248 THE UNIVERSE 



In chemistry molecules of opposite polarity unite^ 

 and this is called chemical affinity ; molecules of like 

 polarity will not unite, and this is called chemical 

 repulsion. Magnets attract only when their poles 

 are reversed, or when they are oppositely electrified^ 

 and suns and planets do the same. The sun as the 

 great central magnet, or electric generator, has the 

 power both to attract and to repel. The planets 

 are kept in their orbits by both the sun's attrac- 

 tion and its repulsion. In the summer, when the 

 earth gets four millions of miles nearer the sun, 

 there is a repelling force from the sun that sends 

 it off again, or it would continue to approach the 

 sun until it would fall into his spacious bosom. 

 No law of gravitation or balancing force of planets 

 could do this. The centrifugal force of electric re- 

 pulsion in the sun does for the earth what all the 

 balancing force of the planets could not do if they 

 were all swung in the circling orbit of Mars. 



The sun, by this electric propelling force, throws oif 

 the comets which approach it. This is proven by 

 scientific records in many instances for centuries. 

 By this same propelling force the sun holds off the 

 swift leaden planet Mercury. By this same electric 

 repulsion the planets prevent their moons from fall- 

 ing back onto their surfaces. 



These moons are the same material and electric 

 composition as the worlds from which they come, 

 and, as like polarity repels, they are thus kept in 

 their orbits. There are estimated to be eighteen 

 to one hundred millions of suns in this universe. 

 Can any one believe they are kept in their places 

 by a mere balancing force? 



They are held by electrical repulsion as well as by 



