The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-02


I ever was strong enough te.staud a large
estate by Inheritance dropped on HIM I'm
a chunk. Have great expectations from
only two personsIGod and yourself
Let the onyaha of my text become
your preceptor.
But the more ] examine the shells
Ifhe more 1 am impressed that God is 4
God of emotion. Many scom at emo
ton and seem to think that God is Il
God of cold geometry and iron laws
and cterna' apathy and oathrOned
stoiciSm. No. No, The Shells, with
OverpOWering emphasis, deny it. While
law ANA order reign in the universe.
you have but to see the lavishnrSs Of
| color on the crIStacpa, all shades Of
crimson from fainteSG blush to blood
Of battlefield. all shades of blue, all
shades Of green, all shades Of all coorS
from deepest black to whitcSb light, lust
called out on the shells with no more
order than i mother prempditatcs or
calculates how many kisses and hugs
she shall give her babe waking IN i'm
the morning sunlight.
Yes, my God is an emotional God
and lie says, 1--WE must have colors and
let the sun paint ali Of them on the
scroll OF that she'll, and we must have
music, and here is acarOl for the robin,
ana psalm Tor man, and - uOXOlorV
1or The Srraphjm, audi Il Resurrection
call Tor thc archangul." Aye, he showed
himself II God Of sublime emotion
when Ii" dung himself on this world in
the personality Of Christ to give it
without regard TO the tears it would
TAKE, or th@ blood 1t would exhaust, or
the aGonicS it would crush out.
men l see the 1.OuVreS, and the
l.uxembOurgS, and the Nat;cans OF Dl-
vine Wanting ctrnWn III bn -
miles OF coast, and hear in Il forest on
summer morning musical academies
ana ilanuel'S societies. OF full Orch9S.
| traS, say God is q GOD Of emotion, and
II he observes mathematics j. is math-
| emaIlCS set TO music, ana his limures
are written rot in white chalk on black
boards, but written by Il finger of sun.
nght on walls of jasmine and trumpet
| creGper.
IN my Study Of the conchoiogy Of the
blDle, THIS 0nycha Of the text also im-
presses me with thH fact that religion
IS pGrGumcd. What else could God
have meant when he said to Moses,
Take unto thee sweet spices. stacte
and Onycha?' Moses took that Shell of
the onycha, put il over the lire, and us
1T crumblcd into ashes it. eXhaled an
ouor mat hung in every curtain and
llllcd the ancient tabernacle, and its
sweet smoke escaped from the sacred
precincts and saturated the outside air
Perfume, That is What religion is
, But instead Of that SOM 6 make it a NAL.
odor. They serve God in rough and
acerb way. They box their child'S ears
because N" does not property keep Sun
day. instead OF making Sunday SO at
, tracjIve the child could not help but
keep 1t. They make hi.n learn by heart
a Il iii emit rh1TItnr i, NO l,nnl. r.
Y duS, with all the hard names, because
he has been naughty. How many dis
= agreeahlr good people there are. nc
c one doubts their ricty, and they vii
y reach heaven, but they Will have to ge
\ IIXed up before they go there, or they
VIII max" trouble by calling out to us
"keep off that grass "What do yo,
{ mtaN by pldrking that tl)wrr?" "ShoN
u yOur tlckctS.'
; Oh, how many Christian people II zee
Il to OHcy my text and take into thcil
!, worship and their behavior and their
II CONSIDERATIONS and prusbytereS and gen
eral assemblies AMI conferences more
4 onycha. | have sometimes gone in ;
# very gala Of spirit into the presence OF
some dlSagreeable Christians and il
five minutes felt Wrctchcl, and at some
: othci time have gone depressed int
= the company of Slavr and genial souls
y ana III few moments felt eXhilar
; ant. What was the difference? II was
the difference in what they burned ir
their ccnSers. The one burned onvcha
t the other burned aSafetida.
In this Genealogical study Of the
Bible | also notice that the molluskS on
shelled animals furnish the purple that
you see richly darkening so many
scripture chapters. The purple stuff
in the ancient tabernacle, the purple
glrdle OF the priests, the purple mantle
OF Roman emperorS. the apparel OF
Dives in purple and fine linen aye, the
purple robe which IN m0ckery was
thrown upon ChriSt---wcre colOIeI b>
the purple Of the shells on the shores OF
the Mediterranean. 1t was discovered
by shepherds dog having stained his
mouth by breaking one Of the shells
and the purple aroused timiration.
Costly purple. Six pounds Of The
purple liquor extracted from the shell
fishes were used to prepare one pound
OF wool. Iurplo WAS also used on the
pages Of books. bibles aud PRAYER
books appeared III purple Vcllum, which
may still be found in some Of the ma
tlonal libraries Of EuTopc. Plutarcl
speaks OF some purple which KEEP It's
beauty Tor 100 years. But after awhile
the purple became easier to get, and
lldL w HIGH Iliiti DctE a. sigh Dl Imperial
authority when worn in robes was
adopted By many people, and SO an en-
peror, Jealous OF tul$ appropriation of
the purple, made II law that any one TX
crpt royalty wearing purple should be
PIT t0 death.
Then, rs If to punish the world Tor
that Outrage OF rXtluSivcnv.;S, God OBJ
liberated the color from the earth, aS
much rs to say, at all CannOt have it,
none shall have It. BuL, though God
has deprived the race nl lhaJ ShclIsh
which afforded tho purple, there are
shells enough irfL 10 make us glad and
wOrShiniul. On, the enhancement Of
hue and shape STILL lett all up and down
the beaches of I'll the continents These
creatures OF the sea have what roofs
OF "namClrd porcelain, They dwell un-
der what payIliOnS, blue is the sky and
fiery rs a$uESct and mysterious as an
aurora, And am not right in leading
YOu for Il few moments through this
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