National Republican., 1874-04-01

We know that the peaks Of our mountains are
becoming more and more worn down oy the
glaciers. But Is there is no water In the moon,
there cannot be any rain or snow. and therafors
none Of these effects Of denudation can be seen.
An ideal picture Of the Apenninss was now
shape Of the mountains. Another picture was
shown IN which you are supposed to be locking q
sf;S Sn hs1 sss sass 4 inter-
posed, probably the dwellings OF Inhabitants Of
the moon who were to have received religious In
strpction from the earth for you perceive there is
We viii have picture brought on showing the
wonderful way IN which the moonis 10 covered with
cratsrs and mountains as We picture them TO our
selves. When you look at that you will begin to
think that there is some other operation at work
there than that which produces our mountains
and the few ersters We have. You seom to have
an appearances produced By beiling over, or the
rain on muddy sUIsce pyoducss plts ike tssss
As regards DR.. Hooks explanation, need hardly
say that btbbles would probably not be formed 90
US would be coherent enough to form these Of
miles in extent. We seem forced TO 9 theory very
startling, tharwe had on the moons surface
serily solid ones, but fallng down Of meteors on
the plastic surface II seems to me to be the only
s AZ e.. az Is ssS
but the result 10 very slight indeed. have found
that the earth would require 100 900 years TO
hsE ssn ssst se isss
Of our system We see signs that there vas time
when larger me,eors and more splendid comets
Whis the s earth " was % still in form Of vsporOus
matter the moon was rolling on, still plastic and
these meteors falling down upon her surfaee would
/ Will have the room iightened up again rhils
the small lantern is prepared, and then viii
have three pictures Of the residue from boiling 2
calcareous solution. You will see how very much
like my pictures are those OF the moon. VIII
undertake 70 say yNthat all those who are not ac-
9gnMtsa M VIII eSely S neSs na acIay " the tbipa
and last one. You Will notice that there appear
In them seas which have terraces around them.
gested TO me BY Dr. Barnard, Of Columbia col
Of q beginning and Of an end. Jupiter and
sSsn he suS aas % ot Ire and snefsy
Then in the progression comes our earth, and
Mars and Venus and Mercury, which have lost
body seeming TO have lost all its inherent heat,
and to have neither water nor air. All these
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when these processes began. We seem to see
signs Of beginning. = There must have been q be-
come to an end. Looking forward, we see that
our suA-the youngest, as 1t were, SO far as signs
of passing on at old age Is concerned-will one
solar system will have lost theirs There seems
to be an end Of our solar system, beginning and
an end marked, and In that respect astronomy
Here q view was exhibited showing cslcareous
residue and attention directed to the black region
around the crater and signs Of terraces You have
in the next picture no terraces visible. Ninety
nine observers OF the moon out Of hundred
would not be able to tell me that this is not
photograph of some part of the moons surface.
There Is one point ! intended to touch on more
fully. l spoke Of the possibility Of any planet
only being intonded to be inhabited during short
lime Of the existence of the planet millions OF
years before 1t was mt being followed BY millions
Of years after IL became unfit for habitaton. Let
us have an illustration Of that; II It were known
that some gentleman in Brooklyn only intended
to remain at home ten minutes on given day, and
you did not know whether 1t was morning, noon
Or evening, and you & called at random you would
Take any particular time IN the same way, and |
consider the chances that the planet is inhabited
In 1t! The chances are small; much more In
favor Of the present moment belonging to the mil
lions Of years before or the millions OF years after
IL becomes fit for habitation. That 10 the case
with the moon, fee! toleraoiy certain; Ihst the
ft to be the abode OF life was touched upon In the
second lecture, and that Jupiter and Saturn have
though we are much more likely to see a planet
when 1t is not Mt for habtation, We must take the
immense numbsr Of them into consideration. |
can reveal. And you have the chances
reversed and though for every planet Inhabited
now there may be millions not Inhabited, yet the
number inhabited must be many millions. So |
that we get rid Of the painful thought that our
planet Is the only one Inhabited.
We get rid Of the difficulty that the greater num-
Der we know OF are not A. fo- habitaton, and we |
can address the Creator in the language Of the
poet:
God OF the granite and the rose,
Soul Of the sparrow and the bee;
The mighty tide of being flows, |
Through countless channels, Lord, to thee.
1t leaps to life in grass and flowers; |
Through every grade of being runs;
While from Creation g radiant towers,
Its glories flame in stars and suns.