, 1876-01-22
rr,u sNOHOMIsH CprY, SATURDAY, JANUARY e. 1876

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GN,nct, @ttelltc, asteroid or luminous vnpor
throughout the broad cxpinse Of infinite
s1acp. hut has its appointed sphere place
md Use in this grand poem of harmonious
nhyure When any cease 10 he. 1t will oc.
oaI in accordance with the law of their birth
and destiny, without jar, discorA, co!nsion
" any interruption whatever ofthc glorious
htrnony Man, full of ~lf.anuhtion, has,
fJN n long time fnolishly and vaineloriously
iAgined, that all these mu.ituliuous crca
tiNhs Of the heavenly hosts were designed
ftN our especial benefit; that man was the
! fN elimination Of the designs ofihe D"ity,
! AHeNc conception even, ofthe glorious truths
Of astronomy. takes away the vague, vain
c,thccits of ignorance and superstition and
clnrhcs the intellectual being in the chaste
eaNmenis Of humility. 1t teaches the gr>at
ie,An often learned when too late, that man
far from bearing the slightest resemblance to
, hiA Creator, il hut an ultimate particle in on6
cf(he links Of IN endless. chain Of incomprc.
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thus far in our subject We have confined
oUplves tn matters of ,fact only; to glance
at>cme of the prominent. almost self eyi.
dcW truths that at the Ir'srnt time ny al
vaNred students. are regarded mercy as the
Ia)Plamt Of astrnna = We la not eNenai
|nNtd to the vast magnitude, or physical ap'
pcNrance of any OF the planets. some other
iiNc that may ne dwelt npon. Neither nave
wd wdfttempted to give nm idea OF their I'M
mGNse distances from US, The sub ect isf'u tnt
in Nlenrs, each equally interesting ami IN
stfNetive, 50 varied in exalted thought, and
so Gch in snhlmlty OF ideas, that II is di'fi
cpjN in a popular lecture, to select points for
pfVeh'a''oh' from the m"l'i'"ue ''ia' crow"
up'N' our n"i'fc' H'c JN" Per'"il'"S "'"''
"oN'my are p"ne su''''''h'' '" .u'"'s" '''"'o'
rHs hNhdrc''s"' lectures WITHOUT 'n'"''
my fhe realms OF speculative 'neory 'a'''
o'NN''y "" ""'"v'.s W. "''' ~ rs W,
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L,hc oon,tl,, nr s,,;ri,c,, or;r,,, lif.
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Lrn.s orr oor s,Ior sr.,o, i. ,rlv !, sncck
in 40 nrivcrso Thai mi,Iihns of svstems
vast,r in magnitude than ours, ana
indNpendcnt Of ours also, exist and have OK. !
istyp. coeval with our system. IL Is almost
prcAosterous to suppose that sueh vast boil |
lea NJ the fixed stars, sohr orI,s tor systems
greNter than ours, we're created simply to |
glitter and slime in the endless arhes Of
hea"en. Beulifnl and awe inspiring ms they
ara, when viewed only as heavens "o'cr
hahkjng lamps" it is not inconsistant with I
rrasNn to cnnjcetue, that they We're made by
the great mostor Tor sublimcr purpose.
We Cannot deny hut that tney are tenantcd
by Npimal life; neither can We assert and
proN it. Perhaps it would he as well to
let N,ch speculations a.ane. But nlnss, We
canht put IL ont Of our mind, as often AZ
we .v;,I and still we ara mct at cvorv ,nrn
cr,,R, with, ,bs, o,crv tbe ,,,rsts IN.
h,yhple r,;shardlv ,,roh,,Ile, that ai,,oer
,;co A. ,horo i, ,nv M. .sor,s ,- ali ~, ,.s,
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''"s 'o'n "S 'h"' 'ney' o'''er nom 'ic c'''n w
P"ETVal ge"sr"poy ge"'osy' "hSlty' diS'
ianc'S, dimensions and atmospheric phcnom.
ma, But this does not preclude the posi-
,lit$ Of animal lite. All animal life With
IS IL derived fr6mathc materisl particles of
Which our earth Is composed; except. prr.
iaps, that nysicrions. incon,prellcnsib,et Il
,rmfipic, or Element, that cntlows animal
ire ,sith the bower Of VITALITY ,oconotiony
cnsNion and perhaps An Immortal sen,rntei
.xtist,rcen Then If the elements comnosinr
INV 1ther nIs,tet we're combined b, tho
,rcDt chpmi st into u,l, rim, torms and on