To Phoebe

LAW AND^FREEDOM. All ness than the religion of Jesus Christ as restored to earth in the last days. How, then, can any Latter-day Saint help saying in his heart: "Father, I thank thee for all these blessings, and with thy help I shall lend the influence of my life to making them accessible to all my fellowmen." Ithaca, N. Y. To Phoebe. It has recently been discovered that one nf the satellites of Saturn, known as Phoebe, is revolving in a direction 1he exact contrary of that which all known astronomical laws would have led us to expect. English astronomers admit that this may necessitate a fundamental revision of the nebular hypothesis — Weekly Paper. Phoebe, Phoebe, whirling high in our neatly-plotted sky, Listen, Phoebe, to my lay: Won't you whirl the other way? All the other stars are good, and revolve the way they should, You alone, of the bright throng, will persist in going wrong. Don't reply that Goi has said. We have made a Law instead. Have you never heard of this: Neb-u-lar Hy-poth-e-sis? It prescribes, in terms exact, just how every star should act. Tells each little satellite where to go and whirl at night. Disobedience incurs anger of astronomers, Who — you mustn't think it odd— are more finicky than God. So, my dear, you'd better change. Really, we can't rearrange Every chart from Mars to Hebe, just to fit a chit like Phoebe. — C. S. Day, Jr., in Metropolitan Magazine.