Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-11-13
The stars and the Earth /:
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In 1850. there was small work rcpab.
lishei IN Boston. irom ID, English editor
with ia. above title. Few person, probably
have ever seen this httls book. and We, Il
contains some OF ,he mos, Suggestive point.
that have over been published 4 lew Of
these s-niurc TO lay before your readers.
believing THAI the, will iini IN them. a.
certainly did. valuable food for thought,
II j. well known fact ,ha light. while il
travels with velocity almost inconcc ivabic
yet docs o,RroRs some f,n,e IN it, passage /;
from this Il results that when wc look At anv
bod, We do not sec ,hA, body as u cxisi, at
the present moment when the light ~ oCesd
Ing from 1t reaches cur eyes. but az " did
er,sf. when that hghi started from the body /:
for example. light i,arels at about 20n o.
miles IN second the moon - about 30.
OO0 miles distant from tue eArih tho, when
a. look At the moon We see i'. not az a. a.
at the exact moment 90 look at IL, bn, az II
aras. about second and a quarter before
Tlfe sGn - Abou, -. 90 600 miles dis,an,
from the earth. snd ~hcu ~ look Al tho
sGa ~ see Al u was about eigh, minute /.
bc!ore The plane, Jupi,cr Is. ~heu a ,,s
grcaissi distance from us. about COO o.. eo
m'.c, distant. ADD thu, hgLs rc,igirr, Abo1,
81 minutes 10 uats! from Jupiter ~ the
earth \ raw Of liehI from al. fx-l .'ar.
consumes much greater time IN rclch,n.
Us. since ihc distance ~ the fixed stats !,
80 Immense II Ia, 6cca calculated thu, =
ray Of lish, from a s,Ar OF t1r twelfth mag.
p'tudv teqGiIcs iVOJ wears to reach our
globe. 90 inconceivabir remote - such a
bod, from ~. 80 ,ha; when wU look Al such
siar 49, ,"r u. not a. u 4. nov. but as n
sas 100 years ago, and II such star bad
been cNi'ngui,h-i 500 year. ago. 90 ,houlL
stall sec u 1880 year, hence. II the prrced
ins has been made clear let Ia look a, tbs.
matter from another point Of view For
precisely ibs ,aEv rcascn thai we do not sec
the moon a. ~ -. al The prvc,ss point O!
time IA .h,ch We look =, n. but a. it va.
second aud quarter before. so On
obscTNvr on the moan dor. not sec out
vArth a. u ., Hhrn be look, at It. hut a. Il
was one and fourth second, before So
too an observer upon IA, san see. the earth
=. ~ vas eight minutes before. and one
upon gle plarri Jupiter a, !; was JOmiauts .
before ae looks AZ 10 aul 20 AIRY the ~, a
yc, iuftbcr AT observer upon a fixed star oil
ih- l2lh magnitude wogiJ see the varih a,
~ vas 1000 years ago-whou the gr-a;
capital OF EsypS vas founded. and the
patriarch Abraham was alive Arrordinu
To ihis same priueplc there - no event
~bicb has ever occurred upon th.s globe OF
. ours hat mighi no, be seen 10 day provided
3 the Observer vas placed 4, The right dis.
tancc. and vas able 70 see VIA, 90. Coinu
on 90 lar a~Ar. Sow IS not iLi. an
astounding cOnelgtion--and 10 - s,r.et!,
logical ouc-ibat Il > person ~as carried 10
a certain star. and had eye. sIiiicieatl,
strong, he could aclasl,g behold TO dAy .tc
/ lsraeiItes crossing tho Red Sea AMI Ih,i Il
/ be ~as carried TO a some THAT less ditans.
be could actually wines. Paul preaching Al
. Alher.. IL. nov. 10 .hc !ae5!Iy OF seeing
3 through these Iau4rns~ distances, No. AID
that Of moving rapidly through space. -,
give TO the P.rton possessing such laesliic,
Z the power 10 cause the Whole history Of ID,
globe To pass ~ reVr~ bsicrc BAN, anl
mole than this. since the distance baak n
time ~hiCh lie can depends upon tie
distance OF m space which Lo can get. u b.
eau pass from a siar OF the I2Ih mAsnlfnd,
- the earth. Va az hour. he caa see ever,
thing that has occurred upon ibe gluLe ioi
the past 1870 years ia siagle hoor. I
therefore W. suppose God 90 be Omniptess ri
m his creation. % follows ihA, he see. via
h'PpencI 900 fears ago. Al. "a, - hap
|. PcH'ng now, AZ tic same i.no II .,
imagine lLe eve Of Cod pIsstai 81 ever,
point a space, 70 follows that be sec. uh.
bAs ever taken place al once a. ihe A..hst
Of bc line work "hicA 20 are noticing
SAYS omnisciencs W!'h respect TO ilo pa,
Is ono AMI The same thing uiih uniurr,cnc,
with regard 10 space
By %hai ba. been sal taii be seen hos
entirei, independent ~ that - call Inn,
col ia. sci Is 1t written before God 4
tbon.auI years are As day There l.,
some. hirg h.rpsuirG nov upon star u tLs
18th imaginable OF which 80 coald ne.e-
De- A~afe. suPpp,ing ihni - were able "a
'r' 90 fir. unti 40 year, hence: but to
tDc Bong Sho . omnipfe,'ni. hat occur
renee may be- 'cen nov thus God look.
800" ears snio Nh4i - our lIiare; anI 81
TIE sAmc time Boz sees shat Is nOw gong
Or 90 our world. which j., 1000 year. in tie
future u th, Inhabitants II ast aSotfLs iY,L