The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-12
AN ASTRONOMERS V1,w OF rur Tx,

AN ASTRONOMER NILw OF THE CNI
NLRsE.-in waiting ourselves IN imnyi,ua
lion I" our own satel e. the MouI-.h,
nearest "f our celestial bodics--we h.y,
i"'>sed over distance equal Ia thirty ti,n,
the diameter at oar q v1e In adv a, .iu,, q,
The sun We travel over u iista,ice e,uIi I,
thirty times ,hat of the moan: and h.E,r,
We Tea u Uranus. TIL: rem test OF he plan.
Ct, we havc traver>cd Il space equal 10
twenty lines the earth distance from thu.
sun. Illus placed at the l,m.ts ut. sy,
ten enclosed III circle of eighteen hun.
hIrd mhi.ious ut miles ia radius. our u,.
prcciation of distnce wnud appear tn i,.
exhausted, and We seemed to Lc ~ ON ib,.
'nIrr.ih ot nn unintholuablc abyss. The
telescope, however an the mural ciIc e
enable us to span the VOID, and the ..eniu,
:. uhim, proud of the achicvcu.. Mt n ,d
justly, II huiIhly pinui-hls crossed the
S"i 'we're hon amd times the radius of u /,
vwr SJs.cn, th.; we may s;u is the near.
cat "u;si IN the iImi ,.rnt oi heaven. i;,.
!"nd IN f.'Un; er lies the whole univcrs,.
u. Sia's-.hrir bInny sySte.ns. their Gus
'eTs, ni thsirn hu.nis cIInIIua;ipus. In.
uD>cr' ei par LAX oi Lc-iourth Il a s,ront.
'n l.SrL. cIir!cS ~ i.ur times as far int.
The ip-om oi sl'acc; thou IN 'youI this a.,
We have lao ,O~i I'VE measure distance.
It would be - uuphlu,uj ,hical To a.s.yr
il"!!t, tu creation, ~ to ave IL an Infinite
r"n2e. Ia 'AiS rapid Hight into space, W.
.!hvc ir,LverseI II tat IN oae direct ON. md
the iin- which W. have tr cel /, I'm, II
an,t IN the st..e oi'cc.csiial distance. Cr,.,
t'u.i, iT it> aide panorama, i still ahnvc IL
beneath IL an | around u 1 he % cr.rch
inS heavens still cmc.u>c lis, inlum 4.
N,r'dN sparkle init> cIunly
II Ii, IN thu, bourne. from which the ne.
r"h'lI'cdl Traveller a!onc returns, We lnoA
uv"n our course. our "wn planetary : stem
c..ases to be perceived IT, sIm Is dim
it>ei but an invisible point in the nelu.ou-
i.ht that Intcrvenes Where then. l. on.
terrestrial ball; lis oceans t, c, ,t,neut.-
It's lnourtains--itS cmlire>-it> dyn.s;ics
Its thrones! W here Is our iather,aiiI--
i;s fIctioI - l. chr.s an - sinions II,
crimes, and us unhuy w.r- " hc!e is
our hpmc-its pcact-.ts rn ie tr,n .utS -
IT. hopcS-lnI its leIrst VA re is man.
intellectual monad-,lc only Il nm , { or -a,,.
Ic life that can ieTce tie .e,tns aml in
terPret tic enigma al tn. .um,vc ~. and
Yet the oIly spark OF II spir.tl.l nlturc
which d,sciaips the uu,hurity AMI r.,ists
the will of the universal Ming. They Inn, e
all disappeared in he iar-"ti perspective =
the long vista ut space, whose apex, wcr,.
1t II sun, the hi chest telescope would tail
to d"scry. No living thin here meets
the e e. and 10 sentlm mt associated with
life presses Oh thcaffcctioms The tiny ar.
ganlsms ot earth and ocean-evcrythin,
that moves aud brcathcs-that lives and
dles-all are egulphrd in the great Goa.
"cption ot the universe. The straining
mind cannot unite the immea>urahlc e,x
tremes. The infinite in s,acc-thc et,,.
nal IN dUration-thc omn potent in power
the perfect wis lo,n, alone Ill rh. cxpand-
ell soul. and priray i'll their awful cun,bi.
nation-the Creator oi the Universe.
North BRITISH Rec.er.