, 1874-12-07
ELSEWHERE.
THE MORNING STAR,
A Hor,nutt on tho TrnnhSt nf Venus.

THE MORNING STAR.
A Hor,nos, on tho Trnnalt or Venus.
Sp,cfat Dispatch to Tho Chicago 7rtbunt.
BENTON uAnnon, Mich, Doc. :.6.-To-day tho
Roy. s. D. Goodonow, uastor Of tho Oongra"
gationnl Church in th,u place psoachea tho fol-
lowing sermon, taking as lis toxt,
an M lc root md tho olysprng Of Dav'a and Tho
bright ai.u morning atar.-AHv. frtf., III. .
Tho morning atarl how bright, how beautiful!
How 1t oomos, with ita glad light to tito wonry
Watcher, harhinEor Of approaching dayl Aud
st1cli Is Christ our Lord. Ho 10 doacrihcs HIM
self III tho language before Ill., In this book 11o
Las boan rovon]ing Ills btoBeod Goapol, and tue
triumphs II Ia to attaiu. And now, in this Inst
chapter, this closing sproal Of tho Now TcBta-
mont. he comes IN porson to loonrc HinBolf tho
foundation and tho contamination Of nil, tho lrut
uaWning light, rs vol "a tho noonttlo Gun, OF
tho haBtoiiinB tlAy.
With thla glowing exhibition OF IIinlsolf, No
Introduces His Inst famed Invitation to tho va
ters OF llfo. ~, Jesus, havo sent hllno angel to
teatify unto you those things In the churches. I
nm tho root and tho Offspring of David, aud tho
bright and morning star. And tho Spirit nntl tho
bride ahy, Como. Aud let him that hoareth say,
Como, And lot linn that Is athirss como. And
whosoever will, lot him take tho waterH OF lffo
freely" How kind tito solicitation, how loroly
tho solicitor; how boautlful tho language md
tho lmagory In which Ho makos this parting
presentation to ns ~, Jesus" the lovly suf-
foror OF Naznroth, the promised oirspHng Of
David, yon, higher than Dayids sclf,-lls Lord,
tllo root mud foundation Of his royal 1iue,-"I,
Jesus, an tho bright aud morning starr;
or. as literally iu Creek, II am tho root and tho
offspring Of David, tho star bright and early."
Tho star OF Jcstlsl Would you Beo 1t, my
hoarors? Thon look forth, bright and carly"
on any QUO Of the coar mornings TINT aro COM
ing tl,ie winter, and just over On the eastern
horizon you will behold the "brght and moru-
ing STAR" This week (Doc. 81, 1t will rcnow Its
beautiful career. Tho last year wo havo Ind an
"eyoning atar." Lately, 1t might be soon, just
after sundown, in remarkable bri1lsnncy, adorn-
ing our westotn Bky. But noxs Tutsday it will
go down over tho suu, and from Tint conjunc-
tion, that friendly transit Of its contral light, 1t
will como up In tho ea9torn hoNvens converted
from vcspcr brilliant into tho gem Of tho dawn.
evening, but morning, atar. To-day wo cole
brato tic noon-riaing light; and to-day wo think
Of Him who came to be tho light Of the world,
" tho bright nnd morning ntar." Better than q
coming Christnlas carnival ahnll be tho momory
Of Dothlohem's star to-day
Thoro is something peculiarly interesting about
tho morning Btar; aud wo do we'll to study and
unfold ita mysteries, In order to imbi0e moro
fully tho spirit OF Ito Scripture symboism. It Ia
not ono OF the flxcd stars Of tho heavens, but is
system, Tho planet Vonua It IL nearly tho size
OF tho earth, and rcyolvcs around tho stun inside
OF tho earths orbit. Therefore, being liyhteu up
by tlc SUP. tho aamo NJ our moon, 1t appears na
a btilliaut orb, noou-shaped whcn seon through
glass, ranging from ono to tho other slide Of tho
sun, and novor worry far away. Being go beautiful
an object, Venus was worghipod By tue ancicat
heathen as the goddess Of beauty and love.
tho heavenly bodies being misunderstood. md
our developed system of tho upiyprao being Mn-
known, the wandcriuga and os1ahgings Of this
beautiful star were mysterious thing. Eor
whllo twiuh1tng more dimIy, and thon growing
most brilliant st the nishtlall; presently socn,.
ns suddenly Frightening up again in glorS, not
as before at evening, but in the dowy morn
md then shrlnkng AWAY for many lingering
months, till it was lost agaln In the sun lit was
Chaldoan plaius 1000 years ago.. No wondnr
TINT, III their ignorance, thoy regarded tho east
orn aud tho western brilliants as two different
stars, galy dancln. their alternate pirouette OH
The evening atnr was by the Grooks formed
Hosporus," by tic Latlns "Vcspcr;" end
eo at its shining in tho later days, canio IN tho
yasper Bells md tho Vospor praYors But tho
morning. HtAI IQR G1EGGkH GAl49N IltHEpuOSAbt
and ths Romans !" Luciter.' THUS, our version
Of fsniah xiv, u, has it: Flow art thou fallen
from Heavon, o Lucifor, son OF the morning"
Tho Greok Bcptuagint Old Testament has Il, 70,
Phosphorus, rislng, early III Tho morning." Tho
wicked King Of Babylon Is hero represented as
oxnting himself 10 be 1ke tue morning stur, yet
suddenly sinking, like falling etar. Into esey-
nal tlariuees, before Messiah, tho truo morning
altar. Thus was Tint naughty monarch tho typo
Of Satan, whom 1tilton honco torms Lucifor.
n,, tl,I ,I.f NH hn1 rnndora5 kHo
word as day-star." In II. Pot l., ~, where proph-
ooy ia called IN light that Bhinoth In 4 dark
placo until tho day dawn, md tue dny star Qn
Greok, Phosphorus, or Venus) ariso In our
image Of Christ, rising on the benightod soul, in
tlle dnwn Of its hope aud light, HB the hasblAgor
of heavenly day. And us such, therefore, tho
Sayior Introduces himself in the text: ~ nm
the Morning Star" Monco, When @ addressing tho
courage tho faithful disciple, ho says ~ vii
riyo lin tho Morning 8tnr y will give him N.Y.
self, 10 bo tho star Of hs hope tho opening light
of apiritua! guidance. the dawning radiauco Of
| o.orual Joy!
Come, Hoy Spirit. come;
Lat lily bright bcans aris0;
Dispel Tie sor:ow from our nluls,
Tho darkness from our eyes.
In theao modern days, tho movements and ro-
| lattous OF yeuua arc fully understood. AZ II
,ueses round tho sun like tho earth, but inside of
tho earth's orbit the light OF TINT central lumi-
nary, falling upon It i'll diGeron. positions, giyoe
it oil tho clansing appearances OF tue moon. IT, Il
US a narrow tliroad Of light. a,sl then wltloning
into fulI.faecd orb. Al oil tines, we SOC with
tho naked oyo onlya gliatoning star. but turn
1ipon 1t glnss, OF only ordinary powor, and you
will be greeted with tho slght OK ooautil'il oses
cent, juat like now moon. AND yet, when thus
! snapeu, II IL far moro brilliant than when 1t
sows full disc; beoallRn III TINT tcaaoit is on thu
farther side Of tie Sun. ak timeB as distant from