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EDITOR FLAMING SWORD:—Having written my endorsement of Part I of the CELLULAR COSMOGONY, I would say with special reference to Part II, that it is very ably constructed and put forth in the strength of exact science. The old astronomy brought to me no lasting impressions that it possessed absolute knowledge. One reason why it did not suit me is, that it seemed burdened with superfluous worlds. The earth as a concave sphere and the universe in one, does afford plenty of room for the illustration and full demonstration of all laws, phenomena, and uses of God and Nature. One earth (universe) being enough, what need of a billion more? Even were there other inhabited worlds, as taught by the old school astronomy, and the inhabitants of the different bodies were in different states of progression or retrogression, all of the different states of the low and the high have been manifested in endless series in this earth (universe).
There must be an economy as well as order in being and manifestation. If so, one inhabited world, with its kingdom of heaven inside (within) and all that it implies, involves that economy. Jesus taught the Godhead, the Godhead bodily, to the people of this world. What use or economy in having other worlds of inhabitants to teach the same thing? And should there be a different style of expression of Divinity in other worlds, they could not transcend the manifestation of the Godhead bodily, that is a known accomplishment in this our world. What use in other worlds that could not, at some time, compass a greater thing than that manifested in one of its parts?
My objection to the superfluous worlds is only exceeded by a little more than inclination to rejoice at the invention and practical demonstration of the Rectilineator. The quotations from Procter on page 66 of the CELLULAR COSMOGONY, are indicative of the uncertainty that haunts the old system of astronomy. That which follows as to experiments on the Old Drainage Canal and on Lake Michigan, as well as the accounts of the experiments made on Southern waters, is very interesting. Beginning at page 87, the Principles of Mechanical Survey are given in less space and more readably than by any of the authors of the old school text-books. The matter is specially educative in its neat illustrations, as under the subhead, Fundamental Principles of Geometry, pages 90 to 93. Then follows the description of the Geodetic apparatus and its methods of use. This book is particularly valuable not only for school teachers, but every student of general learning. The article copied from the editorial pages of the Chicago Times-Herald, and the Louisville Courier-Journal reporter's interview with Prof. Morrow, are such as to afford new readers a complete bird's-eye view of the Koreshan System of Universology. Even such questions as, What is on the outside of the hollow globe, and what do the Koreshans hold with reference to the creation? are answered. Then the Professor shows how the Koreshan Astronomy demonstrates the truth of the Bible. That part of the book is of even startling interest!—Major Ogden Whitlock, Colo.
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The Flaming Sword · Vol. 13, No. 6 · 23 Dec 1898 · PDF p. 11