Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-03
GARDENS OF THE SEA
Re- Or. Talmsgs on the Botany
Of the Bible.
An ELOQUfsT DISCOURSE.


olllss dlscoarsrs. Rev +. Dewitt
Iaimaes tosk rs hearers AID road
ga shroaxi. an r1nfrisd region u thoaxks
and foand sabjsct Tor most practical
g,<pelizsfien IN The Gardens q the
SEA Ths text ssiected was Jonah i.
j. The wes'is we're wrapped about my
ksa9.-
The Botany q ths Bible; OF. God
Amons the Flowers" = . fascinztina sub
iecG hold Ia my hand : book which I
br0Eghs from Palestine. bound In olive
wood. and within IL ars pressed flowers
which hsse not only retained their color.
bus their a<pmA Flowers from Bethle-
hsm. flowers from Jerusalem. flowers
frpm Gefhsrusane. towers from Mount
q Olives. nowsrs from Bethsuy. flowers
FROM siloa1n. ro~ers from the valley q
gehnshaphat. red sneInonss and Wild
mignonstts. buttsrrup@. daisies. eycls-
nens. eaEnomile. binsbslls, ferns. mos
-. grasses snd = wealth Of fiorA that
xsep mo fascinated BY the hour. and
every tirne open Il u 10 . new revsla-
fiQu, IL i ths New Testament Of fhs
neid& Bot my tsxt Iesis NJ into an
other reaila q the botanical kingdom.
Having spoksn o you IN course Of
seriaonz abont God Everywhere"-o
The Assrouofny az the Bible; or. God
Among the stars" The Ornirhology Of
the blbie. OF. Cod Among the Birds
The lchthyology q the BFbie; OF. God
Among the Fisllssls Tho Mineralogy
Of The Bibies OF. God Among the Ame-
thysts.r Tbs Coneholosy q the Bible.
or. God Among tho shells:- The Chro-
nnlogy % tho Bible; OF. God Among the
Centuries---I speak now % you about
The Botany - the Bible. or. God Ia
the Gardens Of the Sss-- Although
purposely take this morning for consii-
Grafton the least observed and least APP
prociafed II AL the botanical prosiuctsof
the worId. W. shall find tho eontsmpis-
tiOa very absorbing
In al cur theological serninaries where
NE make ministers there ought % DO
professors 10 give lessons Ia natural his
tory. Physical science oughtto be taught
sila By side with revelation. II is the
same God who inspires the page OF the
natural world A. the pace Of the Scrip
turai world What a freshening up Ii
would - 10 cur sermons 10 prcss into
them svvn = fragment u Mediterranean
srsweel, We should have fewer SER
rnons awfally dry Il No initiated our
hlc-ss~i Lord. ani In eur Discourse. like
hiin. We would lee a lily bloom. or crow
ny. " . hen brood her chickens. OF a
crystal q salt nash out the preservztive
qushfies q religion.
The troahie Il that in many Of our
Theological seminaris.s men who are 80
DRY themselves they never couh get
people % esms and hear them preach
are now trying % teach young men how
b. prvach. aud the student IL put between
two great presses Of dogmstic thsolosy
snd saueezed until there II no life left
IN aim. Give the poor victim at least
one lesson GA the botany Of the Bible.
woSrEks 90 TIE DEP.
That WAS an awful plunge that the rec
reant prophst Jonah made when.
cruppe-i over the gunwales of the Medi-
seryAnean snip. ks sank many fathoms
down into q teInpsstuous sea- Both be-
fore snd after the monster q the deep
swallowed hiin. he was entangled in sea-
weest Tho tungies Of tia deep threw
thei- cord&yc AZ vegptation around him.
Some ~ tins seswecd was anchored 20
tbe bottom q tho watsry abyxn. and
eonas - IL va aAoat and swallowed by
the .yreat saa monster. - that. while the
proI hst Wa az The b0ttofn 81 the deep
after he Wa horribly imprisoned he
couid exciarm and did exclaim ia the
wor'ls n my text. Tbs weeds were
wrapp-d about ny heal
jonah wa The hrst - record that there
arr xrowth- mon the bottom II tho ga
~ vel a. up,aa laisd The iirst Yictnrs
ever own,Hi va a handful Il seawsesis
pressed GA a paxs- ADD l called them
''the shorn locks q Neptune These
products - ths deey. whether brown or
green or yellow or purple or rcd or inter
shot e nssuv ccicrs. are most fasctnat-
inx They are dl,friaated all over thu
drFfhs AMI from Arctic . Antarctic.
Thss tsssd thia<s pcll q them ooncinds
Frofa m sacs that ~ has made eo.o
spes.iez II them Ssfnefinaes fhess wAtsr
risnts are 80 ~ 20 feet lung. and they
cable The "a Ore specimen has .
growth u 40 faet.
On Tn northwest shore q eur country
h sea~eei ~ifh l>av,- ~ or 40 frct
long aniil wkich he ga otter makes
his borne. resting himself On tha buoy
snrr 20 the i.saf and stern The thic rest
junxie- q re tropics sro roe more fall
q vrgstsfi0n than ths dertAs y The go
Tbsrs arr forests down th@re and vsst
prairss- al sbio,un. AID Col wallis there
a. b. walhed ia TIE carsien Of Eden in
the esci q tlir dsT~ On. what entrance
neat shis sutaae~oas vcridf On. he
Gel given W.,utleFs ~ the eeaweesii lts
birtkp lsce II palaee u cvystal The
crefie thst roeke Il y tha sforrn. Its
grave - esrcopbs4ns a b>ryi and cap
phire TAers = M night down shsre.
There srs creatures q Cd Oh tn 80
susn - the 50 80 eonsfracfesf that. sfre~n
81 sions. sbey maks Grsnsasns -
grrnt rith stsr~. csusteiiatinus sni
eAiAxiss - i,sec,ans ln<tsr TIE So
fssshsr = lantrii<tter The xylnnotus
b an sleotrielsa. and hs = sarcherx.d
VIA sieceriefty aad nlakes iAe deep
bright sitk - hxatnins q ths 80.
Ths ssrspaia a.-hss tks fsvrls Th@re
srs 80 snefacnss ehlsse ~tth light
Thssr~ as sl.a stsrssh sd th~ anoonfsh.
- susi.r.t f--csrss teg - sewerfuiiy ssk,
rsst sssiisf and lansr ilisaaiaasiots
"a. sh~s@ uii.fnishf isntera. - Ne
ecean eayerrsi the~@ Fric~-~i.lts q f.snls