82 New Theories of the Great Forces. 



If these theories be true, the boast of the 

 Atheist, that God is wasteful and a bungler, 

 in that he wastefully scatters his sunlight, 

 and sun-heat, in all directions into space, is 

 set at naught. Nature has been misinterpre- 

 ted. No sunlight nor sun-heat is disclosed, 

 except in the direction of other spheres. 



These theories throw new light upon the 

 character and extent of the atmosphere of 

 the moon and planets, and the consequent 

 availability of those and other spheres for sus- 

 taining life. The extent of the atmosphere 

 of each celestial body may be presumed to 

 be proportionate to our own. Analogy would 

 therefore teach us that those bodies, also our 

 sun, and other suns, are the abodes of in- 

 telligent beings. 



If these theories be true, heat may no 

 longer be regarded as actual motion among 

 the particles of heated matter, neither may we 

 longer imagine the existence of hypothetical 

 upper trade winds. 



If these theories be true, the part which has 

 ever been attributed to the sun as originator 

 and dispenser of light and heat, has been 

 overestimated. Every sphere contains within 

 its enclosure the source from which its own 

 supply is derived ; a veritable storehouse, 



