Astronomy and the Bible;

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tacle presented! In thecenterthesun,blazingwith
splendor,pursuesitsmajesticcareer;arounditrollthe
planets,andaboutitclustertenthousandfierycomets.
Worlds bright and beautiful hover near the sun;
worlds fiery and chaoticseekthis great centerwith
impetuousvelocity,andthendashawayintothefarth-
estrangeoftheirgrandrevolution. Butthemonarch
moves on, and his magnificent cortege, performing
MotionofArcturus
I.ArcturusinthedaysofAbraham. 2.Arcturus
asitappearsnow. Although itis movingover
twohundredmilesasecond,stardistancesareso
vast,andthis staris so far fromus,it seems
hardlytohavemovedatall duringthesethou-
sandsofyears.