Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-09
Pastor RusseII's Sermon

hASAh AAHtuuNy " hAat nUu AADAA lMo
earth And II we 90 back to the date
which the Pyramid gives itself, we
find a far subllmer indication. Science
has at last discovered that the sun is
not dead center, with planets wheel
Ing about It. but itself stationary. It
Is now ascertalned that the sun also
Is IN motion, carrying with It It's splen-
ais gss.Has Ok comets. planets. We sa-
telIlte8 and theirs. around some other
and vastly mlghtler Center
Astronomers are not yet fully agreed
ns 10 what or where that Center is,
Some. however, believe that they have
found the direction Of II to be The
Plelades. and particularly Alcyone, the
central one OF the renowned Pleladic
stars. - AlcyOne. then. as far as
Science has been able to perceive,
would seem 10 be the midnight throne
In which the whole system Of gravita-
ton has its Central Seat, and from
which the Almighty governs His Uni
verse. And here Is tho wonderful cor.
responding fact, that at the date Of the
Great Pyramids building tho
Pleiades we're distributed over the
meridian OF this Pyramid, with AL.
cyone precisely on the line. Here.
then, ia a pointing OF the highest and
sublimest character that mere human
Science has ever been able to so much
as hint and which would seem 10
breathe an unsupported and mighty
meaning into that speech Of Job, when
be demanded. 'Canst thou bind the
sweet influences Of PieiadeaT"
Sins Downward Course.
Prof. smyth tells Us that be finds,
automatically, that the Pyramid was
built in 2t70 b. O. He tells us that at
that particular time the Dragon star,
the personi1cation Of evil. was In line
with its Descending Passage. The in
ference is plain when once we per
ceiye that the Pyramid pictures the
history Of the world The Downward
Passage represents the downward
course Of sin aud death Of the human
race under THE Prince OF the power Of
the air." Under the god Of this world"
History In general corroborates this.
The lower part Of the passage ceases
TO be downward. and becomes horl-
sontal TO the large chamber in which
II ends That chamber, wide and
high, but with troubled door. may
well be understood to represent the
time In which we are lIvlng-the time
In which the downWardness OF our
race has been measurably arrested.
and when mankind are comparatively
freed from the superstition which
bowed down our forefathers; but the
uneven door indicates "a time Of trou-
ble," into which we believe we have
already entered. Theological. social.
political and financial troubles are in
the pathway Of humanity, and this
meanD such anarchy ~ has been threat.
ening In China and other Eastern lands.
and which the Scriptures clearly de-
clare will overwhelm Chflatendom.
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 nnally
reached the Downward Passageway,
but behold, the strenuous labors Of his
workmen dlslodged a stone IN the root
OF the Downward Passage. aud show,
ed an Upward Passage, left concealed
when building the Pyramid
Al Mamoun's men found that Up.
ward Passage blocked with large
granite block which they were unable
to dlslodgc; and Il is stll there, Eager
for treasure. they worked their way
around Il aud found above II an
Ascending Passage Of about the same
height az the Descending Passage,
which ends IN what IL known as the
Grand Gallery. II has the same steep
grade as the Ascending Passage. II
Il narrow at the base, but wider high.
or up, and seven times as lofty AZ the
Ascending Passage.
The interior OF the walls Of these
passages Ia OF creamy marble or lime.
stone, and the Grand Gallery has sew
on oyerlapplngs on each OF lts side
walls, and both the lower and end
walls oyerhang. AZ lts upper end Ia a
low Passage into what Ia known as
the Chamber Through another
low Passage we enter what Is known
as the Kings Chamber AZ tho Juno.
ture OF the low Ascending Passage
with the Grand Gallery. IA a level
Passage which leads or to what ls
known aa the Queens Chamber, a..
rectly under the Klng'a Chamber
Thus tho low Ascending Passage.
the low Horizontal Passage. aud tho
aoor Of the Grand Gallery. all come
together AZ one point, aud there we
nnd what Ia known as the Well, an
irregular Passage which leads down.
ward aud connects with the Down.
ward Passage toward lts lower end
This Wen and the Passage leading 20
the Queens Chamber apparently were
seewtod by The builders; but some.
thing llko an explosion tore away the
tor stones covering the Well aud the
lower portion Of the Grand Gallery,
aud thus disclosed the Wen aud also
the Passage 10 the Queens Chamber
~ FAR for our description
Spiritual Lepaors lferp IauunN
A key suegestcd 40 1858 BY young
scolchman. Robert MenAlea, aud which
begen to opeu the Pyramids religious
lessnnA was the Wet lie wrote to