Thus it may be seen that, though much has been discovered, much remains to be discovered. By the patient work of generations of astronomers we have gained a clear idea of our own position in the universe. Here are we on a small globe, swinging round a far mightier and a self-luminous globe, in company with seven other planets, many of which, including ourselves, are attended by satellites or moons. Between the orbits of these planets is a ring or zone of tiny bodies, also going round the sun. Into this system flash every now and then strange luminous bodies—some coming but once, never to return; others returning again and again.
Far out in space lies this island of a system, and beyond the gulfs of space are other suns, with other systems: some may be akin to ours and some quite different. Strewn about at infinite distances are star clusters, nebulæ, and other mysterious objects.
The whole implies design, creation, and the working of a mighty intelligence; and yet there are small, weak creatures here on this little globe who refuse to believe in a God, or who, while acknowledging Him, would believe themselves to know better than He.
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