The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-07-16


ing its seeming ilnpossibilities.
Persistence is an attribute granted to a
greater or less extent by the Al-wise Crea.
tor, not only to man, but to tie lower orders
OF creation. Most people are enabled to
fore:ell what sort of weather the morrow
will bring forth others 60 still further, and
will foretell by the week whether it will be
ine or wet; rats are known 10 leave fall.
ing house, and few sailors would venture to
sen in ship which the rats had deserted
previous to its leaving harbor. Ants are
invariably seen 10 quit their nests, carr, ing
their young with them, before an inundation
takes place. The peacock will cry for homs
previous TO change from fine to wet wealth
er, giving warning Of its approach. 1t may
be argued from tbisthat their instinct teach.
es them-certain causes will bring certain
effects. Let it be SO the Astrologer wishes
nothing more granted to him. except a fair
hearing of his case, and fair study of the
rules Of his science. That part of Astrolo
gy whicn has been handed down to us from
the ancients we know 10 be equally true
with that which has since been added by
subsequent ages Of experience and research.
The Astrologer does not profess infalliblitv,
any more than any other faliOle being en-
gagged in the pursuit Of science or philpso.
phy an eclipse falling, or the very rare oc.
currence OF n comet stationary on the radi.'
cal places Of the sun or moon, in any nativ.
ity would initiate against any good that
might have been predicted, or might mag.
nifty the evil. God has granted pre- science
to man only to u certain extent, but quite
sufficient for his wants and man should be
content with what has been allowed him,
and not refuse that which has been given.
because 1t may not seem 10 him enough.
We do not say that the whole Arcana of
the Heavens have been yet fathomed. We
do not enter into the minutia of the espe.
cial character Of each direction in force; we
know that in some cases direction may ef.
feet one person i'll Il certain manner, and
another IN different degree. We tel. you
the nature Of the event. AS the science ad.
vances, undoubtedly we shall he enabled to
enter the more minute particulars of each
direction aud transit. 1t may be argued
that Astrology, which has been undergoing
investigation during so many thousand
years, ought TO have arrived ut perfection by
this time those who think SO are sadly ig
norant Of the case. Let them, for one mo.
ment consider the tremendous scope of
the Astrologer's undertaking; the almost
overwhelming difficulties he has had to ell
counter III measuring the heavens the ris,
Ing and setting of the stats their periods of
revolution; the many years of experience,
and the thousands OF we'll authenticated ma
tivities and lives of people, required to Judge
the true nature AMI influence of each plan.
ct; the many impedimen,s that have been
thrown in his way the want of means of
communicating to others, and spreading the
experience he might have attained during
lifetime of study. In all other sciences
everything necessary for practice or expert
mcnt can, in general, be readily procured,
whereas, proper nativities of persons born
with any remarkable defect are seldom to
be obtained. If remarkable character be
discovered, the correct time Of birth of such
a person is nearly rs difficult 10 be obtained
rs the philosophers stone. Instead, there.
fore, OF wondering why SO little is known
relative 10 genethliacal Astro!ogy, we
might well be surprised that anything is
known. In early days, before the use of
clocks, sand glasses, or almanacs were de-
vlsed, and among people where writing WAS
oue HtIo h"o"h, theiT epnelueflS spaIRleu
with diamond rays throughout the vast con
cave of heaven, their seasons were regulated
by the burning stars in the deep blue cano-
Py above, they read their calender in The
original type, As set by the Almighty hand,
but We, OF the present day, derive our knowl-
edge Of times, and seasons, and days, and
months, aud years, through SO many trans.
lations and copies, that we never think ofI
studying the original, and can scarcely be
expected to understand the language Of so
remote period. Yet we may be here re
minded that this golden writing is sill pour.
ing out its hymn Of wonder, bright rs in
the first hour Of exulling life; and the As.
trologer is now the only one TO read those
dazzling words, to spell out the phrases Of
that sublime language. to understand more
Of tie pre- appointed courses of natures laws,
as ordained by the Almighty Father. The
and refined intellect of the philos.
opher, sees in the revolution of those nyste.
rious orbs (Which. We are told, are not only
for seasons, bit for sigasl the shadowing
Of an occult design he looks upon the plan.
etary world as the vast horologes of eternal
time, by which the rolling cycles of ages
are recorded he is enabled to read there
the ultimate directions Of the Almighty's
will he sees that the hand Of the Omnis-
cient points to the events in an individual
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