Astronomy and the Bible;

180 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Thus we find that science has nothingdefiniteto offer. Wemustgoelsewhereifwe wouldknowthe truthoftheset ...

THEGOSPELOFDESPAIR^181 Thepromisesof GodinChristareasenduringas thesunandthemoon. Doyou beHevethatChrist's kingdomwillbeaneverla ...

182 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE everandever." Dan. (^12) :3. Inoneparticular,those who turnmanyto righteousness areto shine asthe stars ...

THEGOSPELOFDESPAIR 183 space waitsto receive it,and takes itswift as light canleap. Wesaidthatifthesunwerepurecoal,it wouldburn ...

184 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE itfirstappear,stillfeedsit. Thustheshiningoflight isacontinuingofthecreativeact;itisaprolonging ofcreat ...

THEGOSPELOFDESPAIR 185 Moses,inhisday,beheldawonderwhen"theangel oftheLordappeareduntohiminaflameoffireout ofthemidstofa bush: a ...

I CHAPTERXVIII DifferenceinGlory '^"I"Tusedtobethoughtthatthestarswereallvery muchalike inmagnitudeandconstitution;not, indeed,w ...

DIFFERENCEINGLORY^187 starhasacompanionwhichemitsaboutone sixthas muchHght as itself. Accordingtothe mostcareful estimateofthebr ...

188 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE actualdifference in thestarsthemselves whenplaced atequaldistances fromus. Menhada readyexpla- nation f ...

DIFFERENCEINGLORY 189 wereceivefromthemrespectively,provesthatSirius sendsustwelvethousandtimes asmuchasthecom- panionstar. Itis ...

190 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE them,havebroughtusfacetofacewiththefactthat onestardiffersfromanotherstarinluster. Itmustbe so,not beca ...

DIFFERENCEINGLORY 191 and an acetylene light,are placed at equal distance fromtheeye,andthelightineachcaseisofthesame size,thesp ...

192 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE mersarguethatadifferenceintheconstitutionofthe starsgivesadifferenceintheirHght. Ithasalsobeen learnedt ...

SiRius,A CelestialFurnace Themostbrilliantstarintheheavens. Manytimeslargerand brighterthanoursun. Ithasanalmostinvisiblecompani ...

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DIFFERENCEINGLORY 193 "If thedirectlightofthe sunbe receivedupona plateofpolishedblackglass,itcanbereflectedinany directionupont ...

194 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE fleetedorborrowedlight;andbythesamemeans,we canalwaysdeterminewhetherlightfromtheheavenly bodiesisrefle ...

DIFFERENCEINGLORY 195 Butlightrevealsmorewonderfullystilladifference ofonestarfromanother;andthis differenceofone starfromanothe ...

196 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE thesamenumberandthesamerelativedistancewhen thesamelightandprismareemployed. "Apatientstudyofthesesigns ...

DIFFERENCEINGLORY 197 sunmanysubstancesknowntoexistintheearth,and somethatwehadnot discoveredwhenthesunwrote theirname, orrather ...