Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-12-30

night. They ara not unknown shios on the
high seas OF immensity. Tney belong 10 :
family OF which Co Is the Father an a
you call your chill iren Benjlnin or Mlry OF
Bertla or Addison or JOS ephina 81 He call
all the in ant worlds au all the adult worlds
by their first name, and they know II a
well as though thev wers only ons child o
light in all the divine fam Y. "He callett
them all bv their Names" an when He calls
warrant thev come.
On, the stars! Those vesta fires kent
burning on infinite altars. Those lighthouses
on the coast OF eternity. Toe hanls an
weights and pen niuun Of the great clock ot
the universe. According to Herscael, the SC
called fixei stars are not fixed at all, bui
each one a sun with a mighty system OF
worlds rolling round it and this whole sys-
TEN with all the other systems rolling on
around some other great csnter- millions
and millions, billions an billions, trillion,
and triilions. quadrillions AMI quadrillions
But what gladdens me, AM at the SANE
time overwhelms me, is that those worl Is
are inhabited. The Bible says so, aui what
a small idea you must have OF Go AMI His
dominion il you think it only extends aero 8
this chip OF world which you aud | now
inhabit. Have you taken this idel OF all
the other worlds beng inha5tei as human
guess work, Read Isaiah, forty-d tn chapter
eighteenth verse, 1T ius saitl th3 Lord that
created the heavens Col himself that
formed the earth and made it; He hath es-
tablshed il, He created IL not in vain. He
formed it TO be Inhabited" Vow. il He in
habitei the earth SO that it would not be
createl in vain, woull He make worlds nun.
dreds and thousands OF times lar ger and not
have them inhabitedS Sparkling OF the in
habitauts Of this world, he says The ma
tons are as the drop OF a BUCKET
If all the inhabitants OF this worli are as
a drop OF a BUCKET where are the other
drops Of the bucSetf Again AMI gain tne
Bible spaaks .; the host o, heiven, aud the
word "host" means living creatures, not
inert masses, and the expression 'nosts OF
heaven" must mean inh ibitants OF ot Ter
worlds. The psalms; cries out, "foy m srcy
Is great above the helvsnI." IL thsre were
no haoitauts aoovs the heavenS what use
OF any mercy? Again, the Bb!e exclaimS
Toy goodness is great ab)vs Jne heavens"
What could bs the us4 OF His goodness
above the heavens IL thsrs were no inhabit-
ants to enjoy it, Again, the Bibls says
"He has set thy glory )ove the heavens"
Aud here my text comes in with its lea OF
a mansion OF many stories, "lt is He that
builieth His stories ia the heaven"
Is it possible that we wh) live on the
ground floor OF this many storls1 building
ara the only tenants, AMI that til, larger
ro lms aul tue more gorge )uSly uonolstsre
rooms an 1 the more brilliant V chan ieliered
ro1ms above it are u1tuhaotte ~ Is Isl les
this We are positively told in ths Bible tina.
two other worlds are iuhabite the wo-li
angelic All the worl diaboic. rhass two
worlds aiiel 10 our oyi MAKE it positive
that three worlds are inhabital. Why then
stop VITA three worlds Of living bein IS when
there ara not only millions but billions OF
worldsi Are they all stan linz Ike eKoen-
sively furnl3he houses IN tim, of financial
pauic markell ITO Let au 4 no ole to taks
themt All around us in this worll We see
&c )nomy Of o impotence.
II Christ was going to feel the hungry
seven thou sand In the vii IlierneSS Hs IN te
use OF the boys five loaves and two fishes,
exDeuding no more OF creative power tnau
was nc ,iei. waste not" Col hath writ
ten all over this world. All do you suo-
pose that Col would vase world material
in our solar system to the amount o; what
has been estimated As seven hun lrei triilon
miles OF solid contents aut that only Il
s n al part us compared with other systems
W lich 90 TO make up this many storied man
slou OF the text, where lt says, ut is He that
uuildieth His stories II tue heavensg'
Dill Prot $50: II irs tnel All his sister,
Cath srine, in lin ing worlds fni only
which Plazzi discovered in 1SJl, wastejS Is
V+sta, that U!b,rs discovered in 1907
wastedi Is Prosp1rine, winch Professor
Lltaer disc IvereI IN 1873 wsstei? Is
Urania, which Professor hind disc )vere | in
1851, waste ? Is Pm iora, discovered in
1853 By Professor 5 iarle, wAStels Are the
itLesn thousand 81 Irs fet1rIsl in ons year
IN the o o1servatocy at WaSiin ;t)n wiSt,lf
Is all except the bili1ntl part OF thu uni
verse wlstei? Ny hearers is it possible
That Ca wouli run such $ Zen lii plsSeI-
ger tram OF parior trS tnrou IN the heavens
An keep 1t ruanlns IL there wers no pas3sn-
gers!
Ju lginy from the extent OF the universe.
10 YOU think Go woll put all His family
IN such limits as this world m1rxsi IL a
ing nave a pala,s OF ous hulire1 roonS
" II he put all his princes AMI priucesses IN
one comparatively small ROB ny As the
highest happiness is in III kin Others happy,
IS it not certain that God would occupy
argsr placs ss than our snail elrta with be-
ugs capable OF hspptn sssI Besides this,
why all tue worlds farthest on and farthsst
lp covered with light? Wnit is the uss OF
iLht II there are no eyes OF inhabitants to
IN Joy and employ that llglt?
admit tn 1t scient.h: exploration has
discovered that aroult many worl Is there
s an atmosphere in whicl lun, g like ours
,oul not breatne, an tners are n ats or
,olds that physlqus ike ours couli not
endure. But do you su Ipose that We have
the only kin Of lungs tua5 Goi eau mikeS
DO our DO lies exhaust divin, ing snulty, and
must He make all tns intslli GENT creatures
with our respiration or pulls ltlon or mlsti-
,ation or digestion or haoltu le or not
AXE them at alp B,cluD org yiuisms like
)urs cannot live In Mercury or saturn or
Jupiter or the su we have NJ right TO con-
,lu 10 that those glo 0es are litelesS.
Without any telescope au without any
observatory aud wit out any astronomical
calculation, know that ths OF Ter worlds
ire inhabited, becauss my Bible AMI cola.
mon senss tell me SO. 1t has bsen estimsteI
that in the worlds belon yilg to our soar
3ystsm there is ROD fo.'l last twenty five
trillion OF population. AMI 1 bell, " it is all
occupied or will be occup et by intelligent
beings. Col will not I'LL tlan with brutes
He would certainly pat into thuse worlds
beings intelligent enousa TO appretitts ths
the colorinS, tue gran ieur, tbs
beauty, the harmony OF tneic surroundings.
Yea the In aoltlnts OF thoss world nave
OF loco notion like ours, for they
would not have IN such spacious opportun-
ity for movement il they had not powers
Of motion. Yea, they have siylt, elsa wny
the light eut neirinS; else now yet on with
necessary Ian Eulge ani nov clear them
selves from Advancing psr,ls? Yea, as God
made our ncmlu rae, in His IVA imLss de
probably M, lie the inhabitants OF other
worlds in HIS own ina ,e- other words,
it Is as near demonstration as care to have
It. that while the inhabitants OF other
worlds have iapsationS OF boiily structure
to the particular CHM 20 in which they
dwell there is yet SIM. .arity OF meuUil an 1
spiritual characteristics nons all the in.
habit ants of the universe OF Go |, aud made
IN dis image they are made won nterrulIy
alike.
Now what should b. the practical result
OF this discussion touutel on Scripture and
common senseP 1t is first OF all to enlarge
our ideas OF Col and so intensity our ad-
mration and worship. Uh Ter such consid-
Grafton how much mora graphic the Bible
question, which seems to roll pacS the sleeve
Of the Almighty and say, Hast thou an
arm like GodY' The cont n nplation also en-
courages US with the thou ynt that IL God
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