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mersarguethatadifferenceintheconstitutionofthe
starsgivesadifferenceintheirHght. Ithasalsobeen
learnedthatvaporaffectsthecolorofthelightpassing
throughit. Andinheatinganiron,wenoticethatit
atfirstisadullred,butbecominghotter,emitsawhite
light. Thus wereasonbyanalogythattheremaybe
adifferenceinthecharacterofthestarsorinthevapor
aboutthem,producingthedifferenceincolor.
What is all this studybuta carefulinvestigation
thatwascommenced andoutlinedin theBiblestate-
mentthat*'onestardifferethfromanotheringlory"?
Studyingthatglory,wemayhavebeenleduptosome
idea ofthedifferenceinthestars themselves. "We
arecharmedwiththevariegatedflowersofourgarden
of earth; but Hewho makes the fields blush with
flowersunderthewarmkissesofthesun,hasplanted
Hiswidergardenofspace withcoloredstars. 'The
rainbowflowerofthefootstool,andthestarryflowers
ofthethrone,'proclaimoneBeingastheAuthorof
themall."



H.W.Warren,
Butthereareotherdifferencesinlight;andbythis
difference,welearnofnewdifferencesintheheavenly
bodies. Thepassageunderconsiderationtellsusthat
"thereis onegloryofthesun, andanotherglory of
themoon." Thenthereason follows: "for onestar
differethfromanotherstaringlory."
Weareheretoldthatthegloryofthemoonisone
glory,andthatthegloryofthesunisanotherglory.
Todemonstrateit,wegatherupthelightcomingfrom
each,andlookforthedifferenceinthat;becausethe
sundiffersfromthemooninitslight.
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