The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
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Letter from Rev. DR.. M. D. Hoge

STEAMSHIP UMBRIA, Aug. 6, 1886.
1.-The horseleach hath two daug ghters cry
ing, give, give, and some newspapers have
two editors, ever crying, write, write, "
to those who are going abroad
Solomon says there are three things that
are never satisfied yea, four things that
never say, sit is enough" Had the art
Of printing been known in his day. he
might have added fifth, the newspaper; a
mill whose hopper ever needsreplenishing
in order to grind out new grists for its pat
rons. But the advantage is not all on
the side OF the editor his columns afford
the channel OF communication between
the traveller and his friends at home, and
if they are instructed and entertained by
what he writes, he has his reward in their
qualification. All he need ask is that
some allowance should be made for what
is composed at a table vibrating with every
whirl of the screw, and the liability OF
interruption every few minutes by idlers
who have not sense enought to let a man
alone when they see ne is writing.
Sea Studies.
have had new impression since this
voyage commenced of the truth that those
who 90 down to the sea in ships see God 6
works and wonders in the deep. The sea
is as full of marvels as the land. 1t is
more majestic in its aspect than any pros
pect on shore. 1t touches the imagination
by its immensity, It's solitude, It's restless
ness, its never-ceasing moan. 1t delights
the eye on a bright, breezy day when its
multltudlnous waves are tringed with fire
at sunrise and crested with foam, through
which miniature rainbows float during
all the hours, as the billows race after
each other In sportive chase from shore to
shore. 1t awes the soul when menacing
clouds darken it with funereal gloom and
when its bosom is rent with the rush OF
the tempest. It's tides and currents, and
especially the great gulf stream that
flows from south to north, giving to the
British Isles and to scandinavian eoun-
tries the daily warm bath which makes
them fertile, are all studies OF inexhausti
bic nature. Nor is its populousness less
matter Of wonder To say nothing o. the
hideous, unnamed monsters which wal
low in it's ooze and lurk in it's unfathomed
caves, and the myriads of fish Of various
tribes which roam through its waters
the bottom of its entire bed is covered
with layer upon layer of the remains o.
creatures which once thrilled with life
The greater populousness of the ocean
as compared with the land, is owing, il
part, to the fact that in the cold latitudet
Of the earth where no animal life can ex
ist, countless numbers of living creatures
are found in the depths of the sea, but
still more because there is 80 much more
room for animate beings in the waters
covering as they do three-hfths of the
surface Of the globe, and while living
creatures can exist only on the suface of tn,
ground, in the ocean they can thrive at al
depths so that the entire world OF water
affords a hubltot for something alive. Th,
measureless bottom of the sea is covered
with thick mass of what looks and feel
like unctuous clay, but the microscop,
shows that it is composed OF the remains o
iufils0riu, which once lived on or near TIN
surface and which at death driited slow
ly down to gloomy realms uuiit by TIM
sun, where they lie in their sspulchres
invisible to the naked eye, in counties
numbers, which the mind can neither cal
oulate nor conceive. Well has the man
date Let -he waters bring forth aJuao
ootlH' been obeyed
The Exponent Of many Sciences
nave theory which ! mean some da
to develop in an essay, that a moder
steamship represents more of thought
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