Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-15
THE FORCES OF A SUNBEAM.
Lecture at the First NJ. e. Church, b.
Bishop Warren.

CONGREGATION at the First M. e. Church last
night. to hear lecture by Bishop IL. W.
Warren. of the NJ. E. Church. The lee
t,,rar was introduced by Rev. C. B. Spar
row. the pastor, and, addressing his audi
ence as ''men and women of Tennessee,
he began by declaring himself specially glad
to stand in the presence of and speak
to the people of State famous for
so many things enumerated by the speaker)
but more famous than eyer before now for a
determination to pay its debts. This senti-
ment was received with hearty applause.
The speaker continued that there is on ac-
count of the aforementioned determine
ton, not thing in the State that ism worth
more to-day than it was two weeks ago. He
made this simple allusion he said, without
any reference whatever to politics.
He then announced for his subject The
Forces of a Sunbeam The sunbeam, he
declared. does nearly all the work done IN
this world and is destined to do yet great
deal more than it ever has. He brought
into use an improvised map for Illustration,
and proved. as the first force, the velocity OF
sunbeam to be 1876, 600 miles second, and
it will travel the entire distance around the
earth in one eighth part of a second. The
second force is that the sunbeam
never wearies, but flies at
the same velocity all the time, and
that it will travel both ways at the same
time and in the same space. The third
force is illustrated by the moons rays and
reflections.
He gave Illustrations of the colors OF q
sunbeam in comparison with the vibrations
of sounds, stating that a woman with her
fine and delicate sense of hearing can de-
tect high and shrill note, which could not
be heard by a man. He fancied that this is
the reason our sisters can talk more than the
men, they can hear more. No wonder, he
said, that God rejoices in his works
He referred in pleasing style to the music
of the stars, referred to in the Bible which
he declared could be heard if our ears were
delicate enough. The spectroscope, which
detects the metals in astronomical bodies,
he pronounced as result Of the finest
thinking the human mind ever did.
A ray of light can neither be seen, felt
heard or smelt, but it will break a large
glass jar Theoretically sealed. Another
kind of ray which works in the dark, dOe>
the chemical work of photography. He
gave laughable incident OF al
experience when q young man hay
ing his girls picture taken, but it wa
married by being on plate which contained
the picture of horrid looking man. Still
another class is heat, and he demonstrate
that there are as many kinds of heat as tint
of color in the rays Of light. He gave sey
eral illustrations of the effect of ray O
heat through a block of ice and gave othe
Illustrations of the power of a ray of heat
and also the effect of a sunbeam on tn
ocean in producing mighty tempest or storm
Which of the three forces named does thf
most work it is hard to tell, he said but
does seem that the three combined are tn
embodied word of God when He said
Let there be light"
He related an incident that proved til
sunbeam to be the power that moves III
locomotive, from the fact that the yegetabl
growth of centuries ago, the product c
t sunshine, made the coal which fills on
/ hills Three tons of coal, he said, viii d
the physical work in machinery OF life
: time with the muscle. Having gained on
grand victory here in Tennessee, for hor
e esty and morals, he said let us gain tn
= next for education, which is so necessary.
, He referred entertainingly to the little IL
! cident with the school marin and her. rule
: remembered by most of those who hav
been school children, at which time a sno
ball in the hand is the most pleasant thin
one can think Of This, he said, is an illCl
a tration of the force Of heat; it may not haI
been thought of then, but you known
;: now.
:. The steamer is propelled by the pow,
|. from sunbeam long years ago, and Il
II meteoris simply burst Of sudden power.
In conclusion, he said the future is rich
It by far in unfolding these great truths thu
ID the past, and there are far greater disco
l. cries in store. We have scarcely found o.
I'd alphabet of science yet but it will come
iG time.
1e e Bishop Warren is ripe and polish
scholar, pleasant and engaging speakt
with an eloquent and well-chosen flow
language. He was listened to with wra
attention, and much valuable informant
was obtained therefrom. At the close,
collection was taken up to defray the bis
ops travelling expenses, at the suggestion
Mr.. Sparrow.
Discoveries by Accident.