At the same time the sun is winds
ing its way inward towards the sun,
and must ultimately fall, an incon
siderable pebble, into the fast grow
ing mass. t The same fate awaits all
the planets, and our solar system
must one day be but a single globe.
When that globe is cooled to the
right temperture, it may be covered
by a multitude of inhabitants, and
astronomers may rise who will
watch its revolutions among the as
sociated suns of our stellar system.
If their knowledge and intellect are
equal to the science of our astrono
mers. they will foresee the ultimat?
coming together of all these suns
into one common globe. And not
this only, for they will predict the
i final coming together of all the stell
j ar systems of the visible universe in
• to one mass of matter.
When this mass is first collected,
it will be intonsly hot, from the de
struction of motion in the several
suns ami systems of suns as they
come together. The heat will be
radiated outward into the universe,
ami the one mass of matter will be
gradually cooled. During the cool
ing there will be the same play and
mutual interchange of heat, light,
electricity, magnetism, and other im
ponderable forces that are now upon
this earth. As the cooling proceeds,
the action of tucs forces will dimin
ish. When 977 degrees is reached,
light will cease, and darkness will
I till the universe.
