PLANET WORSHIP.
The sera was first worshipped, probably as a bright manifestation of God, but soon began to be regarded as the Deity himself. in the absence of the snn and next in Bplendonr, would succeed it in Euperstitious attention. And' so we find the .Romans, as well as the Saxons, dedicating the first and second days of the week respectively to these 'great lights.' Formerly festivals were held on the appearance of a new moon; and in some parts of England it was customary to bleßs it, and in Scotland at the same time to drop a curtesy. And in times not long past the influence of the moon was considered to be so great as to regulate the growth of hair and the effect of medicine, and to cause steeples and other elevated buildings to bend from their,upright positions. She: ' And don't you go in for sport of any kindP' He: 'Oh, yaas, don't yer know. I'm—haw—passionately fond of dominoes.V A surveyor of roads in Kent is said to have Bet up a finger-post bearing the statement:—'This is the bridle-path to Faversham. If you can't read this you had better keep tht main road.'
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 405, 11 February 1904, Page 7
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196PLANET WORSHIP. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 405, 11 February 1904, Page 7
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