The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-21

the Telescope may not exccct thst the hesvss1v
Dooes s s,sn,ualy b brought down ana sueai.d
human intellect human ingenuity ye. prob
there are bornde and can hardly suppose thss The
limit, In regard TO maeaif,iug power, bssasss
the qualities which had 70 contssd viA
we'll knosn that there many stars in the drmsusnt
which, 10 tho naked eye to small tee.oooss ap
them are resolved into two Thus the oaocef in GsnI
pi by the NAKED eye IL singe star but ths
lscope resoves IL into two equal Sir William uee
sche and bis son have by their discoveries addsd TO tbs
number Of double and they amount ut ssest
about I've thousand IL ~ more oommon to aad one
large eud another Nesting st its sds chus the pc
la star hns little companion by 1t Double stars
not smply double though that IL tia gsnero tern -
Piled the whole class, for they somet rssovs
Themselves inc three focr Doe Of the coamsn
obj exbibitsd through thu larger teisso 700, 10
the remarkable appearance cons elIatioa Of Orion
which ieipns in evenings sky. In that oan-
steatiop there IL rpmafksbIc nebu,a aa1 esoh aa1
has hnc compsno n,, With 1t Tneso stars ore.
REQ, some. yellow and some blue Another inpoe.
ant fact i, that in many OF these snics gro
other THE clsss double stsfS Is called btasry 70
IL up around Tbe Il most important fact foe 10
es'abhss beyond doubt that they Oh all the laws
o. the so.r sym end we are able to ray thst tho av
OF grsvson extends TO the that thsy revolvs
In TO the some laws a. do those Of tbs neither
world. The lecturer then went on at great Length -
expsin the method BY which the distances of he various
tsrs were measured II said he fast.n my q
ep'ion the greatest things that have been dis
covered in modern soepce it would bs very easy az
the mind upon which stand out very prola,ut
but that Of the law OF alton the greatest The
gTcht frspch ast this language: -.If
IDEA OF Pistn Is that there IL SUGGESTION In
creation, from to the Deity and thsy shouid Il,
meet in New would he selected to repre-
sent tie iot.licct OF the human Nov couc to
ask What the purpose OF the stars? For what purpose
old God plant them In the heavens, Wa. IL TO adorn
the BiRbn We ace they 10 acorn the night; bat
tfat could net have been the object Of the stars,
hecsuse this would only account for few Of them and
the telescope reveals hundreds Of millions OF
hpst We Therefore that ths great OH -ct OF
Greater could have been 70 adorn thu ngas Was u
for the of navigation fer stoer on
tbeiI eoursei feS will for That purpose asa
thoee ,niy yrble In htmsmcat the IL that
us, d and hundreds OF millions haze no reIsson 20
such an object What then. the pm, pose, What
sort OF bodies do We hpd them to bel why they are
Infinitely g'eatsr They can be nothing more nor las
than sins and that man have 10 lit ore
pfes IN at nony who docs not marks IN the
~ bodies or tire existence Of eliigept Beings
tiyances for their support among the heaveuiy pd
There Is cBe other conclusion, which is still farrh
When we como to ask what this earth Is made tor ul
II wes made for man prepared paper year, ago
to IL ow that the earth maize FOR msu that hs
Of Dtturo fIdaind for Lu; that the kegdamt Of
Leture ordained for him. that the humb sumss
w're his and thai all the OF exciting his
Tho great On, o. IN in all IN, lower che
sane train q reasoning leads to the fsat coni ou
that the world above abonnds In intelligence life
and that II for the abode of Immortal beings Ike
man that Il was made. Applause