The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-22

a. preposterous or unscientifc would only b
possible. to the ignorant masses. blinded by
popular errors as to the real facts OF the case.
and betrayed by an absurd confidence In the
infallibility Of astronomical orthodoxy"
From his analysis OF the positive declarations
Of the Bible about the earth and the scheme OF
the universe. he insists that any other opinion
but that Of the absolute stability Of the earth In
space and the subordination to II OF all the heav-
emily bodies is utterly inconceivable TO the scrip
tural follower,
Regarding the function OF the moon. Mr..
Allaben says: Il believe the moon Ii a type
both Of the nation Of Israel and Of the Church OF
Christ. when either Is viewed rs n collective
unit" The stars" he says. are sometimes
types Of angelic ministry including fallen angels.
under whom the administration Of the affairs OF
this world has been left for a time. The stars
are also types Of individual saints. new born
from above. who are vessels Of the oommunica-
ton Of the light OF truth to the men Of the earth.
A star Is also several times used metaphorically
Of Christ"
Although DR.. Schoepfer contents himself
with negative propositions and does not under
take TO develop a system, Mr.. Allaben ventures
aggressively into the sphere OF system building.
Upon the hint given by the German professor
that wrong nbvsical prlnciples have heretofore
been followed nv the scientific world In study
ing the celestial bodies he Celebrates a theory
which he thinks ia "oapable of explaipine not
merely the Biblical Tycbonic mechanism. but all
the observed phenomena Of the physical uni
verse" This theory he outlines as follows:
IF n bar of soft iron be placed In the centre Of
n coil of wire and An electric current be sent
around the wire the iron will be transformed
into a magnet, retaining its magnetism while
the current passes. If steel is used instead Of
iron. the passing Of the current about II trans
forms the steel into a permanent magnet. Its
by means Of electricity, thus applied, that the
most powerful magnets are obtained. Let the
earth be the stationary iron or steel bar In the
centre. with the sun. by its daily and annual
movements treating about II a constant and
powerful electric current, and we have a princi-
pie which Is remarkable for It's Simplicity"
In other words Mr., Allaben believes that
the combined phenomena Of the earth's mag
netism and the suns electricity establish for
our solar systematic earth being the centre
an attractive energy which reaches 70 the
remotest confines Of space. Moreover. the
sun. the reservoir Of potential energy for the
entire universe according to the Biblical
Tychonic system, eventually receives again
all the energy radiated BY him TO propel the
vast machinery under his charge, thus pro-
viding the power for an endless communion
with the mechanical life which he everywhere
creates.
MIR. Allaben ands another testimony in favor
Of his Biblical-Tychonic system in the reve-
atoms Of the spectroscope, which indicate
incandescent metals as the chief constituents
Of the fixed stars. This he says, is pre-
cisely what our present knowledge Of cleo
tricity would lead US 10 suspect, provided the
Creator desired TO utilize the energy impaired
TO the sun 80 as to maintain an innumerable
array of electric lights in the armament. With
the analogy Of the incandescent electric light
before US we may dismiss the inconceivable
sizes and distances which the Newtonian-
Copernican hypothesis compels us TO assign
70 the fixed stars. and can. at the same time,
understand why they disclose no disks when
observed through the telescope. On the basis
OF a grand electrical plant we can also account
in a rational way for the phenomena-exua-
ordinary indeed on tho present hypothesis
OF the extinction Of the light OF fixed stars,
to reappear again In a short period"
Mr.. Allaben supports his argument with q
minute examination Of conflicting scientific
hypothesis, and ends his discussion with a