The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-15
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. HOW STARS CONTROL THE =
. MIND. =
. (Bv Garrett P. Serviss, in At =
!. lanta Georgian.) :


Go out under the stars tonight,
tomorrow night, the first night that
they shine clear, and surrender your
self to their thrilling influence
From all quarters Heaven speaks
to man." That sublime thought OF
the poet-astronomer Aratus, written
down nearly 1900 years ago, is ap-
nroved bv science. The addition OF
The human soul comprehends the sub
tie vibrations Of light as does t4aV
of the physical ear the coarser uhdu-
Ilations of sound. -,
Tn, voices of the stars are infinite
in Tange. Their luminous speech mas
million tones. 1t comes across the
ethereal ocean in ripplcs a 4O,oOoth, a
20 000th, 6OO0Oth of an inch IN
breadth, which, as through the eye
thoy break upon the brain, convey
moaning that the tongue can not
ender, but the spirit understands:
Not only poets, philosophers thlnk-
ers, but busy men and women, WORK
ers of all kinds and in all occupa-
lions, when they lift up their eyes
to the st.rry Heaven, know well that
the universe is speaking to them
No other voice commands consola-
tion and smooths away trouble Ike
that one-a voice that is felt. not
heard. Though the transparent
darkness" says Emerson, the stars
nour their almost spiritual rays. Man
nnder them seems a child, and ms
hugp globe a toy. The cool night
hafhes the world as with river
If YOU can not distinguish the voice
of Goa amid the clattcr Of your daily
affairs. if it is inaudible to you N
What are called his temples erected
by the hands Of man, then go out
and listen to it as nightly it falls
through translucent space from 81
lius, Arcturus, Aldebaran, Vega, 20
laris. the clustered suns Of Hercules
and the astounding star clouds Of the
Milky Way. If you find no reveal
ton of the Infinite in sacred books
or in doct1inal devotions, seek 1t I'M
der the illimitable dome that cover,
and Includes everything.
The heavens declare the glory Of
God,
And the armament sheWeth MS
handiwork.
Dav unto day uttereth speech.
, And night unto night shewett
knowledge.
There is no speech nor language
, Where the voice is not heard.
; Aratu5 put the equivalent of al
that in his one line. To feel thu
truth of it is worth all the stupcn
g., dous facts of astronomy. 1t is o
: the very essence of religion and it
recognition gave rise to the saying
that "thc undevout astronomer
mad" When you are weary, disap
E. pointed, discouraged, disheartened
! dcserted-go out under the stars, an
= look up at the universe. 1t is a uni
. versal medicine, calming, ra-creatn2
stimulating, a tonic for heart an
" mind,
I Ial not sure that a knowledge o
astronomy and an acquaintance wit
! unranography Geography of III
g heavens") add greatly to the influ
% ence of the spectacle of the stan
! strewn armament, for even thos
:, who are totally destitute of sue
> knowledge seem to feel that unfit
a ence by an instructive response c
" their inmost nature. 1t is in thi
y sense that we should interpret Shake
70 spearc's apparent sheer at the as
o tronomers:
g These earthly godfathers of Hea,
y ems lights
,,e That give name to every fxe
1t star
y