Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-12-23

heaven" must mean inn lbitants OF otter
worlds. The pSalmist cries out, "Fny m 3rcy
is great above the heavens" II th,rs vera
no inha oitants above thu haven't what uss
of any mercy? Again, the Bible exclaims,
Toy goodness is great above the heavens"
What could bs the use OF His goodness
above the heavens IL there were no inhabit-
ants to enjoy it? Again thu Bible says,
de has set thy glory aOovo the helYens."
And here my text comes in with its ltea OF
a mansion Of many stories, ut Is do t11t
buildeth His stories ia the heaven"
Is it possible that we who live on tls
ground floor OF this many STORED building
are the only tenants, and that the larger
rooms AMI the more gorgeously upnolstere !
rooms. and the more brilliantly caan 1ellered
rooms above it are uninhabitety Bssl les
this we are positively told in thu Bible that
two other worlds are inhabite 1.-The world
angelic AMI the worli diaboic. These two
worlds added to our owu make 1t positive
that three worlds are inhabited. Why then
stop with three worlds Of living beings whea
there ars not only millions but billions OF
worlds? Are they all staining ike expen-
sively furnished houses in tim9 OF nnanclai
panic marked TO Let" AMI no one to take
them? All around us in this worl1 we see
economy Of onnipotencs.
II Christ was going to feel the hungry
ssyan thousand in the wilderness ID m iie
uss OF the boys five lolves aud two hshes,
exoendiny no more Of creative power than
was neeie1. "Waste not" Col hath writ
ten all over this worll. All do you sup
nose that Col would waste world material
In our solar system to the am punt OF wnat
has bee1 estimated as seven hun irei trililoh
miles of solid coatsats, AMI tlat olly
nfhar STAINS
" licb 90 TO make up this many storieI man-
sio, OF the text, where it says, ut is He that
buildieth His stories in the hsavens;'
Did professor Hsrs,heI All his sister,
Catherine. in fin ling worlds fnl only
worlds uninh1bitsl an 1 W tst9? Is Csre,
which Piazzi discovered in 1871, wasteiy Is
Vista that Oibsrs disc)ysfei in 1871.
wastad9 Is Prospsrine whicl Professor
I,1ther disc )verel IN 1853 wastet? Is
ITrania whica Professor Hinl discovere Ia
1881 wastei? Is Pan lora, discovered in
1888 by Professor Ssirle, wI5te Il Are the
iftesn thousand stars re,)rlel in one year
in the observatory at Wl5hln st)n wIs5elf
Is all except the billiontl part OF th9 uni
verse wasted? Ny hearers IS it possible
that G ii would run such a solea III plsSen-
ger train OF parlor clrS through tae heavens
am keep it running il there were no pa'ssn-
gers?
In l9inx from the extent o. the universe
40 Won think Col woIll puJ all His family
on such limits as this word mlrxsi IL
king have palace OF one hun iret rooms
will he put all his princes AMI prlncesSs' In
one comparatively small ROB n: AS tne
highest happiness is in making o5ners happy.
i. IL NOT certain that Col would occupy
larger places than our small earth VITA be-
inTs Gamble of hlppinsss' Beslies tdls,
whv ali the worlds fartheSt on AMI farthsst
IN covered with light? What Is the uss OF
Light If there are no eyes OF inhabitants %
enjoy and employ that light?
admit that scientific exploration has
discoyerei that around many worl Is t1era
is an atmosphere in waicl lua 8 ike ours
couil not breathe AMI tders ara ,ats or
colds that physiqus like ours coIlt MT
endure. But DO you suppose that we have
the only kin Of lungs that G)t can mixer
Do our bo lies exhaust divine ingenuity, AMI
must He make all ths intelligent creatures
with our respiration or pulsltlon or masti-
cation or digestion or habtl lie, or not
make them at all: Beclu3e org inlsns ike
ours cannot live in Msrclry or saturn OF
Juoiter or the sun we have NJ right 70 con-
clu lie that those GLOBE ara liteless.
Without any telescope an without any
observatory dul WlNuOun hhJ N'Nt
calculation. know that th9 otter worlds
are Inhabited. because my Bible AMI con.
mon sense tell me 50. 1t has been estimated
that in the worlds belonging 70 our solar
system there is roo II for a. least twenty-five
tSillion Of population. And l believelt Is all
occupied or will be occup.el by intelligent
beings. Col will not fill tam vita bru'es
He would certainly put into those worlds
beings intelligent enough 70 apprecilts IN
architecture, the coloriny the grandeur, ths
beauty. tine harmony of their surroundin -
Yea the inhabitants Of th0ss worlds nave
caDacity Of cOnOtio1 like ours, Tor they
would not have had such spacious opportua-
ity for movement If they had not powers
of motion. Yea, they have sight, es' way
the light an hearing; else how get on with
necessary language AMI how clear tnen'
selves from Advancing paris? Yea, as Got
made our human racs in His owa image de
probably male the inhabitants OF otneI
worlds in His own ima5e-.n other woriS,
il Is as near demonstration as care to have
il that while the inhabitants OF other
worlds have adaptations OF bodily structure
TO the particular climlts in which they
dwell. there is yet similarity OF mental an
spiritual characteristics among all the m
habitants of the universe OF Col and made
in His image they are male wonderfully
alike.
Now what should bs the practical result
of this discussion foun1s1 on Scripture an
common sensey IL is first of all to enlarge
our ideas OF Col ami 50 intensity our adj
lniration and worship. Unier sucl cons1-
Grafton how much mors graphic the Bible
question, which seems TO roll oacl tnesiesve
Of the Almighty aud say, Hast thou an
~. -. nj fi0n a al l.
courages us with the chou mt that II Go1
made Ali these worlds an1 populated them
IL will not be very much OF an un iertakins
for Him to make our little world oyer again
and reconstruct the character OF It's popuia-
lions as by grace thsy are - be recon
structel.
What a monstrosity OF Ignorance that the
majority OF Christian psop,e listen not 70
the voices OF other worl Is, although th'
book saws. The heavens dec,a are the glory
of Cod and again, 1.-The works o. the Lord
ara great and to be sou ght out" How much
have YOU sought them out? You have been
satisfying yourself VITA some things about
Christ, but have you noticsl that Paul calls
YOU 10 consider Christ as the creator OF
other arlds 'bY whom also He made the
worlds"
It is time you Christians start on worlC
hunt. That is the chief reason why Goo
makes the night-that YOU may see other
worlds. Go nut tonight AMI Look 10 at the
great cloci of the heavens. Listen to tbs
svsry chime OF the midnight SKY. See that
your children and grandchildren mount the
heavens with telescope for alpenstocS. leap
ing from activity of light t. activity Of
light. What beautiful and sublime thing
that John Quincy Adams, the ex-president,
borne down with years undertook at the
peril OF his life the journey from Washing
ton 10 Cincinnati that he might lay the cor
nerstone OF the per of the great refracting
telescoDe and there making his last Grafton.
What a service for all mankind when in
1899 l. lr1 Rose liftei on the lawn OF his
castle eighty miles from Dublin, a telescope
that revealed worlds as fast as they could
roll in. and that started an enthusiasm which
this moment concenters TIE eyes Of many oil
the most devout in all parts o. the earth on
celestial discovery. Thank God that we
now know where our own world is bounded
on all sides by realms % glory, instead OK
being where Hesiol In his poetry described
IL ~ be-namely, half way between heaven
and hell, an anvil hurled out OF heaven,
taking ten days TO strike the cart h. ami
hurled out of earth, taking ten more days to
strike periition:
From the high heaven bFazsn anvil cast,
Nine days aud nights In rapit wairs would last
And reach the earth the tenth; whence strongly
hurlel,
The same the passage to TIL internal world.
/ thank Col that we have found out that
our world is not half way between heaven
aud hell, but is in a sistsrhoo Of light, and
that this sisterhoo joins all the other sister
hoods Of worl 4, moving roun some great