The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-17
GOES GLORY REVEALED ~ THE
HEAVENS.

Wherever We look, however fondly
we penetrate the depths oi spacr, we
lind, 50 far IS We can see. II power,
one law. ~ Icasona !e Intelligence
ueTvad NJ and controlling al; al intel
!igsn,c which We can recognize - har-
mouiZinw w:,h our wi wherever We
can follow il. We find distant worlds
moving us, as they would move Il the
same laT If @ravitatlon prevailed with
them A. i. does with us: and terrestrial
mathematics. mechanics and optics APP
NV 10 them ~ well a. ;o the earth.
Aic,eo!S ia.l. and bring Us from inter
planetary space only familiar elements
In the iuln nus mU>;c -! the rays OF
distant stars We detect familiar indica-
tiDu> 81 fam liar earthly substances. In
the spectrum Of such 4 star - Capelia,
iron and sodium. magnesium and by
drogcn, manifest themselves precisely rs
they a.. IN )ur sun or o u the earth. lhc
heavens declare the essential unity OF
matter. and theoretically that OF God
Himself | have spoken of the apparent
fact that grayiiat.on in Ire s~.ar-dcpth>
is the same as on the earth. Now.
what ar, We 20 think al grayitation. or,
indeed. of auv kind Of force. acting be-
tween particles Of matter Are we TO
imagine that the particles which ''ai-
tract have some kind OF sense by
which they recognize each other cN-
istcncc and position. and sJnIe Kind of
intelligence hy which they can calculate
exactly how strongly II pull each
Other. and some Kind of will and power.
and some material connection with
each other. BY means .; which they
actually produce thc pull? Are We 10
scppo>c this; or. rather, that some Il
all-pcrVading sense. intelligence and
power is the real and ultimate agent in
the case: One. Of whom science 4
perhaps reveal something IL 10 His ON
niprcSencr. omn science. and omnipO-
ten e. but nothing more; while only
revelation and orr own nlial SYM
patty IL speak j; ~reverentlyD can make
kno"n Ills personality anu holiness and
love.
One would not dare TO SAY that 10
explanation Of "rayitatjon will ever be
discovered, correia'ing il with other
physical forces. like those Of chemical.
electrical and magnetic attraction: but
j. is quite sac 10 say that, ever after
such discovery. the real mystery of
force VIII still remain - ~unsolyed As
ever. lying somewhere in the region
where spirit and mater touch each
other. One lesson is most impressive
" taught by astronomy: namely. the
folly OF attcmprin, 10 measure Gods
ideas and purposes by human notions
OF utility and value. | Go not mean
that we can not and do not in MANY
cases recognize His ideas in the rela-
tons. proportions and arrangements
OF Z system. but only this. that
in muitituirs, perhaps even in the
majority Of eases. we md ourselves
batled. Ellis wisdom is U~nse3rchabl".
and his ways past Inding out. Ire!er
to the wastes OF crcat'on-the desc
late. immca>uratlc so!itudes between
the stars. occupied apparently only by
scattered bits of mcicoric matter hun
dre,is of miles apart-wor.dS by the
million apparently unSuited for any
Kind OF liie->un> shining '~'uSclcSSly'
except rs TO some almost intinIteSimal
fraction D; their n iiance. 50 TAR D. we
can see, only 4 few things IN the uni
verse are OF am use at all; not, OF
course, because other things really have
no use. but simply because we ourselves
are so limited id our understandings
that we are rs unable to comprehend
them rs one born blind 10 understand =
tclrscOpc.-S. ;. GIBicS.