The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-24

crusidceOuS specimens 70 the snore. does ne
hnd at his feet whole alhambras and coli
seums and parthenons aud crystal palaces OF
beauty In miniature, and these bring tollght
only an infinitesmal mart OF the opuience in
the great s~ubaqusous world. Lisnr1u.
counted ) Ospecies o fsiells but co~uchology
bad then only begun its achievements.
While exploring the bed of the Atlantic
Ocean in preparation for having the cable
shelle1 animals were brought up from
| depths Of 1000 fathoms. When lifting the
telegraph wire from the Meliterransa n and
he Seas, shelled creatures were hrou yht
up from neDttis o So: lssssJsssx ThA Enc
lish admiralty, exoloring in behalf ut
science, found moiiusIs at a dspth OF 243j
fathoms, or 1920 feet deeP. What a realm
awful for vastnessi
As the shell is only the house and this
wardrobe of insignificant animals OF the
deep. why all that won Ter and beauty of
construction. Gods care for them is the
only reason. And If Go provi ie so munifi-
Gently for them, will He not SEES that YOU
have wardrobe anil shelter? Wardrobe and
shelter for a peri SinSlei shall ners not be
wardrobe and shelter for a manf Would
God give a coat of mail for the defense OF a
nautilus and leave you no defense against
the Storm Does He build a stone house for
a creature that lasts a season AMI leave with
out home a soul that takes hold on centuries
and eonst
Hugh Miller found 'the Footprints of the
tTedLOf III U1e Oh re SlnfSDDna," an1 L
hear the harmonies OF God in the tinkle of
the sea shells when the ii les CO ne in. The
same Christ who drew a lesson of providen-
tial care from the fact that God clothes With
grass the field instructs me to draw the saine
lesson from the shells.
In almost every mans lifa, however we'll
born and prososrous for vas- .-a In Al
most every NO mans life, there conssa very
dark time, at least once. A conjunction OF
circumstances will threaten bankruptcy and
homelessness and starvation. it may be that
these words will meet the ear or will meet
the eye of those who are in such a state of
f~oreboding. Come, then, and see how God
gives an ivory palace to a water animal that
You could cover with a ten-cent piece aud
clothes in armor against all attack a coral
no bigger than "a snowflake. | do not think
that God will take better care of a biyalve
han of one OF His own children.
l rake TO your feet with the gospel rake
the most thorough evidences of Coils care
for His creatures. l pile arouu 1 o great
mounds of SHELLS that they may teach you
q most comforting theology. Oh, ye of little
faith, walk among these arbors of coraline
AMI look at these bouquets OF shell, DIT to be
handed a queen on her coronation day, and
see these fallen rainoows o. color, AMI ex-
anime these lilies IN stone, these prinrosss
in stone, these helintropas in stone, these
cowSflps IN stone, these -geraniu MS in stone,
THESE JaponIcas IN stone.
y We who have your telescopes ready look
ing out on clear nigats, trying to see what
is Transporting in Mars, Jupiter and Mercnry,
know tnat wltiin a few nourS walls or ride
of where you now are tners are whole
worlds that you mi lat explore, but OF which
you are unconscious. AMI among the most
beautiful and sa ~ssstive of tnsse worlds is
the couchoioIieal world. Take this lesson Of
a pr~0vidential cara How does that old
hymn go?
We may, like ships, By tempssts be tossed
On peTllons decp-, Dut cannot be lost.
Though sl5an snFiges the wind aud the tide,
Tue promise assures us tae Lord will provide.
But while you get this pointsi lesson OF
providentlal care from tine sneilei creatures
of the deep, notica in taeir Construction
that Col helps them to help themselves. Fnis
house of stoae in winch tney live is nat
dropped on them and is not built around
the u. The material for 1t e1l les from tasir
own bodies ana Is aiorAei with a c5iored
duid b'on the pores OF tIeir own uec<. Ii
is q most interesting tuing to Sc these crus-
tacean animals fashion tnsir " homes out
OF carbonate of Inns and membrane.
And all Of this is a mighty lesson to thosl
who are waiting for otners to build their
fortunes waen they ousat to go TO WORK
and, like the Inoilusks, build their o1n
fortunes out OF TIER Own brain, out of their
OWN swesL out of Their DIVE industries.
Not a moilusk on all the beaches of all the
SEAS WDulI nave u uDuao OIL susii IL 10 uau
not itself built one. Do lot wait Tor others
to shelter you or prosper you. All tns
crustaceous creatures of the earth from
every fake of their covering aui IRON every
ridge OF their tinv castles on Atlantic and
Pacific and Mediterranean coasts say,
'Hslp yourself. while God helps you to helT
Yourself"
Those people who are waiting for their
father or rich old uncle to die auileavs them
a fortune are as silly as moiuss woult oe
to wait Tor some other rnollusS to drop on
1t a shell equipment. 1t would Kill the moi.
lusiS as in most cases it destroys a man. Not
| one person out of a hun lred ever was strong
enough to stand q large estate by III lefit-
ance dropped on hin in a chuns, Hav
| great exp ectations from only two persons
God and yourself Let the onychl Of my
| text become your pgTcsptor.
But the more l e1S,alna the shells the
more ] am impressed taaS Go is a Cad OF
emotion. Many scoff at emotion ana sean
| to thinS that God is Il Got OF cold geometry
| and iron laws and eternal apathy ami en-
throned stoicism. Mol Not The shells with
| overpowering emphasis deny it. While law
and order reign in the universe, you have
| but to see the lavisnnesS OF color OIL the
crustacea, all shades OF crimson from falnt-
est blush TO blood of battlefield, all snaies
of green, all shaoes OF all co,ors from deepest
| black to wnitesE hght just calls olt on tho
shells with no more orIer thlf u iuoJner
| prepeditates or cflcutats IS how many kisses
and hugs she snail give her oabs waking up
IN tbs morning sunlight.
Yes, my God is an emotional Col and He
| saws "We must nave cJ!ors aud let tbs sun
| paint all OF them on thss roIl Of that slei
and we must have muse, an mere is a caro-.
for the ROBIN, ami a psalm for NAV, an a
doxology for the ~seraphi'n, an a resarrac-
ton call for tue archangei." Ave, He
snoyeI Himself a Gal OF subime emo.ion
.-ka, LIa annr Ht,n.alf IN tn = .Nnrid IL, tina
personality of Christ to save 1t. wtt1o Ir re-
gard to the tears It would take, or the blood
il would EXHAUST. or the agon'es it would
cru-h out.
When l see the Louyres ami the Luxen-
bourgs and the Vatieans of Divins painting
strewn along the 5000 miles OF coast, and |
hear in a forest on a su nmsr mornlng mus
ical academies ami Hamlet societies of full
orchestras, | say God Is u God OF emutlon,
and If He observes mat1enatics it is tnaths-
MATES set to music. and His Il ,uces are writ.
ten not in white ehalk on bise boards, but
written by a finger Of sunis ht on walls o.
jasmine and trumpet creeDer.
In my study OF tue concnoiogy OF the Bible
this onyona OF the text also i'm presses me
with the TACT that religion is perfumed.
What else coui Col have meant wnen He
said 30 Moses, "rats unto thes sweet spices.
stacte aad onycnaY Noses tolE tnat shell
OF the onycna, put it over the lire. aat as it
c~ruinblei into asnes II exhaie I an odor That
hung in every cnrtain anl filled tbs ancient
tabernacle, ana its sweet smoke escape
from she sacred precincts add saturate the
outside air
Perfume! That is waat religion is. Bat
insteaI Of that 50 ne mtge 1t a malodor
They serve God in IA rlu sh'anl aero
They box their cailfs ears zee aus he Goas
not properly Keep sunday inStsp At OF making
Sunday 50 attractive tne cha ecui not
hem hilr sesp iL. raey make ntn learn by
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