, 1880-05-09
uHe Made the Sun to Rule the
Day."
The Wonderful Solar Ray Source Of
Life and Supporter Of Ex-
istence.
Theories Of Tho Nature Of Lights It an Ennis.
. aisn Of Halter, Or an Impulse Rather
than a SlbStaute7
The Wave or Undulatory Theory-0pin-
ions Of Wise Men.


National Quarterly Rtrie4D TOR Aprn.
The Sun is the original source Of that msste
fious element which VIC know as light. In th'
metaphorical language OF Genesis - He made
the sun to rule the day" The impulse ThicE
emanates from this grand centre Of our 6oia'
EysteEn, cali it by whatsoever name VIC VIII
permeatcs the Wide circle of our family ol
planets, and awakens responsive activity IN fhe
molecules Of matter. and In the 1uoct1ons VI
plants and animals, including those o. "an. .
The radiant impulse OF the sun may be hkeneo
to the throb OF an inf1nit heart sending "afm
1ife-tlood to the remotest bouLcs. warming.
cheering. and eniiventng In its course I'll nasuto
within tho circle Of its influence
It did not need tho light Of science to enable
mankind to uscertain the source Of the light OF
dav. That knowledge came by intuition, with
out the did Of telescopes, or other instruments
Of optical observation. The untutorcd mind
1nsttuctiyely associates the sun with the pr1nci-
ple OF luminosity and Of ther1nic and chemical
powers To such one the sun ts majestic
ball Of fire revolving in the heavens,
shining by virtue of Its own bright
ness warming by virtue OF its own
heat, and awakening into life and fertility
earth's vast resources by virture Of its own
"7HE SUN SHINES"
Is the simple phrascology Of such one: and
minds the must learned are compelled to admit
the fact and to recognize the aptness OF the
phrase in which 1t is expressed.
We cannot forego the pleasure Of lingering
over the Significance Of the conceptions of our
subject by uncultivated minds, OF minds un-
tra1nmeled By the results of scientific investi-
CATION. THO admiration which the sun awakens
in such persons is allied to worship. The warm,
genial, vivtfytng influence Of the sun iupresses
the beuiKAted, but contcmplnt1ve, soul with tho
idea Of divine paternity. Such q one is awed
into wonder and moved to revere and worship,
rs be contcmplates the SUMS all-emDraciug be- =.
nightly and the apparent infinitude Of its power.
The unlcttered Indian Chief, Tecumseh, gave
eloquent utterance to the sentiment which ami
mates the heart OF nli savages, when he
declared that, 1.-THE sun is my Father1'
The Peculiar People," though further
advanced IN civilization than the North Ameri-
eau Indians, were evidently dominated by the
same idea, in respect to the supremacy Of the
sun in human affairs, aa that embodied in the
instructive utterance Ut Tecumseh, for they were
with difficulty restrained from idolatrousy act
ing upon it. In the Second Book Of Kings, 1t
will be remembered that Josiah is referred to AZ
having put down idolatry in the City Of Judah,
which consisted in burning ''tncense to Baal, to
the sun. and 70 the moon. and to the host OF
with sufficient reason 1t seems to us, to
"them that worship the host OF heav~
eR upon the Many peos
induiged the same beautiful custom Of
PAYING HOMAGE TO THE HEAVENLY BODIES
to their credit be it said. Nor were the ancient
Greeks SO far advanced in civilization as to ig-
Anu even when other and more imaginative OBJ
1ects Of worship commanded their alteration
TIE Greeks still invested the heavenly
affairs, and we're straneeiy-we should say sn-
6y the lunar phases in in
The literature Of the aucients is not the only |
evidence we have Of the practice OF star-wor-
ship. Evidence in the form Of sentiments chis-
eed on stone is quite conclusive Of the exist
ence OF the beautiful practice among them as
tah YER p Ire e. d2s
at Memphis, excavatcd few years since By n.
Mariette, contains. among other things, the fol-
lowing worshipful tribute to the sun:
.* Hail to thee when thou riscst in the solar
mountain under the form OF Ia, and when thou
goest down under the form Of Ma! Thou crelest
toward thee, hiding their faces! Would that I
might accompany thy Majesty when thou dis.
Tny beams upon the faces Of men could no one
describe: gold Is as nought compared to thy /
beams, The lands divine. they are seen IN Pict-
numbered: d thou alone art concealed! THY |
transformations are equal to those Of the celes-
tial ocean: it marches as thou marchest Grant
Of tisem that have been approved: that be re-
united with the fair. and wise spirits Of ker-
nefet, and that ! appear among them to con con
day: .,a
out their temples, always with the face or front
TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST.
stuteley says that the Druids confor1ned to the
aaeient custom @'of setting their temples with
=. - reason for the custom that .the east nat
urally claims the prorogaHye where the sun aud
planets rise" 1t WIS rule among the Jews,
also. to build their temples factng eastward. 1n
Ezekiels trunce he discovered That, instead OF
worshlping God in the temple. the Israelites
were secretly turning :" their backs towara , ane
worshptnF 'stho sun toward the east-" sun
pie Of admitted morality ana Intelligence. The
devout followers OF Zoroas1er. more particularly
that brancn Of them inhabiting Western India,
paying their respects TO the east in The morning,
and bowing low on their knees toward the vest
in the evening. In justice to these strange peg
Eanced and intelligent Of them perform these
devotons with 81 Intelligent conviction OF
taaae,, their meaning; believing the sun to be
Eenee and 't' spirit Of - that eD Being whom
40 many and more pretentious and less rcverent
to-day. The theological conceptionsot the Vest
E1 sog o Ree &c p dcs
/
consistent with the revelations Of
modern science, as we would prefer to interpret {
them. unless, indeed the necessity OF Deity In
.ae universe be ignored altogether. aud the Sun |
Ben accepted as I
THE ULTIMATE EouRCR
y all those forces which We conceive !
o be necessary to the order. stability. =
,!ugressire perpetu1ty, and government !
T., the world. Surely, nothing Is =
more manifest to the purely objecnve sense, !
aof more consistent With the tendency OF mod |
N tnought, than that the sun ts . more 1mpor- r
aol factor III the universe than the Deity; and |
nay f1 me absence Of the former would be more
as to our solar system than that Of the
auef The fault is not in science. but rather IN :
eaent1tc tnducdon.-of Interpreting scientific =
emonstrauons Our conceptions OF Deity may q
mango with the change OF the seasons: OF suffer u
ne late Of those mythical creations of former -
'er1od and be swept from our mind altogether: =
sut 30 long rs the sun endures with unlmpaired
0leRI1ty the existence OF the planet ts secure, .
oo the progressive order of life. organizau don. | +
no mind upon It will be maintained OF this u
as m truth Of science gives perfect assurance. q
Ine sun, then, Is our visible protector. Dene-
ac1or. and friend in whose light We i've: whose y
TVS rule in us and over US: whose power tn- Il N
efres us and whose government we respect 81
uf existence Is Immediately identified with the "
9o 9. our destiny subordinate to bis. Woe be- y
ae al living things when his light has gone {.
" and his substance is dtssipntcd! He is the =
e1tfe or our world; around which we revolve; - -
which we slowly hut inevitably tend. when ~ !.
: Pef1shes. what can survive? IN the answer -,
teis question science and the zoroastrian ~