Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-24
RYideltss Of the Being OF God--Ltttufr
~ BIZ Pro. o. n. Mitchell.

by Prp2 o. IL Mitchell. was delivered
LAST evening. before the Gilhtte futsng
Mems Association, in Calvary Bap'isft.
Church. West tWenty stllird street. f'ntt
atteedance WAS allthat could have beenle..
sired. either hv The associa,ion or BIZ the.
distinguished lsct,lrer himself. Hissnbs
i-ct Mas. asviidesiSes Of the Berry Of A
Gpd. dawn from TIL Physical Universe, 7
After q suitable iIltFnauati6n. ID WHICH
he said he did notAb srye tla, il any soul
there Was "a doubt of Tie beingsof Al God.
slFe commenced ffie consideration Aef hi
theme. Beginning with light.g Pre- n
said he could call ID his aid that wonder
oua instrument, HE telescope. EIAwould
not carry his audience 100 fast--only Isl
fast as light itself. which travelled al the
rate of tR, 0DO, 600 of miles q minute. -
With The aid Of ihe telescope tFer would
examine tie ,planets. Thefirst Mercury
was So 000. 900 Of miles from The sun !;
Venus e8. 600 600; lie Earth 95 600 eco
Sinking deepersinto space, We come upon
Mars aud lie Asteroids then Jupiter
with fpur ma.,ns; and Saturn, with his
rings and eight attendant saieliles. Them.
IL tile distance Of i DOC. 00O. 600 miles,
Wa Eranas and 8 900 900. 600 II. miles
distant was .Nepiuner-thas planet ree-nt,
~ evoked from The depth Of space BY lha
Wonderoas instrument. the telescope. -
Linking back frofa even that distance. the
orbs behind seem ihsignifcatft.. But1heJt
uoulI Jog onward lo the fixe,l STARS. the
light ftern whieh occupied ten years ~
reaching cur eyes, Again they would
take Tie telescope and pass onward ID The
milky way, where 5ibeg would discover
!! 300 objects more. as distant from each
other as isour earth from the sum- On
ward let them pass, and what where tile
objects toI be- saer--sMeeping outward
stifi further sad further. there were stars
as grand AZ Lad been left behind Hav
ing swepturerIIhat distance, Ii WAS no
longer that They had 70. de with the siars,
bll wiahE usiiyeFses and still beyond
with ours asa tsen(er, and intinituae bee-
yond there still was universe to be add
"a toi universe f NV came the problem
Whence are thess ahjet,s Had they
erer been there /? There were thiees b. ]
potheses On which an attempt had been
made no answer the question. TIE iirst
was Tia, theiworla eternal having neither
beginning norend, The SECOND was mat
trr WAS eternal and Icannot be destroyed
The bird was, that they were tile work Of
an omnipplen1, divine Being. Tie first.
was The Universe eternal !? Had THE stars
existed. re planets rolled the sun shone.
and had our earth itselt been circulating
round the sun from eternity5 Tllegs@tn
To he.orgsn:z4a for eternlty. But when
w e1stniusA our earlt, the .onlN oneIwe
can examine internally. We must, i the
FIRST bypdthasis be correct. fad animal
and}v-eseisbie' life eternal. This was de-
monsirablynot the7case.
tHts second fypothes;s. that ihe matter
IS eternal, ,oat of which The world was
ftstmed, and that from3 lis creative 7caaldi-
ton III hal been brought by certain i'm
mniabl. laws Lef,ihem but consider !
pariiIsl- 81 matter would It einffer rise
Or fall without 4 power to rllove7n Nh.
Cknas existed but soul of ii Mo, order
could arise mil controlling power
wilIed il the iasrnsate matter was or
galli1-d amdf.a world Wis formed That
( brought them to The third hypothesis
9tlat The whpie universe had bsenzealled
into existence BY AN Onnipoterf God =
In proof, Of the correctness Of thettllird
hypfshesis. the SPEAKER tpfdiof The resi-.
lutioaso f the various PLANETS anil of The
wonderful lelicscy and completely ia
the arrangement by which. they were
made dependent .npon eaeh other and
showed how the slightest deviation from
the great laws that govern them, would
dsstrby the#whole. We were livingup-
On a globe, he said. which was allied 10
all other globes destroy tie eqailibri-
um and All Was destroyed. There WAS
not II plsnntt that's had not lis size.
weight snl velocity assigned 10 it
Charge either, ani destruction must ID.
evi,bly follew. Gould they think 81 thai
: he aske,i AL thai. se1bequifful. SO deli
cate. az spblinlss. aud believe thallll came
to be 60 by ehsts4ee There were. m All
thatIwas known Of the heavenly bodies
every evidence that each and every ont
( ofihem was one matter, goveEllel by thf
same grea, laws. AMI by the Same gsest
controlling power! In conclusion. Prof
N. said he8sotiId. if he had the p5wer
have bail universe 80 that the9e wouit
have been none Ut Vie changes which
}o9lra# IL s,,bisa.t HILL h lWoulI have t,lal,