The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-06

by It's distance from the base tells the
mean distance to that sun from the
earth. And II we go back to the date
which the Pyramid gives itself. we
find far sublimer indication. Science
has at last discovered that the sun Is
not dead center, with planets wheel
ing about 1t, but itself stationary. 1t
is now ascertained that the sun also
is In motion, carrying with 1t Its splen-
did retinue of comets, planets. its sa-
tellites ana theirs, around some other
and vastly mightier Center.
Astronomers are not yet fully agreed
as to what or where that Center is.
Some, however, believe that they have
found the direction of 1t to be The
Pleiades, and particularly Alcyone, the
central one Of the renowned Pleiadlc
stars. = Alcyone, then. as far as
Science has been able to perceive,
would seem to be tho midnight throne
in which the whole system Of gravita-
ton has it's Central Seat, and from
which the Almighty governs His Uni
verse. And here is the wonderful cor
responding fact, that at the date of the
Great Pyramids building the
Pleiades were distributed over the
meridian of this Pyramid. with AL
cyone precisely on the line. Here,
then. is a pointing of the highest and
snblimest character that mere human
Science has ever been able to so much
as hint and which would seem to
breathe an unsupported and mighty
meaning into that speech of Job, when
he demanded, 'Canst thou bind the
sweet influences of PleiadesT"
Sins Downward Course.
Prof. Smyth tells US that he finds,
astTonomically, that the Pyramid was
built IN 21Ee b. G. He tells as that at
that particular time the Dragon star,
the personffcstion of evil, was in line
with it's Descending Passage. The in
ference is plain when once we per-
ceive that the Pyramid pictures the
history OF the world. The Downward
Passage represents the downward
course of sin and death of the human
race under 1.-The Prince OF the power of
the air." under 1.-The god of this world"
History In general corroborates this.
The lower part Of the passage ceases
to be downward, and becomes h0ri-
xcntal to the large chamber in which
it ends. That chamber, wide and
high, but with troubled floor, may
well be understood to represent the
time in which we are living-the time
in which the downwardness Of our
race has been messurably arrested,
freed from the superstition which
bowed down our forefathers but the
uneven floor indicates "a time of trou-
ble." into which we believe we have
already entered. Theological, social,
political and financial troubles are in
means such anarchy as has been threat
ening In China and other Eastern lands,
and which the Scriptures clearly de-
clare will overwhelm Christendom.
Brighter and Better Things.
Centuries ago an Arabian Caiiph, AL
Mamoun, believing the Pyramid to
contain great wealth, spent a fortune
in digging into its interior not know
ing Of its Entrance Passage, which
at that time may have been covered
with the casing stones. He finally
reached the Downward Passageway,
but behold. the strenuous labors of his
work men dislodged a stone in the roof
Of the Downward Passage, and show
ed an Upward Passage, left concealed
when building the Pyramid.
Al Mamoun's men found that Up
ward Passage blocked with a large
granite block which they were unable
to dislodge; and it is still there. Eager
for treasure, they worked their way
around it and found above it an
Ascending Passage of about the same
height as the Descending Passage.
which ends in what Is known as the
Grand Gallery. It has the same steep
grade as the Ascending Passage. 1t
rs narrow at the bas bat wider high
err up. and seven times as lofty as the
Ascending Passage.
The interior of the walls Of these
passages Is of creamy marble or lime
stone, and the Grand Gallery has sew
en- overlappings on each of Its side
walls, and both the lower and end
walls overhang At its upper end is q
low Passage into what is known as
the Ante Chamber Through another
low Passage we enter what is known
as the Kings Chamber. At the juno
ture of the low Ascending Passage
with the Grand Gallery. is level
Passage which leads Off to what Is
known as the Queen's Chamber, di-
rectay under the Kings Chamber.
Thas the low Ascending Passage,
the WV HoriSontal Passage, and the
hoo< Of the Grand Gallery, all eeme
together at one point, and there we
md what is known as the Well, an
Irregular Passage which leads down
ward and connects with the Down
ward Passage toward its lower end
This Well and the Passage leading to
the Queens Chamber apparently were
secreted by the builders: but some
thing like an explosion tore away the
top stones covering the Well and the
lower portion Of the Grand Gallery,
and thus disclosed the Well and also
the Passage TO the Queens Che mber.
So far for our description,
Spiritual Lessons Here Taught.