Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-12
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Or. Copp Says Home OF Blest is
in Alcyone, Wicked in
the Sun
erAR CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
Washington Divine Declares Here God
Had His Throne, Surrounded by
!; Anoe,,-Heaven All Around, Houses
i Are Transparent = Astronomers
/ Not Agreed.

Washington, July 12.-Our aoiolhs
place in the future has been locateo'
Those of who are bad in this Worio
will be furnished free transportation
q the sun, and those Of us VINO are
GOOD may select place in heaven 70
auit ourselves If we want 10 res
IN the heavens of heavens. where Goa
has His throne, We will select Alcyone'
INT all the universe except the sum-
which is hades, is heaven Tor tnose
~,ho follow Gods commandments
So says Rev. Zed Hertzel Copp, pres
ad.nt of the Highway Sunshine Cos
pel Union. who has followed the. an
nouncement Of his startling discovery
that the sun is the home Of the Imp
Of darkness, by the declaration that
Aicyone. which he describes as the
central planet Of all known space
around which sll other planets reVolve,
Is the footstool of the Creator, where
his throne has been erected. He makes
the statement, he says, after re-
search covering fourteen years.
Hut heaven Is not confined to one
particular planet, according 10 ME-
Copp. washington, this country. the
world. is heaven" he says, and we
live In 1t. But it is not the heaven
that God wishes it to be. Everything
the animals, the birds. the t1shes-are
IN unison with God; only we, the hu-
( man beings, are In revolt As soon as
I've comply with Gods will, this earth
will be q com plete heaven.
T FROM Alcyone, says the reverend
& doctor. the Almighty rules the universe
and directs the destinies Of man and
swomankind.
The multitudes of planets which re-
Iyolve around Alcyone he describes as
magnificent gardens, wherein dwell
1 angels and those over whom they pre-
side. A state Of lethargy exists among
the Inhabitants and everywhere peace
and quiet reign supreme.
In heaven" said tho minister, there
are palaces Of brick. and stone. But
1.-THE solidity implied by the ingredients
counts for naught Since they are trans
parent The Inhabitants may look
thru the houses of their nefghbors.
They can observe every action Of their
eneighbor, and the thoughts OF one are
the thoughts Of the other. But In
heaven everybody is good. There Is
mo such thing as rebellion, insubordi-
nation and reticence.
4 Paul says he was taken up to the
third heaven and heard things not
lawful for him to utter. He could not
utter them because he could not find
human expressions strong enough to
convey his ideas.
There are three heavens. First, the
natural heaven. the canopy above the
earth; second, paradise; third, the
heaven Of heavens, or abiding place OF
Jehovah.
scientists know that there is q
planet or star around our own solar
planet or star around which all other
stars and planets, including our own
solar system, revolve. That is the
star Alcyone, OF the first magnitude as
TO size, and said to be thousands OF
times larger than any other known
body.
"In this place the Inhabitants are
beings of the highest rank, but little
tower than divinity itself, clothed with
majesty, power and learning. Earthly
kings surrounded themselves with the
best and noblest OF their subjects. Is
1t q violent supposition that the divine
king does likewise In the composition
OF his court?
For the second heaven. commonly
called paradise, Mr.. Copp said he had
no precise location.
Alcyone Is the most brilliant Star of
the group known as the pleiades. which
d in the constellation Taurus, and is
quite conspicuous on winter evenings
about "a degrees north Of the equator.
Alcyone is OF a greenish hue and has
q magnitude of 80 This is the star
which was supposed by Nader, the
German astronomer, to be the central
sun, in reference 70 which our sum-
with its planets, and all other known
systems are moving, perhaps revolv-
Ing, within some almost Incompetent
sible period Of time; but, as general
proposition, the hypothesis of any CEN
astronomers.
The distance of Alcyone from the
earth is irnyneasurable and it's size may
only be conjec tured, but that IL is q
vast, flaming mass is conceded. And it
also is probable that a ray of life from
Alcyone will take at least 100 years
to reach this earth.
For some unknown reason there
were anciently said to have been sew
en- pleiades altho only six were con-
spicuous then, as now. To the Greeks
the constellation was. important, since
with its heliacal rising in May naviga-
tion began, and with its setting in
November it was supposer to close.
The Pleiades also served as guides for
seed time and harvest.
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oaptist Divine Says 5000 Are Re-