(^26) ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE
... Someshinewithavividhght,perpetuallychang-
ingandtwinkling;others,moreconstant,beamsoftly
andtranquillyuponus;whilemanyjusttrembleinto
oursight,likeawave that,strugglingtoreach some
far-offland,diesasittouchestheshore.
"Inthepresenceofsuchweirdandwondrousbeauty,
thetenderestsentiments oftheheartarearoused. A
feelingofaweandreverence,'ofsoftenedmelancholy
mingled witha thoughtof God, comesover us, and
awakensthebetternaturewithinus."
—JoelDorman
Steele,Ph.D.
Anotherhassaidthatasw^e studyastronomy,"the
common authorshipoftheworlds andtheWordbe-
comesapparent;theircommonunexplorablewealthis
anecessaryconclusion."—HenryWhiteWarren,D.D.
Both ofthe writersquoted above arethe authors
oftextbooksonastronomy. Thelatterofthetwodid
notfail,inhis"RecreationsinAstronomy,"tocarry
outtheprincipleshestates.
Herschel, one ofthegreatest ofastronomers, has
said, "Allhuman discoveries seem tobe made only
forthepurposeofconfirmingmorestronglythetruths
that come from on high and are contained in the
SacredWritings."
AndGeneralMitchel,astronomer,andmovingspirit
inthebuildingoftheobservatoryonMountAdams,
nearCincinnati, hasspokenwords that shouldnever
beforgotten:
"Iftherebeanythingwhichcanleadthemindup-
ward to the omnipotent Ruler of the universe, and
givetoitapproximateknowledgeofHisincomprehen-