Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-23

II the end of IL question. but in the Spanish
language the interrogation point is twice
ised for each question. At the beginning
If the question the interrogation point is
presented upside down and at the close of
he question right side up. When infidel-
ty puts question about the Scriptures,
y it always indicates ignorance the ques-
lion ought to be printed with two interro-
cation points, one at the beginning ana
ne at the close, but both upside down.
THE DIVINE ARCHITECTURE.
Thank God for the wealth of mollusks all
Up and down the earth, whether feeding
he Israelites on their way to the land flow
ng with milk and honey. or, as we are bet
Ter acquainted with the mollusks, when
lung to the beach of lake or sea. There are
hree great families of them If should
lsk you to name three of the great royal
amiles of the earth, perhaps you would
respond, the house of Stuart, the house OF
Hapsburg, the house of Bourbon, but the
three royal families of mollusks are the
lnivalve, or shell in one part; the bivalve,
Or shell of two parts, and the multivalye,
,r shell in many parts, and see God in
heir every hinge, in their every tooth, in
heir every cartilage, in their every liga-
nent, in their every spiral ridge and in
heir every color, prism on prism, and their
adaptation of thin shell for still ponds and
hick coatings for boisterous seas. They
I'll dash upon me the thought of the provi
iential care of God
What is the use Of all this architecture of
he she'll, and why is it pictured from the
outside lip clear down into its labyrinths Of
construction Why the infnity of skill
and radiance in shell? What is the use
If the color and exquisite curve Of thing
70 insignificant as a shellfish? Why, when
he conchologist, by dredge or rake, fetches
he crustaceous specimens to the shore, does
lie find at bis feet whole alhambras and
oliseums and parthenons and crystal pal
ices of beauty in miniature, and these bring
% light only an infnitesimal part Of the
)pulence IN the great subaqueous world.
Linneus counted $500 species Of shells, but
.onchology had then only begun its achieve
nents
While exploring the bed of the Atlantic
ocean in preparation for laying the cable,
shelled animals were brought up from
depths of 900 fathoms. When lifting this
telegraph wire from the Mediterranean and
Red seas, shelled creatures were brought
up from depths of 1900 fathoms The Eng
Elish admiralty, exploring in behalf Of
lcience, found mollusks ut depth of 2,435
tathoms. 14.2l0 feet deep What realm
lwful for vastnessl
As the she'll is only the house and the
wardrobe OF insignificant animals OF the
deep, why all that wonder and beauty Of
Gods care of them is the
bnly reason And II God proyie!eso muniii-
,ently for them, viii be not see that you
have wardrobe and shelter Wardrobe and
shelter for periwinklel Shall there not be
wardrobe and shelter for MANI Would
God give a coat Of mail for the defense of
nautilus and leave you no defense against
The Storm Does he build a stone house for
q creature that lasts season and leave
without home a soul that takes hold on cen
.uries and eonsS
Hugh Miller found 1.-The footprints Of the
Creator in the old red sandstone" and
hear the harmonies Of God in the tinkle Of
the scashells when the tides come in. The
came Christ who drew lesson of providen-
lial care from the fact that God clothes with
grass the field instIrcts me TO draw the
zane lesson from the shells
FERTILIZATION SHOULD WORK PATIENCE
horn and prosperous for years, and in al
most every woman's life, there comes
very dark time-at least once A coniunc
lion Of circumstances will threaten bank
ruptcy and homelessness and starvation
II may be that these words will meet the
Par or will meet the eye of those who are
IN such state Of foreboding. Come, then,
End see how God gives an livery palace to q
water animal that you could cover with
Decent piece and clothes in armor against
Rl attack coral no bigger than SLOW
Rake do not think that God will take
better care OF bivalve than Of one of his
Dwn children.
/ rake TO your feet with the gospel rake
The most thorough evidences Of Gods care
Tor his creatures | pile around you great
Of shells that they may teach you
most comforting theology. Oh We Of
little faith. walk among these arbors Of
soraline, and look at these bouquets of
she'll fit to be handed queen on her coro-
nation day, and see these fallen rainbows
1f color, and examine these lilies In stone,
hese primroses in stone, these heliotropes
n stone, these cowslips in stone. these ge-
raniums in stone, these japonicas In stone
Oh, ye who have your telescopes ready,
looking out on clear nights trying to see
what is transporting in Mars, Jupiter and
Mercury. know that within few hours
walk or ride OF where you now are there
ire whole worlds that you might explore,
cut of which you are unconscious, and
lmong the most beautiful and suggestive
II these worlds is the genealogical world.
Take this lesson Of providential care.
How does that old hymn goi
We may. like ships. by tempest be tossed
On perilous deeps. but cannot be lost.
Though satan enrages the wind and the tide,
rhe promise assures us. the Lord win provide.
GODS HELP TO SELF HELP.
But while you get this pointed lesson Of
care from the shelled crea-
.ures of the deep, notice in their construc-
ion that God helps them to help them
elves This house Of stone in which they
i've is not dropped on them and is not
quilt around them. The material for it
.xudes from their own bodies and is adorned
With a colored fluid from the pores of their
,wn neck 1t is a most interesting thing
o see these crustacean animals fashion
heir own homes out Of carbonate of lime
md membrane.
And all Of this is a mighty lesson 70