The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-23

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not make them at allS Because organ
isms like ours cannot live in Mercury or
Saturn or Jupiter on the sun we have no
right TO conclude that those globes are
lifeless.
Without any telescope and without
any observatory aud without any as,ro-
nomical calculation, ! know that the
other worlds are inhabited, because my
Bible and my common sense tell me SO,
1t has been estimated that in the worlds
belonging to our solar system there is
room for at least twenty-five triilion Of
population. And l believe it is all &C,
oupied or will be occupied by intelligent
beings, God will not fill them with
brutes. He would certainly put into
those worlds beings intelligent enough
to appreciate the architecture, the color.
Ing, the grandeur, the beauty, the har
mony of their surroundings.
Yea, the inhabitants of those worlds
have capacity of locomotion like ours,
for they would not have had such spa.
cious opportunity for movement if they
had not powers of motion. Yea, they
have sight, else why the light and hear
ing; else how get on with necessary Ian
guage and how clear themselves from
advancing perils? Yea, as God made oul
human race in his own image he prob
ably made the inhabitants of other worlds
in his own image--in other words, it is
as near demonstration as care to have
1t, that while the inhabitants of Other
worlds have adaptations of bodily struc.
ture to the particular climate in which
they dwell, there is yet similarity OF
mental and spiritual characters les
among all the inhabitants of the uni
verse of God, and made in his image
they are made wonderfully alike
Now what should be the practical re-.
suit Of this discussion founded ON Scrip
ture and common sensep 1t is first of al
to enlarge our ideas of God and so in
tensify our admiration and worship
Under such consideration how mucl
more graphic the Bible question, which
seems to roll back the sleeve of the Al
mighty and say, Hast thou an arm like
God?" The contemplation also en-,
courages us with the thought THAT il God
made all these worlds and populated
them it will not be very much of an un,
dertaking for him to make our little
world over again and reconstruct the
character of its populations as by grace
they are to be reconstructed.
SCIENCE AND REVELATION.
What a monstrosity of ignorance that
the majority of Christian people listen
not to the voices of other worlds, al
though the book says, "The heavens de-
clare the glory of God, and again, 1.-THE
works of the Lord are great and to be
sought out" How much have you sought
them out? You have been satisfying
yourself with some things about Christ,
but have you noticed that Paul calls you
to consider Christ as the creator of other
worlds, "by whom also he made the
worlds"
1t is time you Christians start on a
world hunt. That is the chief reason
why God makes the night-that you may
see other worlds. Go out tonight and
LOOK up at the great clock of the heavens.
Listen to the silvery chime of the mid
night sky. See that your children aud
grandchildren mount the heavens with
telescope for alpenstock, leaping from
ACTIVITY of light to activity of light.
What a beautiful and sublime thing
that John Quincy Adams, the ex-presi-
dent, borne down with years undertook
at the peril of his life the journey from
Washington to Cincinnati that he might
lay the cornerstone of the pier of the
great refractirg telescope and there
making his last Grafton.
What ser vice for all mankind when
in 1889 Lord Posse lifted 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 concen-
Carolina says of that night scene: II was
suddenly awakened by the most distress
ing cries that ever fell on my ears.
Shrieks of horror and cries of mercy
could hear from most of the negroes on
three plantations, amounting in all to
about six or eight hundred. While ea:-
nestly listening for the cause | heard a
faint voice near the door calling my
name. arose, and taking my sword
stood at the door, At this moment |
heard the same voice still beseeching me
to rise, and saying, Oh, my God! the
world is on frev l then opened the door,
and it is difficult to say which excited
| me most, the awfulness of the scene OF
the distressed cries of the negroes. Up
ward of one hundred lay PROSTATE on
the ground-some speeches. and some
uttering the bitterest cries, but most
with their hands raised imploring God to
save the world and them. The scene
was truly awful, for never did rain fall
much thicker than the meteors fell 10.
ward the earth" But the excitement
thus described by the southern planter
ran among the whites as well as the
blacks; among the intelligent as well as
the superstitious.
| THE STAR SHOWER OF 1888.
The spectacle ceased not until the ris
ing sun of the November morning
eclipsed it, and the whole American MT
| ton sat down exhausted with the agita.
tons of night to be memorable until
the earth itself shall become falling
star. The Bible closes with such scene
of falling lights-not only fdgety mete
ors, but grave old stars. st. John saw
it in prospect and wrote, 1.-THE stars Of
heaven fell unto the earth, even as Il fiq
tree casteth her untimely figs when she
is shaken of a mighty wind" What 6
time, that will DE when worlds drop
Rain of planets. Gravitatiou letting
loose her grip on worlds. Constellation.
| flying apart. Galaxies dissolved.
The great orchard of the universe
swept by the last hurricane, lett
down the stars like ripened fruit ON
old earth will so with the rest, and let i
go, for it Will have existed long caougl
to complete its tremendous experiment
But there will be enough worlds left t.
make a heaven out of, if any NOR,
heaven needs to be built. That da,
finding us in Christ, our nature regen
Grated, and our sins pardoned, and on
hope triumphant, we will feel no NOR.
alarm than when in September, passin.
through an orchard, you hear the AZ g
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