Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-20

hINNt iAhalhe. A.llA UP ANt NttN NNA tAWlii
the hnnks OF the lied sea or pick up q bi
valve from the beach q thc Atlantic cccau
and listen, and you hear whole choir of
marine voig1s- hass alto. soprnn0--in an
unknown tongue. hut seeming 90 chant as
] put them 90 Toy ear, The sea Is hts and
he made it' Others singing "lhy way, @
God. IL IN the sea-, others hymning He
ruleth the raging Of the sea"
What says some one else. docs the
shell impress you more than the start" IN
sgtue respects, yes because can handle the
shell aud closely study the SHE'LL while
cannot handle The star, and IL ] study It
mnst study Il az distance Of millions and
millions Of miles
What" sgyg some ono else. ARE you
mote Impressed by the she'll than the G0w
err Yes. for 3: has far greater varieties
and far greater richness of color es I could
show YOU in thousands Of specimens and
beciuso the she'll does noj fade as does the
rose lenf but maintains i,s beauty ccnlufy
after century, 20 that tlo onycha which the
huof % phnui0hs horse knocked aside in
the chnse Of She lsrelitcs across the Rcd
ecu may have Kept is lustcr % this hour
Yes, they nre go parficolofed and many col
Ord that you might pile them up until
,
OF the wall OF heaven. from the jasper &c
the bottom to the amethyst nc the top
Oh, the sheilsl The petulCd foam Of the
aca Oh, the shollsl The hardened bubbles
% the deep Ola. the shcllsl which arc the
diddeins thrown by the ocean 70 the feet IL
tie continents How the shells are ribbed.
grooycd cylInderud mottlcd, iridescent
They were used ns coin by some OF che us
n D. % q.
crs and made in handles of wooden nipple
nionts by stlll others Mollusks not only
OF tie sea, but mollusks OF the land DO
You Know how much they have hal to do
with the worlds history They saved the
church Of God from eKtinguishment The
lsuclitos marched out Of ERypt 2. COZ, 900
strong. besides locks and herds.
The Bible says 1.-The people took their
dough before 10 WAS lcavcncd, their knoud.
ms tUughs being bound up Ia the clothes
ON their shoulders They were thrust forth
ont of Egypt aud could not tarry; neither
h8d they prepared Tor themselves any vic
tunlE' just think Of 100 Forty years in
the wilderness lundelity triumphHutly
asks, How could they live 20 years Ia the
wilderness without food9 You say mama
fell. Oh that was after n longWhile. They
mnuun fell The lact H.. they were chiefly
kept alive by the mollubks OF the land Or
shcilcd creatures Mr. Frontou aud Mr.
SIcard took the same route from Egypt TO-
ward Canaan that the lsraclitcs took, AMI
they give this 49, their Testimony,
ruOD 10 TIKI pEsERr
Although tue children Of Israel must
hive consisted Of about 100000 souls.
t.sffN Iutrlrffsn nod frf.Ug..-, If. Al.
herds they were not likely % experience
any Inconvenience Ia their march Several
thousand persons might walk ABREAST with
the greatest oulo Ia the very nnrrOwest part
Of the valley Ia which they hrst began 70 file
OF 10 soon aiterwnd expands 90 above
three leagues In width. With respect 10
forage, they would be at no loss. Tho
ground g. covered With tumalisk, broom,
clover and saint fOin. OF which latter es
pncnlly camoH 0rc pnssionHteiy fond, be-
sides almost every variety OF odorilcrous
plant and herb proper Tor pmsturago
The whole sides OF the valley through
which tho children Of Israel marched are
still tuftcd with brushwood, which doubt.
loss afforded food for their beasts, together
with many drier sorts for lighting lire, on
which tho lsraelltca could with the great.
est erse bake the dough they brought with
them on small iron plates, which form "a
constant uppondage 20 the baggtge Of nn
oriental traveller Lastly, the horbagc un.
derucuth those trees and shrubs ~ com.
pctely covered with snnils Of a prodigious
size aud of che best sort, and, however un-
inviting such a rppast might appear to us,
they are here esteemed great dolicacy
They We so plentiful In this valley that Il
may be- literally said That II Is difficult 20
take onu step without trcadiug on them %
80 the shollcd creatures saved the ho8L OF
lsiUelitcs on the march 20 the promised
land, aud the attack OF iuldolity Rt this
polat iR defeated by the facts, an inddellty
is always defeated by facts, since Il Is
founded on iguounca. Ia writing and
| printing our interrogation point has al
the bottom a mark like period and owe
II flourish like che swing OF q teamstor'i
whip, and wo put this Interrogation point
10 the end Of u question, but in tho Spanish
language tho interrogation point u twic,
used Cor each question. AZ the beginnir.
Of the question che Interrogation point q
presented upside down and at the cloBe q
the question right side up When nAdcl
icy puts IA question about tho Scriptures
as u always indicates ignorance, the quc.,
ton ought to be printed with two intcrro
CATION polnta, one at tho beginning AN,
one nc the close, but both upside down.
TnE DIVINE ARCfITECTuRR.
Thank God for the wealth OF moluslys al
up aud down the earth, whether feeding
the lsraelites on their way 20 the land dow
! Ing with milk and honey, OF. as we are bet
Ter acquainted with the molmsSs, whoi
| hung TO the beach al lake or sea. There AN
| three great families OF them. II shout,
ask you 10 name three OF tho great roya
| families OF the earth, perhaps you woul,
| respond, the house of Stuart, the house O
| Hnpsburg, the house OF Bourbon, but th
three royal families OF mollusss arc TN
un.yalve, or shell Ia one part. the biyalve
OF shell OF two parts, and the multvnlyc
| or she'll In many parts aud see God h
] their every hinge, In their every tooth, Il
/ their every cartilage, IN their every liza
mont, In their every spiral ridge aud n
| their every color, prism ON prism, aud thoi
adaptation OF Thin she'll Tor still ponds an,
thick coatings for boisterous seas The
/ all dash upon me the Thought Of the proyi
dentiGl care OF God.
What IN the use OF all this architecture q
the she'll and why IN IL pictured nom tn
outside lip clenr down into It's lahyrinths o
construction Why tho inhnity OF skill
and radiance IN a SHELF What Is tho as
of tho color and exquisite curve OF chin.
so insignificant as "A shellAshl Why, wher
the conchologst by drdgo or rake, fetche
the crustace0us specimens TO the ahoro, doc
be lnd az his feet whole alhambras nnl
| colisoums and pnrthenons and orystal pal