Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-27
THE MOONS ECLIPSE.
sana sIhfUg About EcIIPses-The Coming
Ia Rnsit Of venus and iIs Sefen-
Jumc ImpOFfancs-"1 he Hand
that made Us T. Divine"

The ecifpse Of the moon, which COM
mon rad al fmty-eight minutes past e.eVen
O'Clock Saturday night, was one OF me most :!
MAJ nh cent celestial phenomena or such IL
NAV - iermed) that has ever been witnessed.
Nam persons in this city witnessed the
ecIlu se, and not a few OF the ignorant were a
moo q. % them 20 unaccOunlabie. One gen
teu an thought 10 shame 70 spoil "sucn
lrst, 81 moonlight night while darky was
heard 10 say mat u was retail atom on the
mari Of the sun, which had been eclipsed by
me n. ght OH a lew years ago, The street
lamps were not 1T curing the scupse' as the
49, con pauy had no idea such thing Was
.rgfug 10 lake place,th last total lunar eclipse
Rsz-i7Is occurred IN 1850. The next total lunar
-rIiDss yiduIe IN America will be in lelZ, and
now many who saw thai one OF last Saturday
utvhf viii be here 10 behold the next one
Ine eclipse conneneeo a. NE sAae' VIII Sle
predicted BY the astronoihsrsf Mho
-'uIh unening precision marked oai
O. very feature tlat would attend II.
Do feachts Us Tie fact that the framework %
e. rUniyerae Is the Work OF an intelligent ere
s,.t ~, that ITS laws are nXed ana regular ano
~ same cause which makes the shadow OF
ma ire. VIII operate the same throughout the
r.-al ti OF space. All Of mans works, the IN
-rlIFs sIiGu Of his art In the expression Of the
d Al, uuI and the wisdom Of his science in
me Or, 1uctiOn OF the useful come from lne
klrrty ktuler OF the universe, whose mag ln-
r.st5c- al VI glory are seen on every hand. Last
A1-iI- me sixteenth, there was a total cell pse
nj me suu, but ID was invisibl IN North
"a ruerlrs- There was a partial eclipse OF the
7.rr,5r8 % the ifst OF MAJ, but u was also In
8
tine present. month there was an annul ar
.rlIri<e Of the same, which was invisible IN
a uaHIca- = his is that peculiar eclipse IN
gTEfrn me IL D5n'- shadow ODscQres the entire
.ru'. disf. e. -cept a bright ring around the
lssrllpr III a 3 mall blacE speck gliding over
rt-s s face can be called an eclipse. then
7rsrt Viii be an ecl pse OF the sun IN the tram
gif oil the planet Venus next December. But
this Will be visible only in Asia, Australasia,
a 5art Of Africa, and some OF the south Sea
SENDS Tha moons eclipse sunday morn
mo b. lie IaNi OF the celestial seauces that
Mil d. visible this year. THIS eclipse OF the
moon was Of IItue Nalue 70 the sclentlnc
,r,Trfd which has Enade In the last few years
mans. wonderful discoveries In the splendid
ls.fn-s- Of The heavens ~ u DeheNedi ana
a -srGea by some that this eclipse would scr We
ID .Bring ILtD b1der re.lel, along the reti eat
~ aud returning D gnt o. the mOoni the ugly
10 nc ur0Iecti5ns aud irightfui cavities OF
Tier nm ken surface. This, however, Nas enls
ID 49, tl covered through a very powerful tel'
..l..roaq z ud was Of no other .<lentAuc Nallt
-o cieI.ca except In the confirm StlOn OF the
.sI-.,--lsfuea cloczWork OF the grea1 solar s3s,
.f.ru Rut ALTERING in tins respect, Ana o.
.ruft-V frnuortaluce 70 the astronoiner aDu Inc
whole scientific world, viii be the approecE'
ing transit Of Venus; Tor We are 70 DtileNe
fnsl bv this the true distance OF heaNen's love
.I.-ft nom ms mundane sphere, on which We
dwell. is 90 be accurately hNed and lneNllaDiy
..fsbltshed. should This be accomplishing
I,..rlars the greatest practical benent result
tnR viii be 70 ocean commerce and marine
.aTpcfItious, for thereby the sailor and ina
rf1rfler. ~ their Wauderlngs over the deep
-lIIl 40 Enabled 70 make their reckonlngs cor
rect wherever they may venture upon tiit
r,stnle,s ocean. To the ignorant, the eclipst
on ne moon sunday morning vas AZ once 2
.uneuumenon and a superutou, Wonoel
aud "a awe: but 70 the intelligent mind Il
was the result OF the operations OF nAt4re'l
law based upon the endless principles, END
guided Dy the changeless power q blNlne