The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-02-23
OR. TALMAGE ON CONCHOLOGY
BIBLE LESSONS IN snA-sHELLs.
How the Mollusks Saved the Lives OF
the 1sraelites in the Wilder
ness. The Pearl of Great
Price a Prize.

uess. Inc fenrl OF 0roat
Price Prize.
TFxT: And The Lord soiJ ,,nfo tos..
1dSe unto thee sweet spices, staofe an,
nBchd."-Exodus XXX "a.
You may not have noticed the shells o
the Bible, although in this early part of In,
sacrod book God calls you TO consider enf
employ them as He lied Moses TO consider
ahu employ them. The onych, OF my text
sneIl found on the banks OF the Red Sea,
ana Moses and his armv must have crusbeI
.nnhy OF them under foot as they crossed
tne oisected waters, onycha on the beach
9nd onycha IN tie unfolded bed of the deem
shall speak OF this shell as n beautiful and
practical revelation Of Gof, and as true ne
the first chapter OF Genesis ami Tho las,
chHpter OF Revelation or everything be-
tween. W
Not only Is this shell. the onychs. found
~ the hed Sea. but in the waters OF India.
~ nor only delectates the eye with its convo-
lutions OF beauty, white and lustrous n =, !,
scrrated, but blesses the nostril with n nm
gent aroma. THIS shellflsh. accustomed 70
reed on spikenard, is redolent with that
3'orous piant-redolcnt when alive and re-
nolent when dead. Its shells wnen burned
bewitch the air with fragrince.
In my text Col commnnts Mosos 70 ,nix
this onchya with the perfumes of the nltnr
IN the ancient tabernacle. aud / propose 20
In'x some OF its perfumes at tho altar of
brooklyn tabernacle, for, having spoken TO
you ON the Astronomy of the Bible: or.
God Among the Stars:' the Chronology OF
the Bible; or, Got Among the Centuries -
tho "Ornithology Of the Bible: or. God
among the Birds;h the "Mineralozy of the
blble; or, God Among the Amethysts.n ~
the ichthyology Of tho Bible; or, Col
Among the Fishes" | now come TO speak of
tue "Conchology Of the Bible; or, Col
Among the Smells"
lt ~ gegrnf Int ..,,, ,,,.. a. -. T.. -
Tor nave never before told Il TO any one
mat III all the realms of the natural world
there Is nothing t1 mo so fascinating. 50
completely absorbing. 50 full OF suggestive.
ness, ASA shell Wnaty More entertaining
than bird. which can sing, when a shell
cannot sugp Well. there you have made n
preat mistake. Pick up the onycha from
tue banks OF the Red Sea or pic up a bivaly,
from the beach o tue Atlantic Ocean and
hsten, and you near a whole choir OF marine
Nolc'>-hasS. to, soprano n AN unknown
tongue. hut seeming TO chant. rs put them
TO my ear, "rhe sea is His and lie made it.n
Others sin ling, "1hv wav, o God, is in the
sea = others hymning, "He ruleth the ging
Of the sea-"
what" says some one else, docs the
smell impress you more than the starY In
some respects. YES, because | can handle the
shell an / clo.ely study the shel while 1
Cahnot bn"dle the star, aud il | study it
must stuiy it at a distance OF millions and
millions ot miles.
"Nhai, says some one else, 'ars Won
more Impressed by the shell than the
ties and far crsatsr r'oL,ss M =. .SaeeI WI NarIe
could sb ,,y yo,, IL, ,ta,,'a,,-,s 20 80, as
and becauss tbe s,ii -, 80, "a
the ross loaf hut ,nai,tai,," -. ~, I a., % uoe'
tury after century, so that the onycna
which the hoof of Pharaoh's horse knocseI
aside IN the chase OF the lsraelites across the
bour. YES thsv or. go rar,ioaIoe, .uiS
many coIors,l that o - 80 gu an
,ntil Won ,,onIj hayo Ill pr 'usn up
coloTs of tho ,yaII ~ 6oara, -, "'u .t ~ tne
M The battn g., ,t,a 'to,.' the Jasper
lb tba sb.ii, 80, s ~ ~ ~ ~.
sea IN ,h. sh.lIst
of tho desn ~
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tbe continant
= -as.esyeS - -
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that 49,, - w say Munua a. Iei'' on,
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sens ra'.'n,,s ,;ist mnarcn' oeverai thou-
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