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Show 1 ('I '4I11' mi! noilLIH IMIAII.Illi. i jJ i' j'f Till: 11 serration of the I laiut Mart, i I lit tthlcblinow In unutual troilmlly lo . h p j our globt,haveoccaatonrdn Rood many i fc I l apeculatlona, 1 hilt tot lllnl andolhu. j Y wire, lu rejard lo the condition! ixl.t- ' N ' Ing In other world! then cur own. Xi I Mori Inhabited? Tint la one of the I ' ijutatlona rojtounded. The aatrou- A, 1 'j I otnera whoconflno thimaelvee lo Ihe ' '' j actual davelo,minti of adence do not j relm I to aniwer till query. Tluro I ( I j' aro other, howevtr, who inluglede- ' ,. , , I diicllona with dlfcoverlca and ipecu ' L j (I latlve lilloMliy Willi aclenllflc know- , j i i ledge, and Ihtr decide the nutation j j ' '( with ruure or lane dogmatic confidence. j j I Wttdonot think that ure iilinie & j ' ' Iim furnlabod any dirlulle lolutlon to J ft I . Ilil Interotllng iroblem Wo are of I ft I tbeolnlon that for a ttry longtime II ; j '! will (all to do to. There niajr romo a h t lime when communication ihill he J t nned up (rem woild to world, and t jj I that whlih ran now only beleemedly f I I revelation will be eataMlahcd by ob- II p I r I crvattouandeitrleice. I , ) ' ' To a (treat many rofetued rdenllita , " the ruentlcli o( reflation, that l, I j Dlrlne revelation at a realll), only i I j . provokri a emlle or a Jrer. Hut then I j, , i ' j luth trrauna ara not all there lief i ' J I Inttlllftrnl humanity, and there are (j M thinking Individual, dliied loo lo f 1 1 li' 1 J' a InvrallK-alobeforeRcreptluit aaylllnt-, ' j , ,? who have abiding fellh In the actual II j! Ity cl Divine communication to man. i I i In reference to Hie i,ueatloi, Are if!'; other worlda lhan Ihla liihatltcd? Ilia) ' f j " Latter-day Halnta have eonielhlug do- i finite (or their guide. In a virion ' , ft I Riven to Joaeph Hinllh and Hldney 'D , lllgdon, I-eb. 10th, IS 15, they atv tho j j If Hon of (lod and Ltheld hit glory; they 6 j were told to trallly of hit rxlatence 1 i and "that lHIm and through Him 1 (i the worlda are and were crratod, aud It the Inhabitant! thereof are bfgultru h 'i ion! and daughter! unto (lod." l In the "Pearl of Great l'rlce" are ,' ," manyallualoni to thli lmirlantiuh 'I M Jectaud rJuch Information may LoU ,'j t lalnedfromltconcernlngtheKOTernlng ' , j lantli and the puriuee of their crcn. I lion, tbla earth biloic dtalgnated a I conUlnlng greater wlckednew than I . any oilier of Uod'i creation!. All 't lleie reference! aro corrotoratlea o( t the dtctrlne that Ood created the lj world! a habitation! for!! children, j n J i that they are lu different ttagci of pro. ' flj ' grculou, and that the earth contalna i but one branch of tfao great family of l, tho Uulrerral Father. !'& $, , In the iSth icctlon of the Doctrine ll'ji ' and Coeenanla much mora la reecaltd J, j , 'i concerning the "Kingdom!" which m l" Oed haj eitabllahcd and the Inlelllgeu- 4 cite within them, and Inn faraklo It li (" -til I ahowntbatll thee worldi, In thrlr j'jS) 'jfi j lime and eion, II they abide tho law .' li ';! ! . ef their criatlon, will be gladdened it rV . 1 ,i with tin in tience and glory or their I I j Maker. ill if i' Theie communlcntlom aroof raluo J f , i to. thoeo who rtctlio them ai Divine; li J lo othen Ihey may nem worthltan.Ilut 'if,' ; ' y rat they are reaionable and I ? ' can be lupported by rational rellectlon j. j and by comiailaon with thing! that ' '. ! aro known and admitted, Itliunrea. I j , aonable toiuppoto that Dili little earth, I1 M among all tho mjrladiof the counllria ,. I worlda that move Inajaco aubject to jH I i rlmllar lawt, laalone theabode.of In. ' Ulllgint, rrogreaalve beluga. ' j T f i Tho aatronomlcal obaerrallona of P" f1 ' lh Ilanet Mara, although to tome K j extent Indefinite, haToeltabllihed the V poofa that In many rMtetti II haia j Hi j greot riierablance to our globe. What p ' I couldbe theotjoct In the (ormallcn of .Ik j ( ii , audi a planet If It were not aa an abode Ju II' It' for Intelligent humanllj? That Mara 1a" W ' 1 baa an almoiphere; that Ha lea aro ttln enow-clad, that at certain aoaaoni the jJJ S i iww meltt; that It haa mouutalua and frHj i ' Talli;!, that It haa atrrama which J"M (i (. aemble canali; theio and luauy olhcr U : 0 polnta havo becomo iitabllahid almoit , ij ijl toacertalnty, and thelnftrence la at f M J leaat loglcul that a world o conatiluled I J1 I ''I ' la luhabltatle and Inhabited. v J if j ,y The dlipatchra ubllabed In the I II i j ajwra apeak of the "germination" of I II thecanala aa tot proren, Tho word , II ihould te gemination, that la, dupllca. 'jjl j' V tlouordr j. Thlirofen tothool. S,1 il I leged dlju.wrl.1 of BchU nrilll of tjj'j j, parallel canala on Mara. That end- IfH j neut aatronomer holdita thecorreit- V ;!?' j' neaaolhla obaervallona aud contend! . J jj that they will ytt be confirmed. If it' ll i lHaaredlctlonihouldboftiiniledthefact ill II would bo itrong eeldenceln favor of J jt I t the theory that Mara la Inhabited. I j jfr j.J i It li contended by mat y aclciitltta Bf 1 i II"1' meet of theplanitaareuuluhabll. (kli i.t ' ' uble, lonio becatite they are 10 near lu V'. j t the auu that human beluga lould not I " dwell there for lhoheat,andothira be. ,&t if ,i lauaelhey nro u far away that men ft . f ij ' ' would petlah lor tho colJ. The ttarou Ajj ' , It'll whlih liaJa to coiiclualona like llieae Maria from tho ropualllon that Jj; '1 1 men and women lu other worlda muit Ujf j ijlj b" louallluled exactly like the In- 73 j t "l , hailtauta of Ihla earth. Thleueregard n !ft j neou error aud Ihereforu the conclu. , j jjji I "lone drawn liom it are roloblyir. t y i ' roneoua. Alt 'h In tho tint I Irco the loudltlona of MP cllruatoiiilothireurrouiidlnt,aon the If ill, worlda near lu or remote from tho auu 1 'J !" not bien itrlalnl) Uetirralned. ' J j Xn lb next place It would not follow thatbeiuuao of extitmu hiat or ex j In me cold, which no dweller on Ihla ' (artliLould etiduri, men aud women uulduotbu formed ultu orgaulima I lulled lo the environment whatever It might be. There ara plinta and aril-malalnllearctlonglont aril-malalnllearctlonglont of the earth which iouIJ net live near tho equator, and vice ytttn, yet they are lants and anlmait,nevertheleaa.Thohumanden. xna of the torrid zone wculd find It difficult to live In thn arctic riglonr, but Hie eoplo of both xunea are nun and women. They are d( illfltrent trlbra lul the aame race. And we have but lo extend thu (rinclpleto greater Icngtha to Juttlfy Hie roeclu lion that men an I n omen, cllly aJojteJ therefor, may Inhabit worlda which earthly ii lentlili Ihluk Ibcaja-ble Ibcaja-ble ol human rccupiucy. Of courae Ihla li not roof. Aa we have l I, aclencfi haa not J et (or-nhheil (or-nhheil any definite rmf one way ur the other, and la not likely to do ei at irraenl. Hut lu Hill age of HletillUc rraearrli aud of Divine maulfratallon, II li not raah to redlct that knowlcdee wilt be ottalrul on Ihla luirlant aud fluctuating lubjrcl. Tills li not only the period ol rograi In icleute and art, lu Intellect and Invention, In oaring thought and wonderful aupll-aucer, aupll-aucer, but It ia the "dle emalloll ol the lulnen of tlmti'Mn which all tiling! will to ma lo manlfeal; "noihlug ihall Iw wllhheld"whether "in tho lieavma above or the ratth beneath." Tho leiuj lea that are being (tared and that will be ended lu other placa wilt be tini lee of learning. Ihey will be devoted not oul) to recelvlt g lu one part the word of the I.ord through tho "llvlog orarlta," but lu other (art! to Hie aclantlflo dc nu miration of revealtd truth, lie. llglou andiclfnie wlllthuagoliand In I and, and it will lo eeeu that there H no conflict but the meat eifect Inrul-ony Inrul-ony Irlwieu truoitlenceiaul true religion, re-ligion, from Ulh of slih.li that aic-ulativei aic-ulativei htloioiliy.whiih hai taaaedfor either will le entirely bautilied. Wu have no more doubt that tho glittering ilart and rollli.f laneli, that luorolu their illeiit i leiidor lu limit-tin limit-tin i acr,are eo lot with the eona and daughleraof Hie Lleruil, lu varloua atagea ol prot,rinlvo Ulug, limn wo have, that thire are human belngaln larthlylandi which we have not vlilted. or have we any doubt that when tho d welli rion earth liave rcAcliedlhe celri-Hal celri-Hal Hate tiny will auiulru Oienieaui ol communicating wllli their relxtlvia on other worlda. Not ouly thu member! mem-ber! of lha lolar ryitem but the lu-numerable lu-numerable ao-called "fixed ntata" the aumof Hieunlverio with their attendant attend-ant irhcrcf, on which are Mngawho have advamed in wladom, and imwer, and glory, to that erfcctlon whkh we deilro to attain, agra before tlila world came forth out of chaoa at the Divine command. We ahall find out, either In tbii life or what wo call "llio life to come," that the multiplication of the oll.prlng ol Ood note on from age to age In worlda without end, and that herein la the I'jther glorified, man being Ilia "image and glory," and woman being the glory of tho man, luauie through atidhyberlaendlcaalncreaae,tnrdvlug lower and dominion and hapilmia and uulcil for ever and ever. |