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Witness of the Stars - . ALGOM A DIOCESAN CLERICAL LIBRARY. ERQM THE LIBT^R^ OF I fRIMTY COLLEGE THE WITNESS OF THE STARS BY THE REV. ETHELBERT W. BULLINGER, D.D. "HE telleth the number of the stars ; He giveth them all their names." (Ps. cxlvii. 4. R.V.) Xonfcon: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 7, ST. PAUL S CHURCHYARD, E.G. 1893 85 ss &7C LONDON : KYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, Her Majesty s printers. DOWNS FAKK ROAD, HACKNEY, N. Ht478 JUfJ 1 1993 PREFACE. SOME years ago it was my privilege to enjoy the ac quaintance of Miss Frances Rolleston, of Keswick, and to carry on a correspondence with her with respect to her work, Mazzaroth : or, the Constellations. She was the first to create an interest in this important subject. Since then Dr. Seiss, of Philadelphia, has endeavoured to popularize her work on the other side of the At lantic ; and brief references have been made to the subject in such books as Moses and Geology, by Dr. Kinns, and in Primeval Man; but it was felt, for many reasons, that it was desirable to make another effort to set forth, in a more complete form, the witness of the stars to prophetic truth, so necessary in these last days. To the late Miss Rolleston, however, belongs the honour of collecting a mass of information bearing on this as it in the subject ; but, published was, chiefly form of notes, unarranged and unindexed, it was suited only for, but was most valuable to, the student. She it was who performed the drudgery of collecting the facts presented by Albumazer, the Arab astronomer to the of A.D. and the Tables Caliphs Grenada, 850 ; drawn up by Ulugh Beigh, the Tartar prince and a 2 IV PREFACE. astronomer, about 1450 A.D., who gives the Arabian Astronomy as it had come down from the earliest times. Modern astronomers have preserved, and still have in common use, the ancient names of over a hundred of the stars which have been handed down principal ; but now these names are used merely as a convenience, and without any reference to their significance. This work is an attempt to popularize this ancient information, and to use it in the interests of truth. For the ancient astronomical facts and the names, with their signification, I am, from the very nature of the case, indebted, of course, to all who have preserved, their inter collected, and handed them down ; but for pretation I am alone responsible. It is for the readers to judge how far my conclu sions are borne out the evidence and how far by ; the foundation of our hopes of coming glory are strengthened by the prophecies which have been written in the stars of heaven, as well as in the Scriptures of truth. For the illustrations I am greatly indebted to Jamieson s Celestial Atlas, 1820; Flammarion sL 7oz7s; Sir W. Lubbock s Stars in Six and John Maps, 1883 ; to the late Mr. Edward J. Cooper s Egyptian Scenery, 1820. For the general presentation and arrangement of the Constellations I am responsible, while for the PREFACE. V drawings my thanks are due to my friend Miss Amy Manson. " It is the possession of " that blessed hope of Christ s speedy return from Heaven which will give true interest in the great subject of this book. No one can dispute the antiquity of the Signs of the Zodiac, or of the Constellations. No one can question the accuracy of the ancient star-names which have come down to us, for they are still preserved in every good celestial atlas. And we hope that no one will be able to resist the cumulative evidence that, apart from God s grace in Christ there is no hope for sinners now : and apart from God s glory, as it will be manifested in the return of Christ from Heaven, there is no hope for the Church, no hope for Israel, no hope for the world, no hope for a groaning creation. In spite of all the vaunted promises of a religious World, and of a worldly Church, to remove the effects of the curse by a Social Gospel of Sanitation, we are more and more shut up to the prophecy of Gen. iii. 15, which we wait and long to see fulfilled in Christ as our only hope. This is beautifully expressed by the late Dr. William Leask : And is there none before ? No perfect peace Unbroken by the storms and cares of life, Until the time of waiting- for Him cease, By His appearing to destroy the strife ? No, none before. VI PREFACE. Do we not hear that through the flag- of grace By faithful messengers of God unfurled, All men will be converted, and the place Of man s rebellion be a holy world ? Yes, so we hear. Is it not true that to the Church is given The holy honour of dispelling night, And bringing back the human race to heaven, By kindling everywhere the Gospel light ? It is not true. Is this the hope that Christ the Lord will come, In all the glory of His royal right, Redeemer and Avenger, taking home His saints, and crushing the usurper s might ? This is the hope. May the God of all grace accept and bless this effort to show forth His glory, and use it to strengthen His people in waiting for His Son from Heaven, even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come. ETHELBERT W. BULLINGER. August 3U/, 1893. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. * All are drawn to the same relative scale, except Plates VI., VIII., XIV., and XXV., which are enlarged; while Plates III., XI., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXVI., XXX., and XL., are slightly reduced. PLATE FACING PAGE I. VIRGO, The Virgin 29 II. Coma, The Desired - - - 35 III. Centaurus, The Centaur (reduced) - 40 IV. Bootes, The Coming One - 42 V. LIBRA, The Scales - 45 VI. Crux, The Cross (enlarged) - 48 VII. Lupus or Victima, The Wolf or Victim - 51 VIII. Corona, The Crown (enlarged) - - 53 IX. SCORPIO, The Scorpion - - 54 ( Serpens, The Serpent - -j 1 Ophiuchus, The Serpent Holder - XL Hercules, The Mighty One (reduced) - - 59 XII. SAGITTARIUS, The Archer - - 63 XIII. Lyra, The Harp - - 67 XIV. Ara, The Altar, or burning pyre (enlarged) - 68 XV. Draco, The Dragon cast down - - 72 XVI. CAPRICORN US, The Goat - - - 76 - ( Sagitta, The Arrow * XVII. Aquila, The Eagle I 8 1 The \ [ Delphinus, Dolphin f The Water-bearer - AQUARIUS, } II reduced - * Pisces The ( ) 4 H Australis, Southern Fish] XIX. Pegasus, The Winged Horse (reduced) - - 89 XX. Cygnus, The Swan (reduced) - _ 90 The VVT / PISCES, Flshes\ , XXL (reduced) - - 92 lTheBand . _j Vlll LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATE FACING PAGE XXII. Andromeda, The Chained Woman- - 101 XXIII. Cepheus, The Crowned King 103 XXIV. ARIES, The Ram 105 XXV. Cassiopeia, The Enthroned Woman (enlarged) - 108 XXVI. Cetus, The Sea Monster (reduced) - 113 XXVII. Perseus, The Breaker - 116 XXVIII. TAURUS, The Bull - - 121 XXIX. Orion, The Glorious One - - 126 - XXX. Eridanus, The River (reduced) 1 30 XXXI. Auriga, The Shepherd - 134 XXXII. GEMINI, The Twins - - 138 XXXIII. Lepus, The Hare or The Enemy - - 141 " Canis The Sirius maj or> D 8 ( ) > \ xxxiv i 43 Canis The - ^ minor, Second Dog (Procyon) J XXXV. CANCER, The Crab 148 XXXVI. Ursa minor, The Little Bear - 152 XXXVII. Ursa major, The Great Bear - 155 XXXVIII. Argo, The Ship - 160 XXXIX. LEO, The Lion - 164 f Hydra, The Serpent} - - XL. ( Crater, The Cup \ (reduced) 167 ICorvus, The Raven-} XLI. A Planisphere of the Heavens - 204 ENGRAVINGS. PAGE Part of the Zodiac in the Temple of Esneh - - 21 The circular ALTAR in the sign now called LIBRA - - 199 The and the from an Scorpion Lamp ; Euphratean Boundary Stone - 200 Ditto, from an Euphratean Seal - - - 201 The Ptolemaic Constellation of the Claws - 202 THE WITNESS OF THE STARS. more than two thousand five hundred years the world was without a written revelation from God. The question is, Did God leave Himself without a wit ness ? The question is answered very positively by the written Word that He did not. In Rom. i. 19 it is declared that, " that which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath showed it unto them. ; For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are even His eternal and Godhead made, power ; so that they are without excuse." But how was God "invisible known? How were His things," i.e., His plans, His purposes, and His counsels, known since the creation of the world ? We are told by the Holy Spirit in Rom. x. 18. Having stated in v. 17 that " Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word (#/*, the " thing spoken, sayings) of God," He asks, But I say, Have not heard ? And we they Yes, verily." may ask, How have they heard ? The answer follows " Their sound went into all the earth (?$) and their words (#/*ra, their teaching, message, instruction) unto the ? ends of the world (fawpbi)" What words What instruction ? Whose message ? Whose teaching ? There is only one answer, and that is, THE S. 1005. A 2 THE WITNESS OF THE STARS. HEAVENS! This is settled by the fact that the passage is quoted from Ps. xix., the first part of which is occupied with the Revelation of God written in the Heavens, and the latter part with the Revelation of God written in the Word: This is the simple explanation of this beautiful Psalm.
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