Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-24
ants to enjoy it, Again, thu Bibl, SAYS,

ground door of this many storisd building
are the only tenants, AMI that ths larger
rooms AMI the more gorgeously upholstsre
rooms and the more brilliantly chan 1eliered
rooms above 1t are uainhaoiteiy B Isl les
this we ara positively roi in thu Bible that
two other worlds are inhabite 1.-The world
angelic AMI the worli diabodc. Thess two
worlds added to our owa make it positive
that thres worlds are inhabited. Why then
stop vita three worldso living bsiugs when
there are not only millions but billions OF
worldss Are they all stan ling ike expen-
sively Furnished houses in tins of financial
panic marcel 10 Let" ald no one to take
them. All around US in this world We see
economy of o uni oosencA
If Christ was going to fee the hungry
seven thousand in tas vii lernass, Hs m l1e
use OF the boys five ioaves and two fishes
expen ling no mora OF creative power than
was nesdei. Waste not Goi hatn writ
ten all over this worlL All do you sup
pose that God would waste world material
In our solar system TO the am 1unt o: what
has baen estimated as ssven hun irei trillion
miles OF solid CONTENTS AMI that only a
small part as compared vita other systans
which go to make up this many stociel man
sion OF the text, where it says, ut is He that
buildieth His stories ia tls hsavens?i
Dill Professo: Hsrs,lal an MS sister,
Catherine, in fin ling worlds in1 only
worlds uninhabitsi an wIsts? Is Ceres,
watch Piazzi discovered in 1891. wastsis Is
Vesta. that Olb.rs discovered in 1907,
wastads Is Prospsrins. waica Professor
Lutaer disc ,vsrst in 1858, wasted? Is
Uraaia, which Professor Hind discovere in
1851, wasteIs Is Pan lora, discovered in
1858 by Professor Sslrla, wlstslg Ara the
fifteen tholsln1 stars re- c)r1sl in ons year
in the ooservasosy at Washia ,ton wtsteiF
Is all except tas biiiontl pare OF thu uni
Mtvh 4, ik,f.
that g ID would run such solen iii plsssn-
ger train OF parlor cars tarou % tas heavens
an keep it runnin it thsrs vera ~ passsn-
gers?
Ju lying from the extslt o. the universe,
do YOU think Col woIll put all His aniIy
on suca limits as this world mlrkSl Ii a
king have palacs OF ons huairsi rooms
will he put all his princes AMI prncesses in
one comparatively small roo n? As the
highest happiness is in maxim osdsrs happy,
is it not certain that Col would occupy
larger PLACES than our snail earth vita be-.
ings capable Of happiness? Besides this,
why all the worlds farthest on and farthest
up covered with lights What IS the uss Of
light If thers are no eyes Of inhabitants to
enjoy and employ that ligat?
admit that scientific exploration has
discovered that around many worlis tlsrs
is an atmosphere in whicl nys like ours
colds that physiqus like ours could not
endure. But do you suppose that We have
the only KIM of lungs that G1t can make?
DO our DO lies exhaust divine ing snulty, and
must He make all the intelligent creatures
with our respiration or pulsltion or masti-
cation or digestion or habtuie, or not
make them at all? Because organisms like
ours cannot live in Mercury or Saturn or
jupiter or the sua we have no right to CON-
Gin iA that those plO1PS ara uteleSS.
Without any telescope AMI without any
observatory and without any astronomical
calculation, | know that thu otler worlds
are inhabited, because my Bibls AMI com
mon sense tell me 50. 1t has been estimated
that in the worlds belonging to our solar
system there is roo for a. least twenty-five
triion of population. And believe it is all
occupied or will be occupied by intelligent
beings Col will not fill tasn with oru5ss.
He would certainly put into those worlds
beings intelligent enough to appreciate thu
architecture, the colorin :, the grandeur, thu
beauty, the harmony of their surroundings
Yea, the inhabitants OF those worlds nave
capacity of loco notion like ours, for they
would not have hal such spacious o2portuu-
itY for movement if they had not powers
of motion. Yea, they have sight, elsa why
the light and hearing; else how get on with
necessary language AMI how clear than
u
made our hCman racs in His owu image de
probably ma le the inhabitants of other
worlds in HIS own maye-in other words
it Is as near demonstration as | care to have
it, that while the inhabitants of other
worlds have adaptations Of DO lily structure
to the particular cimlte in which they
dwell thera is yet similarity of meuJa an
spiritual characteristics among all the in
habitants of the universe Of Go |, and made
in His image they are male wonderfully
alike
Now what should be tie practical result
of this discussion foun lei on Scripture au
common sensei 1t is first of all to enlarge
our i1eas of Col aui 50 intensity our ad-
miration and worship. Un Ter such consid-
Grafton how much mora crap lie the Bible
question, which seems to roll oacz theseeve
OF the Almighty and say, Hast thou an
arm like GodT' The cont AN 2tation also en-
coura yes US with the thought that il Col
made all these worlds AMI populated them
it will not be very much OF al IN tartaking
for Hin to make our little world over again
and reconstruct the character OF its popula'
tons as by grace tlay are to be recon
structei.
What monstrosity of ignorance that the
majority of Christian people listen not tc
the voices of otaer worl is, although tbs
book says, "Hhe heavens decl are the glory
OF God" and again, "fhs works of ths Lori
are great AMI to be sought out" How mucl
have you sought them outi You have been
satisfying yourself with some things about
Christ, bus have you notice that Paul calls
you to consider Christ as the creator OF
other worlds, ''by waom also He made the
worlds "
1t is time you Christians start on worlt
hunt That is the chief reason why Coo
makes the ni2ht-that YOU may see other
worlds. Go nus tonight AMI look Il , at the
great CLOCK Of the he8velS. Listen to the
silverY chime OF the midnight sky. SEES that
your children AMI grandchildren mount the
heavens with teesco9e for alpsnstocE, lean.
ing from activity OF light to ACTIVITY OF
light What beautiful AMI sublime thug
that John Quincy Adams, the ex-president,
borne down with years un lsrtoo'l at the
peril Of his life the Journey from Washing
ton to Cincinnati that he might lay the cor
nerstone of the per Of the great refractinE
telescope AMI thers making his last Grafton.
What a service for all mankind Wien III
1899 Lord Rose LITE on the lava of his
castle. eighty miles from Dublin. a tslescone
chat revealed worlds as fast as they could
roll ill., and that started an enthusiasm which
this moment concenters tie eyes of many of
the most devout in all parts o. the earth on
celestial discovery Thank Go1 that we
now know where our own world is bounded
on all sides by realms of glory, instead OF
being whare Hesio in his poetry described
it to be-namely, half way between heaven
and hell, an anvil hurlei out of heaven,
taking ten days to strike the earth, and
hurled out of EARTH taking ten more days to
strike per lition:
From the high heaven a brazen anvil cast,
Nine days aud nights Ia rapil whirls would last
And reach ~le eartl the te1th; whence strongly
hurlel,
The same the passage to til internal word.
thank Col that we have found out that
our world is not half way between heaven
and hell but is in a siSteraoo1 OF light, ana
that tlis sstarhoo joins all the other sister
hoods of worlis, moving rount some great
homestead, watch is no douot heaven, where
God Is ami our departed Christian friends
are and We ourselves through p1rdoning
mercy expect TO become permanent residents
Furthermore, | get now from all thls an
answer to the question which every int aiil'
gent man an | wo nan since the earth has
stood has asked ami received no answer
why di Col let sin AMI sorrow come into
the world when He could have prevented
them from coming? | wish rayerently TO
say think | have found the reason. To
keep the uaiverss loyal to Holy God, it
was important in soma world sonew here to
demonstrate tbs gigantic disasters that
would come upon any world taat allo vel
sin tn enter. Which world shouli it
be. Well, the smaller ths worlu the bet
ter, for less numbers would suffer- So
our worlt was selected. Tbs stage was
plenty large enough for the enactment of
the tragedy. Enter on the stage sin, fol-
lowed by murder, pain, taeft, fraul in
purity. falsehood, massacre, war and all the