The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
NJ A R S IS A
BEAU IFUL
ST Ar
REV. CARVER SPEAKS ON THE
CELESTIAL WONDERS.
Canals of Mars May Be Vegetation
Planet Warmer Than Earth With
Light Atmosphere.

Speaking from the text, I'VE have
seen His star in the East and have
come to worship Him. Rev Carver
said in part;
We can but honor the faith Of these
men who braved SCOTS and sneers
from those about them to travel to a
distant land and seek a heavenly
king. Their reason being. I'VE have
seen His star" We cannot tell today
just what that star was We can only
honor the faith OF those who followed
the sign, We do, however. marvel
that the people of today can see as
great and greater signs Of God In the
heavens and never seek Him. for sure
Is IT is a far greater token of God 8
matchleSS power TO keep an orb like
Mars In the heavens for long ages,
and cause II TO swerve through great
cycles of space with an accuracy mans
best tlmepiece does not rival.
We know that the sun, S66 900 miles
In diameter, Is the center of our solar
system which has Neptune 1900 OOO,-
001 miles away for Its outer planet.
Counting from the sun as center, Mer-
curry. 36.000,000 miles from 1t and
whose year is only SIS days. is the
first planet Next comes Venus, G7.-
100000 miles from the sun. Now as
Venus Is ZOO miles in diameter and
comes within 2G000,000 miles of tho
earth we would think 1t would be our
brightest star But Venus Is between
the earth and the sun and SO loses
the direct light The earth is the
third planet, 90. 900 miles from the
sun, and having diameter OF 1918
miles Then comes Mars. small
planet. being only 1900 miles In diam
eter and 141.500,0O0 miles from the
sun. Now all the planets swing around
the sun. not in circles, but In eclipseS
'or elongated circles. This brings
them nearer the sun and each other
at times than their distance would
indicate. and so Mars varies from 35s-
100000 to 23i 100000 miles from the
earth. Just now Mars Is at its near
est point to us, which II reaches once
every fifteen years You saw Mars
and the moon tonight. The moon was
2l63 miles in diameter and swinging
In an eclipse about the earth from
252,922 10 221 .6lS miles from us. but
IL was shining with a borrowed light
and therefore not as brilliant as the
much more distant Mars.
We shall never forget seeing Mars
through good telescope. It's beauty
is its brilliant coloring You can note
the color In 1t now even with naked
eye. The first popularity about the
planet is that the poles at seasons
of the year. which correspond TO the
winter OF its 6S7.day year. are white.
1 Then this whiteness dissolves and VA
por clouds appear while streaky lines
! are visible. 1t Is quite well establish
, ed that this whIteness is polar snow
or Ice. which meltS at the long sum-
mer season, So Mars is warmer than
the earth for our polar snow does not
melt. This gives us the temperature
OF the planet Now II may seem
strange TO some that a planet 10000
200 miles farther from the sun should
J still be warmer Remember. however,
! that on earth here cloSeness TO the
sun does not mean heat The noun.
tain peaks about even to the equator car
| ~ perpetual snow and ice, while the
valleys are very hot. Now, astrono'
mers have mapped 437 of these streaks
watch In summer run In straight lines
/ from the melting ice to centers all
over the planet, and 1S6 of these cen