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BIBLE CONCI:OL0G Y.
DR.. TALG1AcE CONTINUES sls SER
MONS On GOD liz NATURE
"swee, Spices, >,sc:c aud onycha"-von-
derful Force and Variety of the i;ibie'>
lmaser, From Na,ure-How the Divine
Care Is shown In the ocean's shells
BRooN1yN. Feb. 10. -lnthe Tabernacle
this forenoon Rev Dr.. TallnaSe ccntin
ued his course of sermons on God every.
where. His subject was the "Coacho!osy
Of the Bible. or, God Aaons the Shells.
The text beiug taken from Exodus, S9th
chapter. 34th verse. And the Lord said
unto Moses. T&ze INTO thee sweet spices
stacte and onyeha.
You may not haze noticed the shells
OF the Bi5l.. although in tais carly part
of the sacred Book God calls YOU to con
siGer ana employ them as he called
Moses TO consider and e!Hplov them. Ike
onvcha of ,l.vtext is :. smell found on the
banks of the Red sea and Moses and his
army must have crushed MANY OF them
unde, foot as they crossed TIE b;sec:ed
waters. onycha en- the beach ana onyveaa
in the unfo!e!ed bed Of the dee? Shall
speak OF this Shed as beautiful and
practical rtAelauoa Of God. and as true
as the first chapter OF Genesi> and the
last chapter OF Revelation or everything
between
Not only is this shell, the onycha
found al the Red Sea brt IN the waters
o. India Il no; only delact;5es the=eye
with lis coavol2conS Of beanty white
and luStrouS aud serrated. but b.esses
the noStril with a pungcat aroma This
she!.tish. accustomed 10 feed en- spike
nard. is redolent with that odorous
pIant-redolent when alive a.l,! redo'cnt
when dead lis shells when burned be.
witch the ar With fragrance
In nv text God commands Moses TO
mix this oncilya with tie perfumes OF
the altar in TIE ancient tabernacle. and
| propose. to r.ix some OF lis perfumes AZ
the altar Of Brooklyn Tabernacle, for.
having spoken TO you on The Astronomy
OF the BiSle. or. God Among III. Stars:
the Chronology Of the Bible: or.God
Among the Centuries: the "OlelitholoSy
OF the B55e. or. God Among the Birds.
the -Mincralosy OF the Bi3le: or. God
Among the .\raethvsts::' The 'Ichthyolo-
gv q. the Bible or God Among the
Fishes. now cone TO speak O: the
'ConcholoSv OF the Bible, or, God Among
The Shells
RICHES or TIE OCEAN.
1t is a secret that Won nay keep for
me. for have never before tod ttoany
one tha= IN al the realms Of the natural
world there Is nothing to me 80 tas nat
ing SO completely absorbr9g. 50 ftiil OF
sCggestleencSS. as a smell What: More
entertaining than a bird winch css,iSiag
when shcn cannot sing: Well there
you nave made a great mistake. lIck
up tHt V'!S 10 'ts'''- ~ 49,
sea or pick MP a o'v@!ve iIoia 'at- pe''cN
OF the Atlantic ocean ;,'ati iiSien. ana you
near whole choir Of marine voices
bass alto somano-in an unknown
tongue. bat seeming to chant. Is | Iut
them to my ear The sea Is ms, 2nd ae
made it. others singing. ny W;.E'.Q
God sin the SEA: Others hylan1ns : de
ruleth the raging Of these
WHAT. says some ore eise, does 'he
shell impress You more than the star;
In some respects. YES. because | can nan
die the shell and closely study the sA@.l,
While cannot handle the ss&r ana Ii !
study II must study II al a distance 0'
m'llioas a:ld ini.ho2s o. l'l4es
What. SAYS some one else. are you
more Impressed by the shell taaA the
flower Yes for II h&s lar greater va
rletles aod far greater ilcnHeS'= OF c9.or,
as coald shcw you II taoHsanaS Of
specimens. aad because heS3e'l Goes nor
fade AS does the rose .e.4f. bi1' maintains
It's beauty centpry after century 50 ihat
the onycha which ;he toof OF 2haraon ;
horse Knocked aside N the ca;'.se OF Inc
lsraeli;es across the Red sea may nave
kept It's ips;er - tins hour les. 'ney
are so l'art'colored aud many co.9fed
that you might pile tl@aa up unyli you
woald have wall v-lth ;'il TIE coioFs OF
tae wall of heaven. from the Jasper al
the bottom TO the amethyst ii the top
Oh the shells. Tie petrltle. team OF
the sea. On the shells. / ne harteneo
bubbles OF the deep On. TIE She.is
winch are the diaeems thrown by The
ocean to the feetot thecoAtlnents. How
the shells are ribbed srooved, cyan-
dered mottled iridescent! Iney We're
used as coin by some Of the nations
They were fastened IN belts by Others.
and made IN handles OF wooden nnP.e-
ments by still others. No.insks nol oilly
OF fhe sea. o0o H'oil''s"s % .'ie .l'i.', ~
you k'i'w now niueii 'iisN - -, '-'o. -
90 WIN the "~.i'l ; 'tis'0i' .i .. s,'',.'
the cnJ.r1h oi ooi from eSN.,l U.s. -. -.
Inc iSraeil'eS nlarehta oa' , % -, - |, =
zooo'GoV strong oesi''eS 'iolNa '''-V' ~ -.
Inc oioie says 1He P'ot's. 'o9'' 80: 80
donsh=before II vas t''''Neiiea. sH5ii .,
kneadlns 'ro'sas DeiaS po'iiG II, 10 = ,re 'l.e
clothes Oh tiie.' s''ool,'s's -, -.
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