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128 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE willoccupy; andthis ispossiblebecause itkeepsits waysteadfastly,faithfully,nevererratic,neverwhim- sica ...

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Halley'sComet,asSeenintheEarlyMorning NamedfromHalley,whofirstascertaineditsreturn around thesuninaperiodofaboutseventy-fiveyear ...

ASTHEMOON 129 modernsciencehasplacedatthecommandoftheeye andmindofman,whatlanguagecanadequatelyex- pressthefeelingsthatenrapture ...

130 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE never beholdanything not comprehended by its un- limitedknowledge. Themindofmanwillnevergrasp anythingb ...

ASTHEMOON 131 Thesewordshelefttobeinscribedonhissepulcher, andtheyarechiseledinthemarblethatrestsoverhis dustatMarshfield. Worth ...

132 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE ifwehavebeenawedbythemightofGoddisplayed inHisvastuniverse,weareawedbythedepthofHis lovedisplayedintheb ...

CHAPTERXIII StarsInnumerable AGES agothe Word declaredthe stars ofthe heavenstobeinnumerable. Yearshavecome and gone; man's know ...

134 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Johnsawbeyondthecrashofearthlyempirestothe kingdomofGod. AndAbrahamsawtothedeepsof thematerialuniverse. ...

STARSINNUMERABLE 135 it,allthiswasdonetorevealtoAbrahamthathewas to have fifteen hundred descendants! There were wandering nomad ...

136 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE astronomywhichisfarbeyondhumanideasorhuman conception, andthatmodernastronomy itselfis only beginningto ...

STARSINNUMERABLE 137 thefactthatfromtwothousandtotwothousandfive hundred stars arevisiblein thenorthern hemisphere tothenakedeye ...

138 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE 48,000starscomparedwiththenumberwhichcanbe seenwitha smalltelescopeofthreeinchesaperture? Lookatthestar ...

STARSINNUMERABLE 139 gazingforatimeatthissublimecelestialspectacle,on slightly moving the direction of the instrument, a secondg ...

140 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE "And now, changing again the direction of the telescope,webringittobearontheMilkyWay,that faint, myster ...

STARSINNUMERABLE 141 telescopeyetmade. Thesumofsomesixtyorseventy millionseemsatpresenttobeamoderatereckoning." "Therearestarsin ...

142 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE thestartledintelligenceofman,Thestarsoftheheav- ensaremnumerable. Withthemostgigantictelescopes,mancann ...

CHAPTERXIV The FixedStars TO theunaided eye,thestarsseemto holdthe samerelativepositionsintheheavensfromage. toage. OrionandtheP ...

144 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE "Before itbecamepossibleto examine with abso- lutecertaintytheplaces ofthestars,withaviewto ascertain t ...

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