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i r - '~- -T ' ‘ l ; M?fe <T~\J> VIEW OF KOttOSAW V ~ ~ —— < — —- ’ J >z w — (g &• ALLEY* Vol. 11. Worship. Among all ages and among all peoples, no matter how civilized or how degraded, there seems to be one under lying principle, which,, al though sometimes in one form and sometimes in an other, still is sure to manifest itself; that is, the principle of worship. Call it superstiticn; call it paganism ; call it worship of the true God, call it by whatsoever name you will, the mind of man seems to turn instinctively towards a deference to a higher power. It is interesting to notice the various phases which this principle assumes in its practice.. This little article, of course, can not go into any review of this, but merely states the general fact.— The worship of imaginary deities, such as prevailed among the Greeks and Romans, even in the highest pin nacle of their civilization ; the worship of the old oaks by the Druids in the dim, misty ages of the past, before England rose to her present power and glory, and the worship of the only true God by the Jews, and their apos tasy to the belief of the pagan nations around them, all recognized the pro priety and necessity of the existence of a higher power than theirs. The present age, notwithstanding all the carping and criticism of infidels, is that in which the power of religion has attained its highest development. We believe that there are, this year, more true believers; that there is a greater spread of the influence of true worship, and there is more genuine good being done than there was twenty years ago, forty years ago, one hundred years ago, or one thousand years ago. To talk about the “good old days” is very pretty, as matter of sentiment; but as matter of fact, we do not believe the proposition can be sustained that there was any purer Christianity fifty years ago, than there is to-day; that there were any more devoted and self sacrificing worshippers than there are .A. humorous dare-clevil—tire very man. to su.it my purpose. Bulwer. THE SPRING FLOWERS NUMBER. - • BK ■’ ®j? v •' ■ Iff' • fw ; to-day. We believe that the pure re ligion, taught in the Scriptures, is to day on a higher plane of power and influence than ever before in the world’s history, and we believe that twenty years hence will show a very marked advance over that of to-day. The erection of churches is a most notable and decided manifestation of worship, and the number of churches in the United States is a fact which must inspire the infidel with awe, and which must cheer the heart of the be liever. We give, herewith, a view of a pret ty little church in Marietta, which can be seen from the car by those who pass through that beautiful little city over the Western & Atlantic Railroad. While admiring the beauties of the city in its oak trees, in its tasty dwel lings and in its elegant park, the mind is also delighted by the view of the hous es of worship. There are several of these in Marietta, and that which we give is notselected in any denominational feel ing; but because of its impressive view with its stone-walls, and ivy climb ing over them, which are suggestive of an idea of veneration and almost of awe. There is no change of- cars between Cincinnati and Marietta, Ga. The u Kennesaw Route is the quickest. ATLANTA, CA., APRIL I, 1887. EPISCOPAL CHURCH, MARIETTA, GA. Kennesaw’s Cross. A Globe of Crimson, With Radiating Shafts, Forming a Blazing Cross, Hangs Over the Mountain—No Optical Illusion, but Seen by Marietta’s People— A Remarkable Sight. Marietta, Ga., March 17. —The report in the Constitution of the phe nomenal darkness in London on the 15th induces me to call attention to a peculiar phenomenon observed here on the evening of the same day, be tween 5 and G o’clock. A lady, an observer, thus describes it: “We were out driving; were com ing down Cherokee street. I had been looking eastward for sometime, when turning my eyes suddenly to the west, I was struck with the peculiar ap pearance of the sun. “Kennesaw lay dimly outlined in a purple enveloping haze, and above it hung the low sun, a globe of crimson, and radiating/frcin it at right angles were four broad shafts of light, the whole forming A GREEK CROSS upon whose sun centre a clearly de fined disc of shadow moved up and down, leaving a crescent-shaped line of light alternately above and below. “Thinking the appearance might be an optical illusion, that my eyes were playing me a trick, I called the atten tion of the lady with me and asked if she noticed anything unusual in the western sky. “ ‘Yes, how very strange,’ she said, and while we both tooked the car riage turned a corner and, swiftly, yet gradually, too, the transom shaft or beam of the cross was shortened, the u pright proport ion a 11 y lengthened, the whole became more clearly defined, and be fore us in startling vividness, hung obliquely in the sky,“a cross, its base reaching almost to the hori zon line, the disc of shadow still vibrating across the sun’s centre, much ns I have seen it in a partial eclipse. This was no dim, vague, illusory phantom, but a distinct form. Thejheams of the cross were ofthe -ame width as the ap parent diameter of the sun’s centre; were fashioned to a line, but of course, at the ends merging into and losing themselves in the surround ing haze. These DIVERGING SHAFTS OF LIGHT had something the appear- EEBHB ance of the natural phe nomenon commonly spoken of as sun’s ‘drawing water,’ differing only in its brilliancy of coloring and in the per fect regularity and symmetry of the figure. “Such appearances may be nothing unusual, but I do not remember to have seen anything like it, and I am something of an observer. Longitu dinal reckoning has always been ut terly beyond me, so I do not know whether in point of time, it could have any connection with or relation to the London phenomenon. Neither do I know anything of the atmospheric in fluence upon light, nor whether or not it be possible that, owing to a peculiar conformation of hill and valley, at mosphic conditions might be engen dered which would make the phenom enon purely local. Ido certainly hope that some other than just us two ‘lone, lorn women’ saw this beautiful and impressive spectacle, which lasted sev eral minutes, or so long as we drove, not rapidly, the length of two or three squares. I hope this, because I want an explanation of it, and I cannot hope by any description of mine to give a correct idea of its appearance.” * * * * Being unable myself to give such explanation or solution, I refer the matter to you. — Atlanta Constitution. Only via the Western and Atlantic railroad can you go to Elizabeth, “the marble city of Georgia,” where there is the most wonderful marble cutting machinery in the world. Tourists will'mlss it if they do not stop at Ma rietta and go up to Elizabeth, only two miles*distant, immediately at the foot of the famous KennesawMountain. NO. 7.