Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-17

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with even q small Telescope, how
ever, there nre at lehet hiy more
Observable In the constellation, and the
spectacle il a very beauti'ul one. The
larger star TO the left = Aicyone, aud
10 no dl.covenDle movement has been
made by 1t aud all Others have mo-
ton Of some kind, that star Is fixed
upon MS tue center OF the universal
universe.
R,v. l.. l.. Read, pastor OF the first
Baptist church OF II lvkensack, l.. H.
recently leolur.d on tho location OF
heaven and showed the audience, as
far as could be done by scientific
demonstration and argument, that II
aud Aloyone under different names
we're the same thing. without Mt this
timo subscribing to such u doctrine OF
donouncing It as senseless vggaty,
It Ia enough TO shy that his 70.
marks, a. reported by the New York
World were Ia places quite entertain
ing. The subject IS q fascinating one,
and In the hands OF an elucated and
enthusiastic theOrlst possess certain
degree u interest which they would
not under other circumstances.
rhe pastor Ia described as u
man who looks rs II he
did great zeal OF thinking
and 80 also "a thorough aud stulious
reader being quite familiar with the
works OF La Place, Proctor, Slruye,
New comb, Hersghel and other great
astronomers anu men OF letters and
science generally. His theory Is dc.
velopud In the following extract from
his lecture:
Alcyono Is tho grand center NJ the uni.
worse About 10 uut solar -yattm is
speeding in an orbit requiring about
10000 90 years tor one revolution, The
astronomer Nader has shown that the
proper motions ufali tue stars ago around
j. tho cantor OF tho ana orial universe.
Eigb cen million sun. belong Ia our iir-
mAuiont, aud thurc nro more than 1000
such nrmutnunt. known 10 astronomers.
Figures are buwildrring. suns aud sys-
,oms Of suns wheel about tins great CEN
trail sun.
What, then, could he more fitting than
that here, Rt tho center of gravity and
mo. ton, shoEld be tao throne oi the king,
Al INk #fHfl
According To tne teaching u the scrip
lures, IN Ephosian. w., 8, IL Il said tha.
Christ ascondud hr above all the heavens,
referring 20 ho three heavens recognized
by tho Iiobrows. To tho uppeTmost OF
those, Paul declares, Christ went, and
This statement would point that Christ
a-cended TO this central orb, which Is far
above all.
AlcyOne Ia shown TO be n sun Of
much greater intensity OF hea. anu
light than our own, the Hufince being
- hot that not even the gaseous state
can exist, tho solar material being Of
the con-l,tency Of ps.cn, aud Of
course nothing human " Of the "earth,
earthly" could eXist upon It Tor an Ia.
stani; but Mr.. Read found a way out OF
this difficulty. "Allhough," ho eaid
IN explanation, at Is probable that
those who attain this material heaven
shall be ~ lhs outward appearance, OF
human beings--iJ' we are taught that
We snail be- like Christ In this respect
it Is not necessary that we should
hes composed OF the same elements rs
we are on earth. rhe change Of con.
ditions and environment will cause
also change In construction. For
instance, look at the great differences
between the earth grub aud the dragon
fly, into which 1t eventually evolves.
This great difference Is due to the
change OF environment. In one etate
the animal live, In the grouni. In the
other II lives In the air."
This Is all very beeutiful theorlzlng
and might bo styled an intellectual
pastlmo which neither helps nor hurts
the auditor. Beyond that pale no
man OF merely mortal attachments an {
Inspirations can 20, But much IN at
puzzles the religlonist and the scientist
Il made plaiu by the revelations God,
who, Mir. Read TO tne contrary not
withstanulng, hiss shown himself 10 b,
neither "invisible" nor dumb. Learned
research Ia bound TO result In more or
LEES iluund, ring, until men learn 70
respect the inspiration that alone flows