Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-02-25
BIBLE C0NCHOLOGY.

DIIgllG OOlNOIIOLOU L.
"a. IALMAeEs CONTINUES HIS SER
MONS ON GOD IN NATURE.
Swe9tSpices. stacte mud Onychn"-Won-
derful- Force and Variety OF the Bibles
Imagery From NAturo-How tho Divine
CnIs1s Shown In the Oceans Shells.
BRa5KLYs. Feb. l9.-In the Tabernacle
ahis forenoon Rev. DR.. Talmage contin-
yedseiscourse OF sermons on God every
uhefaS His subject was the "Conchology
at thsEBible; or God Among the Shells
the text being taken from Exodus, Both
chapter, 34th verse. And tho Lord said
rntosMoaes. Take unto thee sweet spices.
rtacte and onycha.
Yousmay not have noticed tho shells
CT thpSBible, although in this early part
of tho sacred book God calls you to con-
eideEsssilnd employ them as no called
/ M ossssto consider und employ them. The
onycha OF my text il shell found on the
banks OF the Red sea. and Moses and his
army must have crushed many Of them
undsrcfoot as they crossed the bisected
waters. onycha Oh tho beach and onycha
in tie unfolied bed of tho deep. shall
speak of this shell az a beautiful and
practical revelation OF God, and as true
as tbesfrst chapter Of Genesis and the
last Chapter Of Revelation or everything
between
Not only is thi, she'll, tho onycha,
found al the Red Sea, but in tho waters
OF India. 1t not only DELEGATES the eye
with. its convolutions Of beauty, white
andslustrous and serrated but blesses
the nostril with Il pungent aroma This
shelifish. accustomed to feed on spike
nard, in rodolent with that odorous
plant-redoent when alive and redolent
when dead Its shells when burned be-
witch. the air with fragrance.
In my text God commands Moses to
mix:this onrhya with the perfumes OF
theialtar in tho ancient tabernacle, and
| propose to mix some Of its perfumes at
the ALTAR OF Brooklyn Tabernacle, for,
having spoken to you on the Astronomy
of the Bible; or. God Among the Stars"
theF" Chronology OF the Bible; or, God
Among the Centuries" the "Ornithology
of the Bible. or. God Among the Birds;
the.sMinoraluyy of the Bible; or, God
Among the Amethysts" the "1chthyolo-
gy of the Bible; or. God Among tho
Fishes, now come to speak Of tho
.Conchology of the Bible; or, God Among
the Shells
RICHES OF THE OCEAN.
It is secret that you may keep for
me, for have never before told it to any
one, that III all the realms Of the natural
world there is nothing to me SO fascinat-
ling, so completely absorbing, so full OF
suggestiveness as shell. What2 More
entertaining than bird. which can sing,
when shell cannot sing? Well. there
you have made great mistake. Pick
up, the onychu from the banks OF the Red
sea or pick up bivalve from the beach
OF the Atlantic ocean and listen, and you
hear whole choir of marine voices
bass. alto, soprano-in an unknown
.to,e{1e, but seeming to chant, as | put
I thein to my ear. 1.-THE sea is his, and ne
made it," others singing, THY way, o
God, is in the sea" others hymning. HE
ruleth the raging of the sea.
What" says some one else. docs the
shell impress you more than tho starr
In some respects. yes, because can ham
die the shell and closely study the shell.
while cannot handle the star, and II
study it must study it at distance OF
millions and millions OF miles
What. s:lys some one else. "aro you
more impressed by the shell than the
flower? Yes for it has far greater va
rieties and far greater richness OF color,
as | could show you in thousands OF
specimens. anu because the shell does not
fade. as does the rose leaf, but maintains
its beauty century after century, so that
the onycha which tho hoof OF pharaoh's
horse Knocked aside in the chase OF the
lsraelites across the Red sea may have
kept it's luster to this hour. Yes, they
are so particolored and many colored
that you might pile them up until you
would have a wall with all tho colors OF
the wall OF heaven. from tho Jasper at
the bottom to the amethyst at tho top.
Oh, the shells The pctri6ed foam OF
the sea. Oh, tho shells! The hardened
bubbles Of the deep. Oh. the shells,
which are the diadems thrown by tho
ocean to tho feet OF the continents. How
the ehelIs nro ribbed. prooved, cylin-
dered. mottled, iridescentl They were
used as coin by some OF the nations
They were fastened in belts by others,
and made in handles Of wooden imple-
ments by still others, Mollusks not only
of the sea. but mollusks Of the land. Do
you know how much they have had to
do with the worlds history They saved
the church of God from extinguish1nent,
Tho Israelite, marched out OF Egypt
1000 900 strong, besides focks and herds.
The Bible says 1.-The people took their
dough befo,. it was leavened, their
kneading tronghs being bound up in the
clothes on their shoulders. They were
thrust forth nut of Egypt and could not
tarry; neither had they prepared for
themselve, any victuals.' Just think OF
It'll Forty years in the wilderness. In.
fidelity triulnphantly asks, How could
they live 40 years in the wilderness with
out food. You say mama fell On,
that was after long while. They would
have starved 50 times before the mamma
fell The fact il, they were chiefly kept
alive by the mollusks Of the land or
shelled creatures Mr.. Fronton and Mr..
Sicard took the same route from Egypt
toward Canaan that the Israelites took
and they give this as their testimony;
IsRAEL.s ROUTE TO CANAAN.
Although the children OF Israel must
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