The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-02-16

lchthyology of the Bible that In the dee,
or waters, as those of the eMediterrene can
there were monsters that are now .ex.
tlnct. The foDls who become infideIs
because they cannot understand the
engulfment of the recreant Jonah in a
sea monster might have saved their
souls by studying little natural history.
NOh" says some one that story of To.
nah was only fable" Say others cit
was interpolated b. some writer of later
times" Others say, cit was repro
ductlon OF the story of Hercules deyored
and then restored from the monster. -
But my reply Is that history tells us
that there were monsters large enough
whelm to ships.
ages was 80 feet long, and as late as
Ihe sINth century OF the Christian era
up and down the Mediterranean there
lioatcd monsters compared with which
modern whale was sardinc or her.
ring. The shark has again and again
pecn found to have swallowed O man
entire. a fisherman on the coast of
turkey found sea monster which con
.alncd womon and purse of gold.
nave seen in museums sea monsters
large enough to take down prophet,
But nave better reason for believing
ire Oia testament account. and that is
that Christ said it was true and type
Oh ms own resurrection. and l suppose
ne ought to know. In Matthew xii, 40,
Jesus Christ says, "For as Jonas was
three days and three nights in the
wha'e's belly, so shall the Son of Man
DO three days and three nights in the
heaIG OF the EARTH" And that settles it
or me ard for any man who does not
believe Christ dupe and an imposter.
Notice also how the Old Testament
writer's draw Slmilitude from the fisbe-
rleS. Jeremiah uses such imagery to
prophesy destruction, behold, | will
SEND Tor many fishers, saith the Lord,
and they shall fish them" Ezekiel uses
llsh imagery prophesy prosperity, ut
shall come to pass that the fishers shall
stand upon it from En- .gedi even to En-
eglalm; they shall be place to cast forth
nets; their fish shall be according to
their kinds, as the fish of the great sea.
which is that Ep-gedi and En-eglaim
stood on the banks of the Dead sea, in
the waters of which no fish can live, but
the prophet says that the time will come
when these waters will be regenerated
and they will be great places for fish,
Amos reproves idolatries by saying,
The day shall come upon you when he
Will take you away with hooks and your
pOsterity with lShhooks." Solomon in
EcclesiaSteS, declares that those captur-
ed of TEN ptation are as fishes taken in
an evil net. Indeed Solomon knew all
about the lnny tribe and wrote a treat
lse on ichthyology which has been lost.
Furthermore, in order that you may
understand the ichthyology of the Bible
you must know that there were five
ways Of fishing. One was by a fence of
reeds and canes, within which the fish
we're caught. But the IIerodic govern
nrnt forbade that on Lake Galilee, lest
! pleasure boats be wrecked by the stakes
driven. Another mode was by spear
lng-the waters of Galilee so clear, good
ann could be taken for the translixing
Another was 10y hook and line, as
where Isaiah says, "The fishers also
shall mourn, and they that cast angle
into the brook shall lament. And Job
says, "CanSJ thou draw out leYiathan
with a hook?' And IIabakkuk saws
They take up all of them with the an.
gle"
Another mode was by casting net or
that which was lung from the shore an.
| other, by Il dragnet or that which was
thrown from boat and drawn through
the sea rs the fishing smack sailed on
How wonderful all this is inwrOught
into the 5iDle imagery, and it leads me
% ask IN which mode are you and fish.
ing, for tfe church is the boat, and the
| gospel IS the net, and the sea is the
| world, and the fish are the souls. and
9IIrpcC 10 pS 10 hn -; 4
Andrew,' saying, "FOllow me, and
will make you fishes Of men," But
when is the best time to fish fo.' souls :?
Ia the night. Peter, why did you say to
Christ, ave have tOiled all the night
and have taken nothing?" Why did
YOU net fish i'll the daytime? lie re-
plies, "Nou ought to know that the
night is the best time for fishing"
At TObyhaIna Mills, among the
mountains Of Pennsylvania, | saw a
irlend with high boots and fishing tackle
starting out at 9 o'clock at nigh, and |
said, "Where are YOU going?' lie an
swcrCd, "Going to fish" "What in the
night?' lie answered, ayes, in the
night So the vast majority of souls
captured for God are taken in times of
revival in the night meetings. They
mlgbi Just as well come at ~ o'clock at
ilooiI, pib illOSO VI Jn6lH VIII llOU. ASK
the evangelsts of olden times ask Fin
ney, ask Nettleton. ask Osborn, ask
Daniel Baker, and then ask all the
modern evangelists which is the best
time to gather souls, and they will an.
swer, "Ihe night; by all odds, the
night" Not only the natural night but
the night Of trouble.
suppose / go around in this audience
and ask these Christians when they
were converted to God. One would an
sWer, at was at the time lost my
child by membranOus Group, and it was
the night of bereavement" or the an.
swer would be, at was just after | was
swindlcd out Of my property and it
was the night Of bankruptcy" or it
would be, at was during that time
when | was down with that awful sick.
ness, and it was the night of physical
sullering,' or it would be, "It was that
time when SANDER took after me, and
was maligned and abused. and it was
the night Of persecution All, nv
hearers, that is the time for you to "a
after souls, when night of trouble is
! ON