image. after our own
likeness: and let them have dominion" &c. so
Gnd created man in his own image, IN The image
OF God created he him; male and female created
he them. And God blessed them and God said
unto them be fruitful and multiply" &c. 2Sth
ana 2'ih verses OF the first chapter Gensis. b.
""'ch II appears very plain than man was made
III the frst SIX days work, and then made male
ana 'emaie beyond all doubt, and received .hen
ana there the command 10 replenish the earth;-
''s fh''ander IN his greatest skep,icism canro,
oeay, and that The heavens and the earth were
iaHy made aud finished before God rested on the
seventh day, and tina, aiterwarj, to-wit: on the
ARRIVAL of some unknown time. when the earth
became very dry, aud nothing grew which the
Lord God had made. because that he had not caus-
cd : TO rain on the earth. there was no, a man
iei' 10 tail the ground. Then on some unknown
line, to-wi,: after mankind and all the beasts and
Creeping things, had been destroyed for want Of
ram, that there went up a mist from The earth
and wa,ered the whole face of The earth, and
then after tina, there was another creation gone