The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-12
One Hundred Millions of suns.


The comet has come. The comet is
going. going will soon be gone, and
thousands of people prefer its room TO
Its company. 4 hazy blur, with
slight sloudy indication OF tail, is what
most persons have seen of the dread
visitor. save at a few observatories;
but when We think Of the sights We
might have seen, we do not complain
For seventy-hve years we are safe
from Hallsy's comet. and few are
there Of those who have seen 1t this
time, who viii be gazing AT it when
IL reappsars. Most OF US will have
gone over 10 the mai ority." Ii is re-
lated OF Talma, that once when he
was playing before a crowded house
he suddenly tainted. When he re-
covered he explained that this thought
had overwhelmed him In fifty years
we viii all be skeletons. ! immediate.
ly saw them as skeletons and tainted
from the horror of il" Shelley, in thu
same way. was driven out into a ter
rible storm in Italy, by more ter
rihle thought. And when Miss Hersche
nrst looked through the great brother
telescope at the heavens, she fell hacl
in her chair insensible, and remained
so for en- hour or more. She had beer
clare the glory of God. and the tlrrna-
ment His handiwork," also no man
hath numbered the stars all her life,
but when she saw all that wonder.
beauty, niagnificence spread out before
her she was perfectly overwhelm ed.
The human mind cannot take in "100,-
100000 suns. have been observed, each
the centre of a system and an mex
haustible number remain uncounted,
unknown, as new astronomy puts
IT. In love and mercy was the light
OF the world, the splendor supreme
of God. given us as a little child in whom
TO sec the Father a Christian
family, a Christian home shows US
more of heaven. than all that mar
vellous dssplay OF power; it is all that
is left JUS cf Edsn.
Incredible.
Does 1t not seem Incredible that
after 1900 years of Christianity there
should be anything born of a woman
to reject the son of man-"the express
image of God" the diviniest and dear
est Being this world has ever SEEM
the kindeSt the most loving. the hest.
the most utterly uhselfish? Yet the
New England wiseacres. who are so
bent on educating and uplifting the
South" have become 50 numerous and
anti-ChriSttan that very many congre-
Eauonal churches have sought refuge
In the Presbyterian. and Episcopal
churches. and Boston has become a
Catholic city, even in politics. 1t re-
minds one of Carlyle's caustic com
,nent on the certainty of an undimin.
lshed supply of born fools In every
lasts" for these fastidious idiots pro.
pose they say, ito live on a. high mora
plane. for spiritual ideals"; they vii
drink, but not from Gods fountains
they Will eat, but not the bread Of III.
providing: they will outshine what the
Eastern Christian churches call "Th,
4 Radiance o! indeed. will theyr TheS
say they cant stand the divinity 81
Christ in their latest public mani.
festo like NJ Clemenceau, who de.
clared that Franco must rid hersel,
OF The Christian idea entirely and for.
ever. he was very nearly ASA SSH
mated two weeks later at a railroaf
station By somebody who quite agreed
with him; let US hope that New Eng
land mas nothing worse before her thar
TO become Canadian and Irish and
catholic, in order TO be Christian a,
Progressing backwards
To be building Hindood temple. in.
angurattng Intelligent classes il
Bu9ism" almost worshippng Mrs
Eddy and refusing TO be bound by
an effete Christian superstition, IN.
supported by critical scholarly exami.
nation OF their so-called sacrel
books" makes them simply grotesuueN