Astronomy and the Bible;

RegionoftheGreatNebulaofRhoOphiuchi ''Uponacloudless,moonlessnight, welookaboveus." ...

THEFIXEDSTARS 145 year;whileothers, inconsequenceoftheirenormous distance, mayrequire centuries to detectany appre- ciablechange ...

146 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE "Havingaccomplishedthismuch,thisgreatastrono- merattemptedtheresolutionofthegrandproblemof thesun'smove ...

THEFIXEDSTARS 147 fornearlyhalfacentury,nomindseemed willingto renew theinvestigation. Thetheory fell into disre- pute,and wason ...

148 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE willbefoundthepointtowardwhichthesunwasdi- rectinghiscourseintheyear1840." — "Planetaryand StellarWorld ...

THEFIXEDSTARS 149 sun'smotionthroughspace isnearly sixteenmilesa second. "Andnowdoyoudemandhowmuchrelianceisto be placed onthisb ...

(^150) ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE tacle presented! In thecenterthesun,blazingwith splendor,pursuesitsmajesticcareer;arounditrollthe pl ...

THEFIXEDSTARS. 151 hishighbehests,followwhithersoeverheleadsthrough space!" "Look outto-night on the brilliant constellations wh ...

152 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE investigations. Moon,andplanet, andsun,and sys- tem,areleftbehind. Hisresearches arenowwithin a sphere ...

THEFIXEDSTARS 153 And somemensaw occasion forstumbling inthe useoftheword"tabernacle." "Inthemhath Heset atabernacleforthesun." ...

154 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE distance shining in the sunlight, they began to call them''shines." A newwordwasthusaddedto the languag ...

THEFIXEDSTARS 155 allthehostsoftheheavenareinmotion? Anditsays morethansimplythattheyareinmotion;"thatbring- ethout theirhosthyn ...

156 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE larities in the movements of the heavenly bodies. There were perturbations and oscillations, accelera- ...

THEFIXEDSTARS 157 Wouldwe,ifwewerelivingbackbeforethedaysof Laplace,holdtothestatementofthatWord,orwould wefollowthecrowdofworld ...

158 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE locityof twohundred milesa second. Astronomers have notlongknown thestupendous fact;butages ago the Wor ...

CHAPTERXV TheBandsofOrion '^y^^ANSTthoubindthesweetinfluencesofPle- B iades, orloose the bands of Orion?" Job ^^^ 38:31. Some ha ...

160 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Fromthis,itisevidentthatthetranslatorswerenot willingtotakethefirstandmostobviousmeaningof the word. Th ...

Brooks'sComet,asSeenJustBeforeDawn Thisisbutoneoftheimpressivesightsfrequentlyspreadin theheavenstodelighttheeyesofearth'sdwelle ...

TheConstellationPleiades,ShowingNebulosity ThenebulainthePleiadeswasfirstrevealedbyphotographs. Itenmeshesthegreatstarsofthisclu ...

THEBANDSOFORION 161 Now ithasbeen scarcely ageneration sincemen learnedthatthePleiadesandOrionwereeachagroup ofstarstravelingthr ...