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| - 80 oiuSsS oI STUDIES. In the infan
=. sue world when mans chief emnlov
roino5 % % tend the tiocks, from which 4
gained his subsistence, in his loneI ,, ..iot n
.he shepherd naturally gazed much and ra,'%
lhg4y on the bright stars ever lookin, -
upon MN; he formed these into wbot soo.
W US strange figures, and persuaded biro~ai
| ttat IN some mysterious way thew infinoroo.
ms oeStlny. Ancient astronomers snen+ 80
~ -, oO'erFlng the stars, making catalogues q
I'm auu endeavoring to explain thei,
chahSes' Yet the KNOWLEDGE Of astrorarr.
| possessed by the ancients was s,obt iOJoai
compared with that which instruments -ao.t
ena,'es' and untiring industry. have goi err,
Ipr tne moderns. Under the light Of sc;on ,,e'
t"e stars nave lost much of their d1earr
ely ana become quite matter. of. fact 49,.
;;1st.i.oogy Is bygone creature of the ina,
nation Some have even doubted vbathe,
ste stars are Inhabited, and reoaed ,baro -
sT, nan desert spheres, wandering tbroneb
FL, 'or no reason than that the Creator 81
No y II II according to His own good nleasS
| tind IS 10 US TINS is repulsive idea. What
q b;,ha ooi"S 81 ilVe there-whether like rs. mr.
5onbi,, - "a lower order whether sinless. or
d;recf oll p,sseu Win guiit-whether holding
ing MIN dlmly through tb;ck vaiI u see-
nov put we are sure intellocnces ,.Sa.n'Do.
Ihey may De- must for some
III TINS age oil sDirtualism when
seeus SO close between the liv,no .rd ~
ueaui oetWeen the visible and invis;tIa -.
.hsy the laea should present itself tbat
may nave closer conneetion thar
~, ne,a'iy imagined with our own snba,o
ISM az any rate, to throw out. for tho
Ieneclon OF our readers, few tbonnbta -
"a" IN little book published some yaars
ago. called 1.-The Stars and the Earth ;, W.
canhot oouot that men in another avis,o,,.o
VIII progress, and these thoughts NAV brin,
uoWn 70 our human comprehensIon wovs 4;
T Ti.'ou lhey may do this by means of the stars
al 10 consider few well known philosonh.
S I iacts' ana the conclusions which ma, no
drawn from them. LAY oe
-, - our readers know that sound moves at
G,a -@Se VI llO0 feet per second or a mile in
ohaxS linus, II then, cannon were dis
tho go "eiSe miles from US, we should hear
az ~ oi'e minute after we see the fash.
nar T. on 70 = greater distance. In like man
stantsra, "ell Known that light, though IN
t'aheous LOT all distances on the earth 10
~ iact progressive, moving at the rats %
ABOUT zOO,0O miles per second. AZ ,ve cos
On the moon, the ray of light which ntso,s
our eye lett that satellite ore second ara
qua'ter ago. II a spot were to apnear on the
euiiace Oh the sun we should not have the
atuenGe % It to our eyes till the raw of the
So " nich lett at the instant had travelled
enT "noie intervening distance, requiring
:. mn uses OF time. Jupiter is about four
u'nes' or when farthest six times. as far as the
: uh'- AN eclipse of of one of her satellites
Is not seen by US till about half ho.,,.o5ns
y occurs Where npe nfIfI existance, we
sQ Rfl hot know it till more than two hours
after 1t had taken place, and so on for a great
er distance One of those little twinkling
stars, shining on us SO pleasantly in a clear
evening, for aught we know, may have years
ago being struck from existence. From the
estimated distance Of the fixed stars, raw of
lght from one OF the nearest requires more
than three years to reach the earth.-These
are all facts known TO every student. Now
reverse the picture, and regard the earth as
the point to which observation is directed.
An inhabitant of the moon gazing upon the
earth, sees now the ray that left the earth one
and quarter seconds ago; dweller on the
sun sees the ray that leltit eight minutes ago;
On Jupiter, forty minutes ago on the nearest
liked star, three years ago. The ray of light
That told the flashes of the cannon at Water
90, has Just lighted that distant star and
lar beyond that, are travelling those beams
hat lett our earth when the wise men wor-
shipped the infant Savior at Bethlehem and,
arther on still, those rays which left the earth
1t our creation, are telling the news of the
olrth OF a new planet. No picture once
ormed is siost, more than record of deeds
lone or thoughts imagined however insig-
llhcant 1t may be, it still travels on in the
of space-distinct, identical, da-
5uerreotyped, never to be erased.
Let us now attend to one or two of the con-
Illusions to be drawn from these premises As
Iod IS omnipresent, is at the most distant
tar, at our own earth, and everywhere, may
not give us some idea how everything past
nay be present te Him always, and thou
and years be literally and truly as one day.
Jod IS here seeing what is now taking place
1oi at the sun is seeing what took place here
ight minutes ago; God at Jupiter is seeing
what took place one half.hour ago, and SO on
n an eternity of space are spread out before
nm the pictures of existence--ever present.
)oes not this give us an idea we can compre-
lend OF how all things done can be ARRAYS
,etore the eye of Gods We will not pursue
his in connection with the Deity, but come
our finite selves. Let God, as he may do,
Q increase our powers of vision that, instead
I being limited to few miles, they may
axe in immensely. Add to this, let Him
onfer on man the power of willing himself
through space with the rapidity of thought.
hen If we wish to gaze upon the events
which took place eight minutes ago. we will
o to the sun if we would survey the death
ed OF the great American statesman, when,
n the oath of October, 1852, all that was
arthly Of Daniel Webster ceased to exist;
he winged messenger is just telling the
gu aa 1thnir lie are Stake meet our gaze; on,
nd the sad scenes OF the crucihxion are be-
ore us ; on, still on, to that twinkling orb,
nd we see Isaac at the sacrifice and, farth-
r on, the creation, with our 6rst parents,
oly, sinless, in the innocence of those that
ommune with God, face to face. Is not this
dea startling Yet who can say the beings
glorify God around His throne may not
hus continually be surveying the infinite
works of His hands
What then, indeed, is man now to what he
nav be, and what his most boosted attain
nents to one glance at such pictureS How
nav we when freed from the earthly shae-
kles that SO confine our powers, increase in
knowledge; and as more and more are I'M
folded the wonders Of Gods works, SO more
and more will the minds Of His creatures be
expanded by their contemplation we Will
not carry out the suggestions Of these thoughts,
but leave them to our readers.- Ne'ooaFyPort
Herald.
NMAN MIrsIEC.--On wednesday, November
lVH ~ I0sEPH 81. 0RORdE, OF East Douglass, LETT