Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-04-10
FACTS NOT THEORIES.
Occult Science Always Interesting
Ridicule Rampant.
Yet All Civilized People Are Inter-
ested in the Future ~ Brit aday
and Other Predictions for the
Coming Week.

! BY Prof Macdonald. Binghamton. y. Y.
! Every civilized, sane person the
! world over is interested in ocultisIl
or hidden secrets.
Astrology is especially interesting,
not alone from the fact that it is the
most ancient of Sciences but because
it more intimately than any other con
Germs the future OF humanity.
For the first time in modern history
the people-the most thoughtful people
have been asking themselves wheth-
er Or not there was some truth hidden
under the mass of rubbish. and whether
or not this medicum OF truth might not
be treated to investigation and made
of some practical use.
In these latter days astrology has
assumed a very serious shape, and the
! man VINO sneers at imposslbilities is
| himself sneered at in return. Ridicule
| must hereafter become silent.
People have shrugged their shout
ders and sneeringly consigned astrol-
| osy to the pit Of superstition. Even
| those with high educational abilities
would not tolerate mention OF the
subject and even carried their preju-
dices and self-conceit so far as to deny
plain historical facts.
1t has been discovered. however, that
astrology has behind it vast quantities
OF actual facts that can neither be de-
MED nor ignored. Belief in it is not
now confined to the poor and ignorant.
! for 1t has found its way among the
! finest scholars of the age-men who
know now to weigh evidence and are
not deceived by false testimony 1t is
now welcome subject in the highest
social circles
Astrology is again growing so large
| that no one can help seeing it and
feeling its influence. Lecturers are
| now listened to attentively. and every
thoughtful man now frankly admits
! that there is something behind the
science which is not fraudulent and
which is worth examining
All this may seem very strange to
the casual reader, but it shows that
the world has again become intensely
and seriously interested in astrologv.
The fatal mistake of the ancient as
trologers was that they did not pro
tect their science and expose the hum
bug practiced by fortune tellers. The
oNiVhNC las lICftl, 50 IdT, recovered
from it. They should have been the
first to clear themselves of all suspi-
cion of fraud, for the public was both
indignant and disgusJed
There are very few practical and
scientific astrologers nova days. as
to be proficient it requires undivided
attention and study which cannot be
given by those most interested on ac-
count Of financial returns The body
of believers are growing, literature
and magazines are coming into exist
ence with an uplifting that is encour-
aging.
Lay the theory OF numbug aside and
there is enough in the science of as
trolCgy to claim the respectful atten-
ton of the world. If human testimony
is worth anything at all. there are
enough well proven facts, that the
planets and signs of the Zodiac do
have an influence on the things Of
the earth, and those who do believe
in it have a sound scientific basis on
which to build their faith.