178 LECTURES. 



time being, its power of giving light has been suspended. In reviewing 

 these facts it appears difficult not to conclude that here was a world 

 whose destiny was, for the time being, completed, and the fitful glare 

 of whose gorgeous funeral pile shooting across almost the vast distance 

 which separates us came with undiminished velocity to tell us the tale 

 that once it was. However this may be, we certainly know that He 

 who, ''by His strength, setteth fast the mountains, being girded 

 with power," hath also *' of old laid the foundation of the earth, and 

 the heavens are the work of his hands. They shall perish but He shall 

 endure ; yea, all of them shall wax old, like a garment, and as a ves- 

 ture shall He change them, and they shall be changed ; but He is the 

 same and his years shall have no end;" for " He inhabiteth eternity 

 and the praises thereof." 



