Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-04
The Better hand.

a trusting faith that IL is some where and
that the shepherd will lead Us safely
there
But the idea OF Alcyone being the
central sun is now an exploded
theory" Il Is true that the 'stardnit'
OF the pleiadcs Is remarkable aud that
Algyunc is doubtless the centre of
magnificent tctnue ul suns but Prof.
Proctor demonstrates that there Is @ vet
more remarkable "dnu' u t,Na W5J0y.
Is likewise IA the constellation Gamer
and GsHiHi lie rejects tbc "g.ovun
ring GALAXY suggested by Hcrschel and
accounts ior the peculiar strains. pro
icCtiUns, laCuty, etc. OF The stars, uv
an oblonE ring In winch are myrlad5 Of
worlds, system within system ild
streams OF star, forming spiral appeal
ages Of the whole. Declaring that 300
telccupc ever Invented by man has been
able To- penetrate the Milky Way BOO any
direction, he necessarily rejects The
island universe as external Et'aNIes
aud Includes them 100 our own universe
outlying Islands, perhaps ol thy same
woudrous globe, detached from Che
mainland but not from the vast lttrte.
,ion toward which all the continents,
Stands, seas aud oceans grlvilaig. Tie
does not pretend 90 point out e center cor
10 say whether there Is a central object
M this mystic mcaieung, overwhc.m.
ing whir. 10 there be "a center there
must bc % circumference aud IL Is not
yet demonstrated whether our universe
mas any bounds or D. its extent continues
ON through the inhuiWic Of space.
lu regard 90 the supervision OF this
wonderful creation we cannot otherwise
lao Lss|ts % a
who comprcheuds aud directs the whole
but that Ills empire is sub,dividcd and
organized into Kingdoms aud states. IL
is surely not too much 10 suppose that
the irll extent and ingenuity OF this pos.
sIblc organization of government ~ Vs
wonderful and hi.fc1cning and incom.
prehcusiblc TO man as the physical
mechanism of the universe Itse q, aud as
the earthly is type Of heavenly ma
trrial of spiritual So may also the Wa
l.actca which our eyes 900 part behold.
uucompIcHy1dcd by our minds be but a
type Of the Wuudfou, but harmonious
machinery of Dos control Upon this
point we look upon PfOctor's reasoning
us lame aud believe that the ideas OF the
l.attcf.day SAINTS will bear scrutiny aud
serious confederation. We will merely
refer the reader TO one or two items of
Mormon belief. the revelation boz the
Doctrine aud Covenants called The Olive
Leaf speaks iu parable OF the Planet
lry worlds a, Kingdoms upon which the
Lord lUstuWs lls attentions boo turn.
The sun aud Ills planets are but no In.
significant territory OF the universe but
they are nevertheless grand and quite
beyond the comprehension of man, nay
they arc not unworthy the supervision oi
q God May We he pardOued the pre-.
/ sumption ui Offering q suggestion; May
| not the great Lord Jehovah. be the Ruler
/ Of the sun and HIS planetary retinue,
/ ltsus Christ the Lord OF the earth Tor
/ which lie became the atonemcnt, and
/ ElOheim the Ruler OF the universe or OF
/ some grludcr system cUmpfrhendcning
| our solar system as an empire Is In.
cludcd IN some greater cmpire' Where,
| then. Is licayenl
Tue bereaved mother, sorrowing aud
/ longing Tor her dead treasure, unsatIs.
/ fed by the conclusions ol science, seek.
ing through the Scriptures for a bow Of
/ promise that would comfort and heal
| ncr aching heart, turned TO the Pearl OF
| Great Price and held her breath In sur.
prise and gratitude as her burning eyes
Tell upon these words. And Il came "a
pass that Moses spJke unto the Lord,
saying, De mgrciIul unto thy servant u
God, aud tell me concerning the earh
and the inhabitants thereof and also the
heavens and then thy servant will be-
content, And the Lord God spake unite
Moses, saying. The heavens they are
many and they cannot be numbered
unto man, but they are numbered unto
me, for they are mine, and as one earth
shall pass aWaNInd the heavens thereof
even so snail another come; and there
Is no end 10 my works, neither 10 ms
words"
Each world, with the heavens thereof
Again the saudeucd mother looks up
ward TO the Sky but AlCyonc Is forgot
ten. some where up Wonder hel
bright lost darling has taken up q new
abode. Among the GLORIOUS mansion.
which the Father hath provided Tor III,
pufcst lambs, her own sweet tTrasuf,
hath found a lovely homc--a hom,
where sin Ut care, or death or grief car
never enter. Amid the realms whiCl
eye hath never seen nor ear heard. moi
mans Imagination CoHieCturcG, her
glorIhcl darling siugth before the
Great White Throne beholiug the
RIVER that tDWrth close beside % auJ
gathering ihg Jmirautus OF heaven with
those Gear little sanguhcl hands
There he lives aud breatles the ambient
air VI that blessed world with refine
ment OF ecstasy, of which our cOlfset
senses can never DREAM But not ir
AlCyluu Not in AlCyuuc' This lOwly
. Wu-atHned, unhappy earth hath yet ,
heaven of Is uWn-I bright, etrma
heaven Us real as itself, although s.,
: wonderfully happy and is locality, dea
, | reader is NOS, we think, So very ga
above the tender blue which We be
hold 30 its bending down so lover
around us'
o. "IFr bath not a-u my gentle boy
: I.H. bath lthrlu No. deep songs 90. los.
, urH.W cannot picture word a1 a|I,-
/ Sorrow Hud death MAY not enter there.
/ . Time doth uul breath ON TO- rde'el. bloom
, Iar beyond lNr clouds, and beyond Che lom1
. 10 b. ihrtr. 10 f.. there, my g.U.'
krHg IAv0ST