Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-20

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AID y, of s4.is i mlshsy iesson ~
tnos~ = 10 are waiting fer others - build
t1-.r fsrtaD.s = hr1 they ought 70 80 10
81 Ia. Ike ,As Enslls1sks. bald thar
..,,, sartnrxs oct - Their own brain.
.,,.t q the,r own s~eas. ous Ct tAels own
3,..a~s-se~. Not . mo.l1sk ca ell the
leashss o. all the seas would have
hou.s Il shell Il u had lot itself bull.
o1s. Do not wait for others u she.l<r
sos. o. pEoss VOC AL the crast<esouz
CREATURES II ihs earth .rxIa every rake
II the.r ccssri1g and fspra every ridge
Of their tiny e.xtiss 81 Atlantic and Pa
cine aud Mediterranean coasts say. Help
yourself. while God hcips you 70 hslp
yo,tssels"
Those pacr.s who are waiting for Their
fxraer or rich osi caclo a. lie and leave
thsm = fortune are - silly as nloIiGsx
would % 70 wait for SINE other rnolIpsk
10 drop On II shell equipment IL woS.ld
XII. ne fnaliask a. IN most cs.ses Il de-
stroys a man. Not enc person ont II >
huEdred eyer was strong enough 10 kta4a
a large estate by Inheritance dropped on
hiin in \ chunk. Have great oxFecia-
tons from only two persons-tiod aud
yoarself Let the onycha VI my text be-
come your preceptog-
But the more examine the shells the
mare am Impressed that God Is Cod
III emotion. Many scod 1T emotion and
se<fa 10 think hat God Is q God OF cold
geometry and iron laws and eternal
apathy and enthroned stoscism. Nc.
No. The shells with ovcrpowering en,
pLasis deny 1t. While law and order
reign Ia the universe. You have bat Ia
ses the lavishncss Of color on the crus-
ta..ca. all shades Of crimson from faint
est blush 10 blood OF battlefield. sll
shades Of blue. all shades Of green. all
shades Of all coiors from deepest black
20 whitest light. just called out ON thu
sh,slls with no more order than mother
prsmeditates or calculates how many
kisses and hugs she shall give he ABE
waking up in the morning sunlight
Yes. my God Is an emotional Coz,
and he says, 1--WE must have colors and
let the sun paint all Of them on the scroll
OF that shell. and wo must have music.
ard here is q carol for the robin. and a
psalm for man. and doxology for the
seraphim. and u resurrection call for the
archangel" Aye. he showed himself a
God OF sublime emotion when he hung
himself on this world in the personality
of Christ to save il, without regard 10
tie tears it would take. or the blood II
would exhaust. OK the agonies 1t would
crush out.
When ! see the Louvres and the Lux
ernbourgs and the vaticans Of Divine
painting stre~n along the 5000 miles OF
coast, and hear in . forest on summer
morning musical academies and Han.
dels societies Of full orcheetras. say
God is God Of emotion. and IL he OBJ
serves mathematics il Is mathematics
sst to music, and his figures are written
not in white chalk on blsckboards, bot
written by finger Of sunlight on walls
OF jasmine and trumpet creeper.
WE HAVE A CLEAN RELIGION.
In my study Of the conchology Of the
Bitle this onyeha q the text also i'm
presses me with the fact that religion Is
perfumed. What else could God hays
meant when he said to Moses, Take
unto thee sweet spices. stacte and ony
char Moses took that shell Of the ony
cha. put il over the fire, and as it crum
tled into ashes it exhaled an odoY tina,
hung in every curtain and filed the AN
cieat tabernacle. and its sweet smoke es
capped from the sacred precincts and sat
urated the outside air.
Perfumsl That Is what religion IL.
But instead Of thai some make it NAL.
odor. They serve God In q rough and
acerb way. They box their child's ears
because he does not properly keep Sun
day instead Of making sunday so attract
i've the child could not help but keep it
They make him learn by heart n difficult,
chapter in the book Of Exodus. with al
the hard names, because he has beer
naughty. How many disagreeable good
people thare arel No one doubts thel
piety. and they will reach heaven. but
they will have to get fixed up befors
they go there or they will make trouble
by calling out to MS: Keep of that
grass What DO you mean by pluclf
ing that fowery' ''Show your ticketsr
Oh. how many Christian people need
70 obey my text and take into their wor.
ship and their behavior and their couso
Citations and presbytsries and general as
sembiies and conferences more onycha
have sometimes gone IL very gala oi
spirit into the presence of some disagree
able Christians and in five minutes felt
wretched. and at some other time have
gone depressed into the company d
snave and genial souls. and in few mo.
ments | felt exhilarant. What was q
difference, Ii was the difference in what
they burned on their censers. The enc
burned onycha; the other burned ASA
fetida.
1HE ROYAL PrarGE-
In this Genealogical study Of the III
bic | also notice that the mollusks OF
sheiled animals furnish the purple that
you see richly darkening 50 many Scrip
turc chapters. Ths purple stuff In tbs
ancient tabernacle. the purple girdle Of
thu priests. the purple mantle of Roman
smp<rors. The apparel Of Dives IN purple
and fine hnen--aye. the purple robe
which in mockery was thrown up,n
Chrsst--werc coiorsd By the purple Of the
shells 60 the chores Of the Aeiiterra-
nean. 1t was discovered by . shepherds
dog having stained bis mouth BY break
mg one Of the shells. and the purple
aroused admiration.
Getty purple. Sir pounds Of the p.r-
ple liquor extracted from the shelifstes
were nscd to prspsre 0re pound Of wool.
Purple wa also used ca the pagcs q
books. Bibles and prayer books ap-
nesrrd N, r-,r-.la ~ali,r, ,rhs-h ma st<,f