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The Architecture Of The Heavens.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HEAVENS .
BV BROTHER E . R . KORAN , J . W ., CONCORD LODGE , No . -19 .
" THAT which we know is little , that whicli we know not is immense , " was the prophetic exclamation of La Place , the Newton of France , on his death-bed , although he perhaps had of all men the least reason to say so . But true genius is ever akin to simplicity ; and if the fool be wise in his own conceit , as assuredly does he who has studied most deeply the things about him visible daily to sight , and cognizable by the other sensesmust readily acknowled that he knows nothingWhen
, ge . looking up to the living volume of undeniable revelation written in the heavens , man can most distinctly trace the working of THAT BEING WHO HAS BEEN FROM AM , TIME , AND WIM , ENDURE FOR EVER . There lie beholds , in characters which cannot be misunderstood , for they are universal , the proof of that Great Source of All . Hence , the earliest lore of those who wished to be esteemed above their fellow mortals , was the study of astronomy ; hence , too , the all but universal traces of sun worshi
p to be found throughout that globe to which the presence of his orb , the visible delegation of its source , gives light and life , and hallows both with grace and poetry . Men have , at all times , with a natural yearning , turned their eyes upwards , and wished for wings to fly away and be at rest there—amid those shining proofs of Beneficence . But to none has it ever been more germane than to the Masonic bod y , to follow out this inquiry into the works of THE GREAT ARCHITECT . With them the study of useful knowledge is a duty of daily obligation—all their solemn mysteries are
pervaded by that great spirit , love of truth , which , unfolding itself in the earliest times , has gone on increasing the width of its circles over the broad bosom of philosophy , with the impetus derived from each progressive advance . All our sublime moralities have this irresistible , this ennobling tendency ; without which , indeed , Masonry could not have endured so long , nor struck its roots so widely and deeply into all soils . Nay , further , were this , the great tendency of our labours , removed , like other merel
Masonry , y human institutions , must speedily perish , or be remembered but as one among those social combinations whose sole utility was secrecy , whose only Craft—craftiness . In the following remarks we purpose to unfold for our Brethren the results of modem discovery , by laying open to ah capacities that are willing to admit of proof , some infinitely remote idea of THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HEAVENS ; and for this purpose we shall avail ourselves freel
y of a work on the subject , just published b y J . P . Nichol , Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University of Glasgow , in which he renders familiar the wonders of modern astronomy , unfortunately previously confined to the more advanced students in those paths of science , and hidden from The Many quite as deeply as the systems in the infinite space of creation to the unaided physical sight of man . We have often thought that the hilosopher who has much investi
p - gated the mysteries of space and creation , might be pardoned when looking back at what his fellow dust-atom man has achieved by the aid of such lights as the Great First Cause has afforded him , by penetrating the hidden sanctuaries of those wondrous orbs of light which millions have beheld with various emotions since this earth commenced its glorious
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Architecture Of The Heavens.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HEAVENS .
BV BROTHER E . R . KORAN , J . W ., CONCORD LODGE , No . -19 .
" THAT which we know is little , that whicli we know not is immense , " was the prophetic exclamation of La Place , the Newton of France , on his death-bed , although he perhaps had of all men the least reason to say so . But true genius is ever akin to simplicity ; and if the fool be wise in his own conceit , as assuredly does he who has studied most deeply the things about him visible daily to sight , and cognizable by the other sensesmust readily acknowled that he knows nothingWhen
, ge . looking up to the living volume of undeniable revelation written in the heavens , man can most distinctly trace the working of THAT BEING WHO HAS BEEN FROM AM , TIME , AND WIM , ENDURE FOR EVER . There lie beholds , in characters which cannot be misunderstood , for they are universal , the proof of that Great Source of All . Hence , the earliest lore of those who wished to be esteemed above their fellow mortals , was the study of astronomy ; hence , too , the all but universal traces of sun worshi
p to be found throughout that globe to which the presence of his orb , the visible delegation of its source , gives light and life , and hallows both with grace and poetry . Men have , at all times , with a natural yearning , turned their eyes upwards , and wished for wings to fly away and be at rest there—amid those shining proofs of Beneficence . But to none has it ever been more germane than to the Masonic bod y , to follow out this inquiry into the works of THE GREAT ARCHITECT . With them the study of useful knowledge is a duty of daily obligation—all their solemn mysteries are
pervaded by that great spirit , love of truth , which , unfolding itself in the earliest times , has gone on increasing the width of its circles over the broad bosom of philosophy , with the impetus derived from each progressive advance . All our sublime moralities have this irresistible , this ennobling tendency ; without which , indeed , Masonry could not have endured so long , nor struck its roots so widely and deeply into all soils . Nay , further , were this , the great tendency of our labours , removed , like other merel
Masonry , y human institutions , must speedily perish , or be remembered but as one among those social combinations whose sole utility was secrecy , whose only Craft—craftiness . In the following remarks we purpose to unfold for our Brethren the results of modem discovery , by laying open to ah capacities that are willing to admit of proof , some infinitely remote idea of THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HEAVENS ; and for this purpose we shall avail ourselves freel
y of a work on the subject , just published b y J . P . Nichol , Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University of Glasgow , in which he renders familiar the wonders of modern astronomy , unfortunately previously confined to the more advanced students in those paths of science , and hidden from The Many quite as deeply as the systems in the infinite space of creation to the unaided physical sight of man . We have often thought that the hilosopher who has much investi
p - gated the mysteries of space and creation , might be pardoned when looking back at what his fellow dust-atom man has achieved by the aid of such lights as the Great First Cause has afforded him , by penetrating the hidden sanctuaries of those wondrous orbs of light which millions have beheld with various emotions since this earth commenced its glorious