. Astronomy and the Bible; . nd heat through the un-tiring ages. The sun shines on, but it is not consumed. THE GOSPEL OF DESPAIR 185 Moses, in his day, beheld a wonder when the angelof the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire outof the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold,the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not con-sumed. That was a marvelous thing. The bush burnedwith fire, and the bush was not consumed. That wasa stupendous miracle. But in the heavens above usevery day, we see the same wonder,— a wonder thatis to be perpetuated throughout the rolling cycles ofeternity. T
. Astronomy and the Bible; . nd heat through the un-tiring ages. The sun shines on, but it is not consumed. THE GOSPEL OF DESPAIR 185 Moses, in his day, beheld a wonder when the angelof the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire outof the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold,the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not con-sumed. That was a marvelous thing. The bush burnedwith fire, and the bush was not consumed. That wasa stupendous miracle. But in the heavens above usevery day, we see the same wonder,— a wonder thatis to be perpetuated throughout the rolling cycles ofeternity. The sun, with all its blaze of heat and light,ever burns, to bathe the earth in its rays, and givelight and energy to all its creatures. And it is notconsumed. No wonder that men, having lost sight of God, wor-shiped the sun; but let us look up and away from thecentral orb of our solar system, to Him who is thecenter of the universe, the source of all we are or everhope to be, and whose tender mercies are over all I CHAPTER XVIII Difference in Glory ^ I T used to be thought that the stars were all verymuch alike in magnitude and constitution; not,indeed, without considerable difference, but asmuch resembling each other as do individuals of thesame race.—Youngs Astronomy. That one star shines more brightly than anotherwas always apparent. But men thought that one starwas brighter than another simply because it was nearerto us. They did not believe that the difference in theradiance of different stars meant an actual differencein the stars themselves. But there came a time when men learned that thisexplanation was not sufficient. There might be in-stances where one star was brighter than anothersimply because it was nearer; but as the distances tothe stars came to be measured, it was found that some-times a very bright star is actually many times fartheraway than another star very inferior in brilliancy. Alpha Centauri is about two hundred and thirtythousand times f
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