The Globe-republican., 1893-01-06

night sky. See that your children and
| grandchildren mount the heavens with
| telescope for alDenStOck, leaping from
| acclivity OF light to acclivity of light
| What beautiful and sublime thing tha,
| John Quincy Adams. the eX-PreSident,
| borne down with years undertook at the
peril Of his life the journey from Wash
| ington to Cincinnati that he might lay
] the cornerstone Of the pier of the grca'
| refracting telescope and there making
his last GRAFTON.
| What q service for all mankind when
! in 1899 Lord RosSe lifted on the lawn OF
| his castle eighty miles from Dublin, Il
! telescope that revealed worlds rs fast as
! they could roll in, and that started an
| enthuSiam which this moment concen-
| ters the eyes of many of the most devour
in all parts of the earth on celestial dis
covery. Thank God that We now know
where our own world is, bounded on al
| sides by realms Of glory, instead Of being
where Hesiod in his poetry described IL
| to be-namely, half way between Heaven
and hell. an anvil hurled out of Heaven
| taken ten days to strike the earth. and
| taking ten more days to strike per iition:
! From the high heaven a brazen anvil cast
Nine days and nights in rapid whirls would last,
And reach the earth the tenth whence strongly
hurled,
! Tie same the passage to tn Internal world
l thank God that We have found out
that our world is not half way between
Heaven and hell. but is in a SiSterhood
| of light, and that this Sisterhood Joins
all the other sisterhoods of worlds. NOV
ing rOnnd some great homestead, which
is no doubt Heaven. where God is and
our departed Christian friends are
Gu the tower of Pharos. Egypt, a me-
tallic mirror was raised which reflected
all that occurred both on land and sea
for distance OF 800 miles. and so Egygt
was informed Of her enemies long before
their arrival. BY what process / know
not, but in some way this ship of strug.
Cling earth, think, is mirrOred to dis
tant worlds Surely this one expert.
ment of world unlOosing itself from
God will be enough for all worlds and
all eternitieS.
But notice that as other worlds rolled
into the first book of the Bible, the book
of Genesis, they also appear in the last
book Of the Bible. the book Of Revela-
tion. They will take part in the scenes
Of that occasion, which shall be the
earth's winding up and a tremendous oc.
casion for you and me personally. My
father was on the turnpike road between
Trenton and Bound Brook. New Jersey.
He was coming through the night from
the legislative halls, where he was serv-
ing his state. to his home. where there
was sickness. l often heard him tell
about 1t. 1t was the night of the 12tb
and the morning of the 18th of Novem-
Der, 1s33
The sky was cloudless and the air
clear. Suddenly the whole heavens be-
came q scene never to be forgotten.
From the constellation Leo meteors be.
gan to shoot out in all directions. For
the two hours between four and six in
the morning it was estimated that
thousand meteors a minute flashed and
expired. 1t grew lighter than MONDAY.
Arrows of fire. Balls of fire. Trails of
fire. Showers Of fire. Some Of the ap-
pearances were larger than the full
moon. All around the heavens explosion
followed explosion. Sounds as well as
sights. The air filed with uproar. All
the luminaries of the sky seemed to have
received marching orders. The heavens
ribbed and interlaced and garlanded
with meteoric display. From horizon to
horizon everything in combustion and
cOnflagration.
Manv q brain that might gave way 1t
was an awful strain on strongest nerves.
Millions of people fell on their knees in
PRAYER Was the world ending. or was
there some great event for which all
Heaven was Illuminated? For eight mo-
mentOuS hours the phenomenon lasted.
East, West, North, Soutb-it looked as
though the heavens were i'm maniac dis.
At. III, IL
said that those meteCrs started from
2.2OO miles above the earth's surface and
moved with ten times the speed of
cannon ball.
The owner of a plantation in South
Carolina saws of that night scene: II
was suddenly awakened by the most dis
tressing cries that ever fell on my ears.
ShriekS OF horror and cries of mercy l
could hear from most of the negroes on
three plantations, amounting in all to
about six or eight hundred. While earn
estly listening for the cause / heard
faint voice near the door calling nv
name. l arose, and taking my sword
stood at the door. At this moment /
heard the same voice still beseechlng me
to rise, and saying, oh, my God! the
world is on fire" then opened the door,
anu IL Is Ollncuit 10 say WHICH cACiteO
me most, the awfulness of the scene or
the distressed cries of the negroes. Up
ward of one hundred lay PROSTATE on
the ground-sone speechless 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 to-
ward the earth. But the excitement
thus described by the southern planter
ran among the whites as we'll as the
blacks: among the intelligent as we'll as
the superstitiOus.
The spectacle ceased not until the ris- |
ing sun OF the November morning eclipsed |
it, and the whole American nation sat
down exhausted with the agitations Of |
night to be memorable until the earth it. |
self shall become q falling star. The |
Bible closes with such scene Of falling |
lights - not only tidgety meteors. but |
grave old stars. St John saw it in pros |
pect and wrote, 1.-THE stars Of heaven fell |
unto the earth, even as fig tree casteth !
her untimely figs when she is shaken of |
q mighty wind" What time that will |
be when worlds drop. Rain Of planets.
letting loose ner grip On
worlds. Consultations flying apart. |
Galaxies dissolved.