The Astronomy of the Bible (Classic Reprint) Book

PREFACE.THB volume here offered to the public contains the lastfinished astronomical work of Professor Mitchel; and, withthoso that be published beforo his death, constitutes a serieswhich, if not exhausth'e of the accepted divisions of thescience, presents, in outline, its great physical features amIits ethical relations. " Th e Planetary and Stellar Worlds,"published in 1848, contained a popular ·exposition of theimportant discoveries and splendid theories of modernastronomy. It traced the progress of the great sciencefrom the primitive ages, showing how, little by little, thotrue theory dawned upon the feeble mind of man, fenrfuland long unwilling to recei,c it; it presented the great laws,with copious and eloquent illustration; it offered clear solu·tiOllS of the wondrous problems j discussed the discovery ofnew planets and the characteristics of the cometary world;displayed the grandeur of the scale upon which the universeis built, and showedTable of Contents CONTENTS; LECTURE I; ASTRONOMICAL EVIDENCES OF THE EEING OF A GOD; PAQ; The Distinct Chorncter ot tbls InvesUgal(on: tho ,G randeur or the Tbeme-; Does the Pby~ical Unlvel'lle proclaim the Being of & Goel ?-Is tho Ood tb~s; reveBled the 84me august and eternal Betng portrayed in our Snerod; Boob t-Tbe Three Uypotheses concerning tho E~8tc1!ce of the Universe ~; first, the EternIty of the Structure; 6ccon(l, the Eterntty or MatteT, bot Ita; Forms and Perpetuity depeudent upon Chnnce; 'thIT~ a Creative GodThe; first untenable i 1111 ~ntllre gives token of Origin and Growth There; Is no Eternity tn Man Animal, or Vegetable i nor e:llJ there be In tbe; mstent Structure of tbe UnhrersRead More