Milford chronicle., 1906-02-16

!, so systematic are these movements ina
0 astronomers can calculate down to th
e very minute when a star will pass ;
I given place or disappear Thus W.
{ find that the frmamcnt Of the heavens
is great cosmos. 1t is a collection o.
! stars gathered into groups, each stal
I having its own place in a separate
group with other stars.
} This was conclusively proved by
William Herschel, the great English
astronomer. Hers chel for years studied
} the laws which bound star to star. In
his day no man knew more about them
than he did "In nearly every branch
Of modern physical astronomy he was
pioneer" wrote his biographer; "he
was the virtual founder of sidereal sci
ence. As an explorer of the heavens he
had but one rival. his own SON." After
years of study. William Herschel evOlv-
ed this beautiful theory of the heavens,
which. | believe. is the symbol of our
future celestial existence. The ancient
/ Chaldeans first gathered the stars into
groups or consultations. They had the
Dipper and Orion and the Bear and the
Bull the Ram, the Twins, the Water
pot, the Scales. the Fish, the Sea Goat
and others too numerous to mention.
But it remained for the modern astrOn-
Omer to show how these various groups
were related. Herschel mapped the
motion of these groups around their in
dividual centers; then he went higher
and higher in his astronomical theory,
and he showed how these centers NOV
ed around other centers and these other
centers in turn swing around other CEN
ters; then at last he swings all these
groups and consultations and solar
systems and all these centers around
one great center. which he calls the
great white throne of God" Cannot
you grasp the parable?
They Shall Shine as Stars.
In heaven all the soul winners of
earth shall shine as the stars forever
and ever. But these stars shall not be
simply great multitude of stars shin
ing as Il mass Of light. Each star will
be the member of certain group.
What is the group? Why. the family.
We shall sh,ae like Moses and Joshua
and Paul and Peter. Yes. but we shall
shine alongside of our fathers and
mothers and brothers and sisters and !
wives and husbands and children. In |
grOups-in family groups-we shall be. |
o God, thank thee that in heaven |
my loved ones shall be by my side as |
they have lived by my side on earth!
All the soul winners shall be there. but |
my dear ones shall live as close to me |
as though our mansion in heaven were
the only mansion built upon the Boule-
ward of Gold down near to the Beauti-
full Gate.
But there is another fact about these
stars to which l would call your at
tention today. If we turn many to
we shall shine. What
does that mean? Shall we be as min
ers with our little pickering lamps go
ing into the dark places of the earth
to hunt out gold for our own selfish
purposes? Shall we become misers
WHO are ready to shut themselves up
into solitary rooms, so that with a lit
tie flickering candlelight they can open
their iron vaults and in safety exam
inc their jewels and piles of silver and
Of gold? Nay. If we turn many to
we can never shut our
selves up in heaven. We must shine
as the stars. We must shine not so
much for the benefit of ourselves as
for the benefit of others. Heaven is
70 be a place of eternal enjoyment be-
cause it is a place where we shall
spend the millenniums in helping to
make others happy Oh, blessed, thrice
blessed is this thought! Is it your
nope?
When Cyrus W. Field was about to
ay the first successful Atlantic cable
le had two vessels, the Agamemnon
md the Niagara. Each loaded with
he precious cable, they met in mid
,cean. Then the two vessels parted,
md one sailed toward Valentia and the
,ther toward Trinity bay. Farther and
arther apart they went, each paying
Dut its end Of the cable But during
III that long journey toward the old I
world and the new these two vessels
Ould keep sending messages to each
,ther. So on the great sea Of space
he stars seem to be floating ships
Aye, more than that-they seem to be
Of life. And these stellar
Of life seem to be always
ignaling. always talking to each other.
hey seem to me to keep saying. "Oh,
hild Of Christ, when thou dost shine
IS the stars forever and ever thou
halt be shining for other worlds and 4
lot for thyseTf" Is it not a beautiful /
hought to you that all through eter-
lity you shall ne shining to make your
lear ones happy? Heaven can never
,e to your loved ones a perfect heaven {
Inless you are, there to shine for their \
;lory and eternal joy. {
The Rage For Automobiles. 7
According to the Auto Directories I
ompany. New York has larger num- I
er OF registered cars than any other
tate, 23.S40 being registered to date. )
Jtah, with $50. has the smallest regis
ration. Good roads keep pace with the I
and vice versa, but it does
ot necessarily follow that the state