pulsation　of　the　blood；　will　not　reach　us　from　some　of　those　remote
  worlds　in　one　hundred　thousand　years。　　So　marvellous　shall　be　the
  victories　of　science；　that　the　perturbations　of　the　planets　in
  their　courses　shall　reveal　the　existence　of　a　new　one　more　distant
  than　Uranus；　and　Leverrier　shall　tell　at　what　part　of　the　heavens
  that　star　shall　first　be　seen。
  So　far　as　we　have　discovered；　the　universe　which　we　have　observed
  with　telescopic　instruments　has　no　limits　that　mortals　can　define；
  and　in　comparison　with　its　magnitude　our　earth　is　less　than　a　grain
  of　sand；　and　is　so　old　that　no　genius　can　calculate　and　no
  imagination　can　conceive　when　it　had　a　beginning。　　All　that　we　know
  is；　that　suns　exist　at　distances　we　cannot　define。　　But　around　what
  centre　do　they　revolve？　　Of　what　are　they　composed？　　Are　they
  inhabited　by　intelligent　and　immortal　beings？　　Do　we　know　that　they
  are　not　eternal；　except　from　the　divine　declaration　that　there　WAS
  a　time　when　the　Almighty　fiat　went　forth　for　this　grand　creation？
  Creation　involves　a　creator；　and　can　the　order　and　harmony　seen　in
  Nature's　laws　exist　without　Supreme　intelligence　and　power？　　Who；
  then；　and　what；　is　God？　　〃Canst　thou　by　searching　find　out　Him？
  Knowest　thou　the　ordinances　of　Heaven？　　Canst　thou　bind　the　sweet
  influences　of　the　Pleiades；　or　loose　the　bands　of　Orion？〃　　What　an
  atom　is　this　world　in　the　light　of　science！　　Yet　what　dignity　has
  man　by　the　light　of　revelation！　　What　majesty　and　power　and　glory
  has　God！　　What　goodness；　benevolence；　and　love；　that　even　a　sparrow
  cannot　fall　to　the　ground　without　His　notice；that　we　are　the
  special　objects　of　His　providence　and　care！　　Is　there　an
  imagination　so　lofty　that　will　not　be　oppressed　with　the
  discoveries　that　even　the　telescope　has　made？
  Ah；　to　what　exalted　heights　reason　may　soar　when　allied　with　faith！
  How　truly　it　should　elevate　us　above　the　evils　of　this　brief　and
  busy　existence　to　the　conditions　of　that　other　life；
  〃When　the　soul；
  Advancing　ever　to　the　Source　of　light
  And　all　perfection；　lives；　adores；　and　reigns
  In　cloudless　knowledge；　purity；　and　bliss！〃
  AUTHORITIES。
  Delambre；　Histoire　de　l'Astronomie；　Arago；　Histoire　de
  l'Astronomie；　Life　of　Galileo；　in　Cabinet　Library；　Life　of　Galileo；
  by　Brewster；　Lives　of　Galileo；　by　Italian　and　Spanish　Literary　Men；
  Whewell's　History　of　Inductive　Sciences；　Plurality　of　Worlds；
  Humboldt's　Cosmos；　Nichols'　Architecture　of　the　Heavens；　Chalmers'
  Astronomical　Discourses；　Life　of　Kepler；　Library　of　Useful
  Knowledge；　Brewster's　Life　of　Tycho　Brahe；　of　Kepler；　and　of　Sir
  Isaac　Newton；　Mitchell's　Stellar　and　Planetary　Worlds；　Bradley's
  Correspondence；　Airy's　Reports；　Voiron's　History　of　Astronomy；
  Philosophical　Transactions；　Everett's　Oration　on　Galileo；　Life　of
  Copernicus；　Bayly's　Astronomy；　Encyclopaedia　Britannica；　Art。
  Astronomy；　Proctor's　Lectures。
  End