THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1S96.
and Alfyigenses, P uritans and Call)- the subject I will leave for another was in vogue, th e d is ta n c e o f th e
In speaking thus of the great olies> Jevvs and Hugenots, drearily time.
e a rth f r o m .t h e su u w as g re a tlv
central teaching of the religion of n,n’ " e n rily walking the highw ays
By the parallax we have deter- underestim ated.
Had it been
most o f our feilow-eilizeiis it should and byw ays of Europe in monien- mined t lie distance of uh t he planets known, as it is now known th a t
be remembered th at I am here »ary teat of d eath , because their as well as m any lix«d stars. Mer- the distance was ninety million
neither to offend nor to defend.
I religious views differed from those erny an d Venus are called the in- miles, th a t argum ent would not
should regret exceedingly if any ot tl,e predom inant church.
ferio» planets and have no moons; have much weight, for as the paral*
should imaginie th at 1 enter into
I t is an old question w hat is the oext in order comes our earth with lax of a body dim inishes as its dis-
the present discus.-ion in a spirit Mess’ah, and o n e about which there ” n* moon: Mars comes next ami is tam e increases, a star mav he so
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apologize for our own faith. I am one th a t this season of advent sug- •’ <! it more than all others because perceptible.
To detect the p a n i ­
no adm irer and 1 hope no breeder, ge>ted ami one that is alw ays it is so near to us. It is only one lax of a sta r requires a very line
of the detestable odium tbeologicuin w orthy o f consideration, lbr in this fourth as large as our earth. Its insiriinient with which to m easure
— th at contradiction in term s—“ re- question is bound up a m an ’s way alm osphere is loaded with clouds its angle. T he b lu e arch of the sky
Fm- if lik e o u r e a rth am i has two little as it
ligious h a tre d .”
It should be of looking at
life,
a ppears to
he
sp re a d
known th at we adm ire our fellow- it be g ran ted for a moment m oons. T h e o u te r one revolves above
us,
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citizens of other creeds when they th a t
succeeding generations are
sphere. There a re tw o
deserve'admiration. We are happy to in h erit the
affliction
and distance of 12,30) mile- ami is points to he noticid here, first,
to co-operate with them in all troubles, the sorrows an d sins, the 'called Peiinos. Th»* inner one that so far d istan t is this im aginary
works of charity, public duty, pat m istakes and lailurcs of the past revolves around it in seven hours arch from us, th at if anv two par-
riotisin, and in all th a t may tend probably in a m agnified form , then and th irty m inute- at a distance ‘ allei fines from different parts of
to perfect our common hum anity. m ust m an ever consider life a bur- <>l only 3.000 milt*- ami is called the earth are draw n to this sphere
E lcho-. These words mean I,read they will apparently intersect. ( )f
This is the plain teaching of Ju d a - den, for the curse of failure states
stares ' I’hoho-.
ism throughout every period of its him in the face. But on the other and T error the s< ns of Mars.
course this cannot be the fact, bur
changeful history. But in m atters h an d , let him but believe th a t life’s j Next in course from the sun th»* distance is so im mense that we
of conscience, in m atters of having bitterest experiences are not eternal, is
wrecked planet, or asteroides are unable, to distinguish the little
regard to eternal tru th s, in affairs th a t the greatest an d
proudest i which 150 have been counted difference of eight or leu thousand
that affect individual and private be­ triu m p h of H u m a n ity am i Be- Som e of these would only m ake miles, and the two lines seem to
liefs we claim the right to hold w hat­ ligion will be a lb iigi-m oi H um an a good sized farm.
meet, so we m ust consider this great
soever opinions reason urges, even ity , th a t the gi\«u victories th at
We next pass to J u j iter the ear It of ours a mere speck or point
as we w illingly grant non-Jewi.-li seem en tirely beyond our power giant planetof o u rso lar system wjth at the center of the celestial
neighbors the privilege of accepting will be w ithin easy reach of those ! i ’*s four moons revolving around .sphere.
whatever doctrines they care. The who sh all come a lte r us; let him the sun at a mean distance of 472-
S cond, th a t we must even neg-
Bowling along lect the entire diam eter of the
Jew has the sam e right to worship but form a n d nourish the c o n -! 000.090 miles.
God after his own mode as has the vietions th a t life m ust ascend ever through space at the rate of 500 e a rth ’s orbit, so th a t if we should
Christian. The C hristian has the higher in th e m oral scale, th a t m iles in a m inute.
Next comes ¿,.aw 1wo parallel lin < , one from
same right to believe in the divine hopes s h a ll not alw ays be frus- S atu rn , the ringed planet, the mo-t each end of the e a rth ’s orbit to the
trinity as the J. w claim s to b<*Pieve trated and asp iratio n s shall not sublim e spectacle of all. with its sphere, although these lines would
in the absolute unity of G a l.
S i alw ays be th w arted and work for eight moons, revolving around the he 183,000,(MX) m iles ap a rt, they
too have we the right to discuss m a n k in d ’s good “ sn ail not alw ays sun at a m e a n distance of 872.0OO.- would bu extended so far th a t they
our belief, and if by reference to or retu rn em p ty ,” and at once life a. -
miles. It is left unfinished and would ap p aren tly pierce the sphere
comparison with an other creed we sum s a rosy nue crowned witn hope. ‘ shows how worlds were made.
a t the same point, which is to say,
can m aintain the tru th of our posi­ I t . i s b e J i t i m ih ead v a i.e e ot Im-
U ra n u s’ distance ,is 1,854,000,000 th at at the great <listam*e,183,OOJ,-
tion, we claim the right to debate in an ity , am t th at « f th e com ing ot miles from the sun, revolving 000 miles, shrinks to a point. O n -
th a t creed freely, fairly and I ioii - the M essiah, are hut different ex- around it once in 84 of our years, sequently, in all parts of tlie earth ,
e s tly , as w illin g ly as we grant to piessions ot the sam e great truth.
N eptune’s distance is 2,750,000.000 and in every part of the e a rth ’s
others the right to d is c u s s » u r faith 1 i.ey are like two si. earns th a t run i n d i e s from the sun. The Neptuii- orbit, we see the fixed stars in the
so long as lim y keep w ith in ib e liin - .-ule by sid e u n til, finally, th eir wa- ia n y e a r is equal to 105 of our
same place.
its of tru th , fairness am i historic b-rs merge into a common channel, years. The velocity of all these T he parallaxes of m any
fixed
f ’C's.
a .id t m y move onw ard
a more planets decreases ;.s their distance stars have been determ ined. A lpha
\\ e say this with special em pha- u u d tu l source of t.ie.-sn.g.
increases from the sun. Can you 1 C entauri, a fine double s ta r of the
sis. for there have been times when
R abbi J. L eonard L evy .
com prehend these enoiom ous dis- southern hem isphere, is o.,e of the
Jew s have been depicted not as
tances? Our sun with all this ret­ nearest fixed stars,
Its parallax
they ar»*, hut as th eir detractors
T r i e G clX L ijlS U F NA TU.-ifc
inue of worlds is sweeping on- was determ ined in 1832.
It is
would like then) to he; and when
w a .d t h r o u g h space a t th e r a t e o f a | M„ ,t nine-tenths of a
second,
Ju d aism has been spoken of not as
Fne p arallax of a sta r is the un­ 150.000,000
miles
per
year hence this sta r is about 290,(XJO
it is, lint as they would wish it to • git? contained between two hues tow ard a point in the constellation
times farther from us than the su n .
he. T hat this spirit of fairness has draw n from it, one to th e sun, the of llurcules. The Pleiades are
Seen from it, if the sun was even
not alw ays been m anifested mav he Other to th e e a rlli. Before proceeding • bought to l.e the center. But the farge enough to fill the whole o rb it
easily s *en. 1 c mid pain t you the farther there is one movement oi •uoii is so vast and the center so of the earth , which is 183,000,000
picture of fanaticism w allo w in g in o u re a rth m aiu iig h t to he explained. remob*, th at nothing definite is m ile8 in diam eter, it would he a
blood, destroying cities a n d towns, It is the procession of the equi know n.
mere point.
W ith its com panion
because men differed in belief! I Boxes, which brings about th e gieat
O ne ot th e a rg u m e n ts against it revolves around a common center
couhl depict horrid an d «.nnau.ral
ical , .-ar .4 21,000 year» ..... Copernican system , at the tim e j in 81 of our y e a r,, Arc all t l . e e
wh..r.. rel.g.on
down to for... a ,«e,e. In ,„ c y ear 1250
its prom ulgation, Was , |ial ¡f tlie
t he hless.ngs of trod un the inaa.-a- B. t .he great w .n .er t e r m in a te
.......... ,ved around the sun, there : than th a t assigned l.y theologians
crH ,,f ........sands. I,ecause . he weak
at . l.e » o u t,, p o le , a t t l.e s a m e to n e
|„. a change in t h e d ire c to give us light? W e «¡11 see in
persecuted ones were strong in their the great sum m er at th e north pme n„n in which the fixed stars ap- „ i v m x t .
J H F isk
faith! I could draw before your culm inated. Since th a t date our pearcd. For at one tim e we were
m in d ’s eyes, the dungeon, thum b- great w inter has been in progress nearer to a p articu lar region of ihe
Get on the lifting side, not on
screw and rack, scavenger’s daugh- and the n o n h pole goes on getting heavens by a distance of the e a rth ’s the pulling-dow n side.
A strong
W , axeam l b lo c k : inquisition chain- colder an d colder and in 7,388 ol.bir> t ,1Hn we were six !nonth s pull and a long pull, altogether,
I»» r, auto <la-o* ami slake, all used ) e a r s lim n this date the center ot previously am i lienee there ought will accom plish w hat we desire.
for divine service, because of the the earth will return to its nor- to
a change in th e relat ve posi-
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