The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-02
AT TIE TABERNACLE.
DIR. TALMAGE E FINDS LESSONS IN THE
BIBLES MENTION OF SHELLS.

Mako The Route of the Isreaiitcs
Gods Care For the Coral Insect.
BROOKLYN, Feb. lo.--In the Taber.
nacle this forenoon Rev. Or. Talm3gc
continued his course OF sermons on God
eyervw here. Ills subject was the "Con-
cholocy of the Bible, or, God Among
the Shells" The text being taken iiom
Exodus, 3Oth chapter, 3lth verse, "And
the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto
thee sweet spices, stactc and onycha."
You may not have noticed the shells
of the Bible, although in this early part
of the sacred book God calls y0u to con-
slider and employ them as lie called Mos
este consider and employ them. The oh
ycha of my text IS Shell found On the
banks Of the Red sea, and Moses and
his army must have crushed many Ct
them under foot as they crossed th" h-
sCctCd waters, OuyCha UN the beach and
onycha in the mioldch j1cd Of thc deep.
| shall speak Of this shell IS a b'au'.td'
and practical revelation ot Gud, and Ho
true as the first chapter otGcncsia and
the last chapter OF RCvt Ia'irn or every
thing be tween.
Not only is thus shell, the onyr'a,
found at the Red sea. bnt in 'hc waters
OF India. 1t not only dclrctatrS the eve
with its CouvOlutlOn3 Of beauty, white
and lustrous and scrratCd, but hi"Ts0S
the nCStrllS with 4 puAgcnt aroma.
This sheltish, accustomed to feed on
spl,cnard, is rcdolcnt with chat OdNr-
Gus plant. rcdO!cnt when n'jvc and rcd
OIcn. when dead. Its shells when
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| II thOllS1nIS
of spcclmcns. and hccausc the shcl
does not fade as does the rose leaf, bu
maintains its hcoutv century niIns con.
tury. so that the onychn which tho
hoor of pharaoh's horse knocked asjd,
in the chase of the Isrcalitcs across tIl,
Red sea NAV have kept IFS uslcr [,
this hour. Yes, they are so particol
orcd and many colorrd that YOU m,rh
pne them up until you have 4 wall wit,
all the colors of the wall OF heaven
from the iaspcr at the bottom 10 IN,
amethyst at the top.
On, the shells, The uctr;lieI foam
of the sea. Oh. the shells. The hard.
encd bubbles oil the deep. on. the
shells! which arc the diaicms throw,
by the ocean to the feet OF the conti
nents. How the shells are ribbed
groovcu. cylindcrcd, mOlllcd. iycdcs
cent! They were used as coin b,
some Of the nations. They were laSl
encd in bCl,s by others and ma lc II
handles orwoodcn unpcmcnlS hy still