Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-02-06
Milo on the Hidden Law.

For the CITIZEN.l
In nv last cited the law of definite
proportions to show how exact Gods
laws are, and how they extend to the
most minute and hidden parts of crea.
tion and that the union of elements to
form compounds were not by chance,
random.
Definite and multiple proportions
are the foundations upon which cbemis'
try, as an exact science, is based"
| think it was Professor W. C. Rich
ard that said at Chautauqua that it
matters not whether God created the
earth with word, or whether he first
created the elements and allowed them
to unite under certain laws that govern
them, to make the world. "And out
of the ground made the Lord God to
grow every tree that is pleasant to the
sight" Gen. III, tx Then be first
made the law bv which the trees grew.
I presume Prof Richards idea is, that
the world may have grown from the
elements under the Hidden law" as
well as the tree If so, it shows that
Gods law for the growth of the vegi-
table kingdom may extend to the planets
as we'll This brings US to a new
theory in astronomy. which you will
regard as very speculative which in
deed it may be. But God not only
made the immutable law by which GER
tain elements united to form the trees
in the garden of Eden, but be also es-
tablished laws for perpetuating the
Vegetable kingdom through all time.
There are the seeds and the germ, from
which springs the new life.
The same is true of the animal king
dom. male and female created be
them" and in Gen. l and xiv "And
God said let the earth bring forth the
living creature after his kind, etc.
Now, if God has made these wise
provisions for the part of creation be-
longing to this earth, why may he not
have made the same provisions for the
perpetuity of worlds? Now for our
speculative theory. The sun as the
centre of the solar system may be the
great germinant centre and the mother
of all the planets that revolve around
her. "A thousand years are with the
Lord as one day" If our theory be
true, the sun may have been giving off
worlds for years innumerable and the
the planet Herscbel (now l 800, 100000
miles distance from the SUM- was once
all infant planet, revolving round the
sun, nearer to it than Mercury now
does In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth. Possibly,
the elements and the laws that govern
them.
Suppose the sun to give off new
planet every ten thousand years and
that planet, as it revolves round the
sun is gradually receding from the sun,
Saturn, being the tenth planet, would
be one hundred thousand years old,
and Earth, being the third planet from
the sun would be thirty thousand years
old, and Mercury would be the young.
est and, as well as the other planets
has been receding from the sun from
the time of it's birth, and in ten thOus-
and years from that time astronomers
will discover another planet between
her and the sun (And from the un
usual phenomena of the sun during the
past ear, it may be that another planet
will soon be discovered } The time
| have mentioned between the giving
off of new planets is, like my theory, 6
supposition. 1t may be less, and il
may be ten times as long If the
theory be correct, we are gradually
growing farther from the sun, and Oul
planet may be growing colder. but &c
gradually as to be scarcely perceptable
When Fahrenheit invented his ther
mon.eter zero was the greatest degree
of cold known at that time This i'm
aginary theory or picture have drawn
though it may not be probable
may help bring before our minds, the
infinite power and wisdom of the Crea
tor, and that all things that exist, are
subject to his love. "The fool hatf
said in his heart there is no God" dnt
he may say the universe is governed
by the natural laws, independent o
any creator or sustaining power. Blu
by the universal workings of the AL
mighty. he has established himself II
Hidden law" or what we have
termed (in previous article) "Specia
laws" for the well being of his crea
lures, and the preservation of anima
life, when those natural or ordinary
laws (by which the Scientist woulC
govern the universe, independent o
God), would render portions of tn
earth uninhabitable For instance
all solids are expanded by heat, ant
contracted by cold (absence of heat)
The same is true of all liquids, excep
water. If water fol owed the law o
contraction by cold as other liquids do
the surface of the water in our river
and lakes, coming in contact with th'
freezing atmosphere. would contract
become heavy, sink to ibe bottom, dis
place the warmer water at the bottom
of the lake, send it to the surface where
as it became colder would also contrac
and in turn sink to the bottom, send
the warmer or lighter water to the sur
face again tc be condemned and sink a
before and so on till the entire BODY @