Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-10-21

TKxT "The ,oes,is ,ee,e ,r,,appei a1cat n, i.
head Jonah H. s.
The Botany o: the Bible or. Col Among
the FLOWERS. is = fascinating =1,aians ho:f
IN ny hand hook which iroue:,t fr0y
I3iestine. hounl in olive WOO |. AMI wssA5f
Ii are prese~l flowers which have not on,
retained their color. but their aroma Flow
ers from Bethlehem. aorsr. from I.rusa
lem, MOWERS from Gsthsefnane. flowers ron
Mount OF Olives, flowers rom Bet any. flow
ers from Sloan. flowers from the r-.ti..s o. Je-
hosnaphxt, res anemones and wiid n.cno
ne0e. butterrnrs, daisies. cycianPns. ea'no
mile. hiueheils. firms. n.oSsas. s.rss<~- ant
wealth Of fiora that keep ne :asc.na,-i by
the hour. ami every time open t ii is new
revelation II is the New Testament OF the
fields. But my text leads II. into anothe,
realm OF the botanic Kingdom.
Having spoken 10 you in course 81 ser
mons about &C od Ev-rywhere' on The
Astronomy of the Bible or. God Amonc The
Stars; The Orn;shoogy Of the Ribl- or,
Goa Among the Birds !; The Ich,hyolo-.y
OF the Bible; or. Go Among the F:-les ::
The Mineraogy o the Bible or. Col Among
the Amethysts The Conchoocy OF the
Bible or Col Among the Shells = The
Chronology OF the Bible or God Among the
Centuries i speak now to you about The
Botany OF the Bible; or. God in the Gardens
OF the Sea- Although purposely take this
morning for consideration the least observed
and least appreciated of Ali the botanical
products Of the world. we shall find the con-
temptation very absorbing
In all our theological seminaries where we
make ministers there ought to be professors
to give lessons in natural history. Physical
SCIENCE ought 10 be taught side by side with
revelation. 1t is the same God who inspires
the page Of the natural world as the page OF
the Scriptural world. What freshrni2S : up
1t would be to our sermons to press into
them even fragment of Mediterranean sea
weed We should have fewer sermons
awfully dry II We initiated our blessed ord. .
and In our discourse, like Him, we would
let lilly bloom, or crow fly. or hen
brood her chickens. or a crystal OF salt fash
out the preservative qualities Of religion.
The trouble is that in many Of our RI CO.
logical seminaries men who are so dry them
selves they never could get people to come
and hear them preach are now-trying to
teach young men how to preach and the
student Is put between two great presses OF
dogmatlc theology and squeezed unit! there
Is no life left in him. Give the poor victim
ct least one lesson on the botany OF the Bible.
That was an awful plunge that the rerreant
prophet Jonah made when, dropped over the
gunNales of the Mediterranean snip he sank
many fsthoms down into temp,stuous sea.
Both before and after the monster OF the dee p
oWdifpNct uIlIl. He WAS tlll hnS1"tl III SfaWpPu.
tn" lungles Of the deep threw their cordage
OF vegetation around him. Some ofthis sea
weed was anchored to the bottom of the
watery abysn. and some OF it was afioat= and
swallowed by the great sea monster 90 that,
wnil. the prophet was at the bottom OF the
deep alter he was horribly imprisoned he
cou:l exclaim and did ex lain in the vor is
o. my text. The weeds We're wrapped about
my haa1."
Ioanah was the first TO record that there
are growths upon the bottom of the sea as
we'll assupon land The first picture ever
owned was handful OF seaweeds pressed on
apase, and called them the shorn locks
OF Neptune. These products of the deep
whether brown or green or yellow or pur-
pie or red or intershot Of many colors are
most fascinating. They are distributed all
over the depths an from Arctic TO Antarctic.
That God thinks we'll OF them / conclude
from the fs t that he has made G000 species
Of them. Sometimes these water plants
are 100 or 700 feet long, and hey cable
tn" sea. One specimen has growth o.
1850 ;eet
o. he northwest shore of our country is q
een" = with leaves thirty or forty feet long
an which the sea ot,a makes his home
res IL himself on the II byancy OF the lea
an stem. The .hirsees' 'ungl-s o. the trop
les arc no, more full Of vegetation than the
dcpjhs OF the sea. There are forests dovr
the anil vast prairics all ahloom. and Goo
W. = there as be walked in the Garden 0
+ y in the cool Of thc9 day. Oh. wha
en- ra'l 'ar1ent this suhsqueOus world Oh
the God given wonders Of the seaweed It
bir. pa'e j. i l.'..e of crystal. The cradle
tha: rocks il is the storm. 1t. grave is sar
coF1acus ol h-rvi and sapphire. There i
10 mt ioEn tere.
I. r.. ar. n .atlres OF God on the bottom
OF tse sea % constructed that. strewn al
a,ou--. l.se. NAE armament b"eprent with
s. onsteia:.e..~ AMI galsxies Of in2ros
in ter Tn. eeq feather Is Iampiighter
7 .tInotuS i an e5.strIcian and he
gu, r-si with ric ttrI'itN and pakss n
DEP right with tn" lightning OF the sea
TT. nrcnnln fash,- lik. Jewels There ar
| sea anon ons ablaze with light There ar
| the star}sh ana the moonfsh. 90 called be
cause'..s't powerfully suggest stellar an
lunar illumination.
Or. these ..li1nich. lanterns Of the oceal
cavcrHs these process t0ns of fame over IN
whit door - the - these illumination
| tbrr" ,al-- down untier the sea thes
gor.-.Cu-ty upholstered cas.les Of the Al
| rtr3tv n the m .-rv3rii. The sathor c
| TIE .c~t 'el; IL" pull oi the hidden veyetatlo
| OF the Mediterranean, whether Or 90: be ap
| precistel is beauty, az he cried out, ''Th
| wees YER Hrapprti afont n head
Let nv sueIest che@r all those who Ia
frie.l Is who have aeen turied Al sea Or /
| our -rea. American axes. Which of I
| brought W on ihe A'la;tIc coass Ia. not "a
| kin or friend thus s~pu'cfIeresf< We IA
| the useless horror Of thiGking tha' they We,
denied proper resting place We SAID Oh
| Y they lad i~etJ 10 come ashore and "a
then Expired VITA, an a!Ie,ia:ion 0. O.
troutle i. would aaya been 10 put them
eorna beautiful fs,nilSNplo'. where We coa
| hare plan,ed tiov r. All trees over 'htgn-
| Wnv, Coz dIl tAt,er fc- then. than - ooul
| hav~ lone .or them They Teze Ie' fos
i iu.o f@au.itu! gardens Before they 1a
r~ar4- - lie bottom ;1sy had Sagla1ts aool
| Their -cw.
IL more elaborate and adorned riaee III,
W. could have a-nr1e5 tne-. .tey w@-@ =
awav for tEe as. sumter. Hear II = - -
and fathers ~ sailor toys who's. satg go
| down n our lAss i4yu- humane =
| ara no fsr@e.nw WOOL - Lsur~s Hills - 4tf4
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