Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-28
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Wrttsn yorhe prsEuEr Nbws.
What doidfor Thought the ord supplies.
which To- " ngc mid earth and tkcsl
nor can the Great Creators plan,
he fa,homcd Boy the mind u man.
The mind may contemplate, however,
with awe and admiration, that with
which il e brought ia contact, and ever
be learning lessons which seem to
iamiharzc man more aud more with the
designer Of vast creations, which demand
the generation Of intelligent beings who
occupy them.
The earth on which We dwell, and the
heavens thereof surrounding IT, the
spheres that pertain TO this entire solar
system Of worlds to which we belong,
and the multiplied systems that hll i'm
mcnsity Of space, all bespeak majesty
and intelligence incomprehensible to
man. These, al OF INFINITE DURATION
are subject only to such changes In their
formation and growth TO maturity as
would adapt them to the wants and
necessities Of life. aud in,clligences des'
tined to inhabt them in their career to
rehabilitation. which Is the destiny OF
all created things that kee? the law aud
hll the measure Of their creation. The
field for thought is enlarged TO an inn
menaty m which the mind OF manis lost
IA field where Gods only have power
to tread.
Woudora in science. art and skill.
Combine tho Othorid space TO nll
Win worlds. ana syatoms CtCrniEcd
FOR fpiut homes cccsuaifct
Il Is but little we know Of the universe
by actual inspection, It's extent escapes
the grasp Of our limited vision; but
reasoning leads us to conclusions be-
You'd the reach OF sense.
Reasoning from facts which are within
Our comprehension. We may arrive at
correct conclusions relative to those
things which mind only can reach to
form any idea OF, aud may obtain de-.
gree OF knowledge through reason that
We cannot reach through the senses, and
TO which they have no relation by reason
OF perception
We know, Tor instance, that an earth
OF planet does exist upon which living
beings dwell, and that this organized
planet is capable Of sustaining the animal
lie Of intelligent and other creatures
dwelling upon a. II seems entirely
adaptpd to that purpose, and 10 have
been created Tor that end. We see
many other planets of worlds moving
In space. and reason and analogy sug-
gtst that they may have a similar end or
destiny appointed unto them; that none
OF tho Creators works are vain when
considered ia view Of the utility and
perfect adaptation of the one ON which
we dwell 20 the great end 10 yiew-thc
eternal rehabilitation OF the earth and
iis inhabitants who keep the law Of their
creation.
our earth We know to be the resi-.
dcnce Of organized, sensitive and think
INK beings. observation teaches us that
other planets of the solar system nc.
semble the earth In many respects, and
We therefore conclude that they are the
residences OF sensitive aud rational
beings. This may be the conclusion OF
astronomical observation, and there are
also other evidence, 100 support Of such
conclusions. u D. written that EnUCh
walked and talked with God, the
Creator OF these many worlds. lie
says that II man could number the par
ticles Of the earth, Il would not be
beginning TO the number Of Gods
creations, and that Ills hands could
hold and His eyes could pierce them
40.
Further observation makes Il probable
that the fixed stars are bodies like our
sun, shining by their own light, and
never changing relative positions; from
which II Is coniectured that each OF them
has its train Of planets like our earth,
and that there are as many solar systems
as there are fixed stars, and as all the
bodies OF Our system are mutually rclat'
ed to each othrf the inference Is drawn
that the different solar systems are also
connected with each other and that the
whole hosts OF stars, with all their plane
tnry trains tcyolye around some com
mon center and that the system OF the
universe Is the same ON n vast scale,
as the solar system Is In miniature.
This bcwildcung thought seems be-
You'd our comprehension and the innum-
CRADLE motions Of these milliInsI OF
worlds In infinite space clude our con.
cepton. Here are perpetual motion
and perpetual order produced by the
common principle Of attraction which
binds the universe together The CTea.
tor of ALL the Unseatchahlc, holds the
scales in His almighty hand by which
these worlds are balanced against each
other, aud form tremendously framed
whole
Could we comprehend the work Of
creating this one small earth on which
we dwell, and the sciences necessarily
employed In is construction, We would
then have but a very faint idea Of the
Intelligence Of the Creator who has
weighed, measured, and adjusted the
various classes OF material of which Il Is
composed, SO as to cause uniform
motion IN H. revolutions; endowed IL
with powers OF attraction and rupulsion
necessary 10 preserve IL permanently in
the orbit to which il was assigned. In
It's relation TO other planets OF the same
system, endowed Il with perpetual life
so as TO provide for the susterance OF
the inuumemble living beings TO come
upon II, made earth, air and water so
suited to the nature Of man that he
could derive from them all that was
essential TO his physical demands Tor
happiness and life, caused the water to
so circulate iu both the earth and arr as
10 make them useful aud necessary TO
the lie Of man. and then, as did one OF
the prophets we may ask-ln what
school was He educated. where numbers
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