Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-06

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deEol, the four rivers OF paredisa ~,
waters swirled with Gus and brig5tcn15
with soalcsi All the attributes of fbci
nito God were called into action for IN,
making Ct TINT first lsh. Iancoolate ara
trnnslucent niraclei There Is enourb 80
der In the plate Of sturgeon or in Tho car.
tlago OF shark to confound tho seirntigs,
10 does not take the universe to move 4
God. A fsh docs e.
NO wonder that LinnUus end Cuvier anil
Agassiz end the greatest minds of nm ~
Centuries SAT enrnpturcd before its nuato,nv
Oh, its beauty and the cdaptednesa on iia
structure TO tho element In which H. prss
live; tho picture gallery on the sides Of ia
mountain trout unveiled as they spripr mi,
TO snatch the flies; the graylna. called tbe
lower OF hahos; the salmon, ASCENDING tho
Oregon aud the Severn, easily leaDing tho
ielis that would stop them; the bold perch
the gIdgeon, silver and black spotted. tbe
herring, moving in squadrons Eve miles
LONG; the carp for cunning called the fox
OF fishes; the wondrOus sturgcons formerly
roseryed for tho tables Of royal families
and the isinglass made out Of their mem.
brnne; the tench called the physician OF
hshea, because when applied 10 human nil
ments u is said 30 bo curative; the lam.
prcys' so tempting to tho epicurcan that
too many OF them slew Henry Lave. the
whole world Of dshesi
Enough Of them floating up and down
the rivera TO feed the hcmisphercs IL every
ear OF corn and every head OF wheat aud
every herd Of quadruped and II evcrv other
article Of food in al tho earth were de-
stroyed. Universal drought, leayinr not
50 much ns a spear OK grass on the round
planet, would leave In the rivers and lsEcs
and sons for the human race q staple COIN
modify Of food which, * brought TO shore.
would DO enough not only to feed but fat
ten the entire human race. Ia times 10
come the world may be so populated that
the harvcsts and vineyards and land aui-
mails may be insufficient 60 feed the hui
man family, and the nations may be
Obliged 10 come TO the rivers and ocean
beaches TO seek the living harycgts that
swim the deep, and that would mean moro
health and vigor and brilliancy and brain
than The human race now own.
FISH FOOD MAEEs STRONG MEy.
The Lord by placing the fsh In the first
course Of the menu IN paradise, making IL
precCde bird and boast, indicated 70 the
world the importance OF the fish as an nrti.
Gle Of human food The reason that men
and women lived three and four aud flve
and nine hundred years was because they
were kept on parchcd corn and fish. We
mix up a fantastic food that kills the most
Of us before 30 years OF age. Custarls and
whipped sillabubs and Roman punchesnnd
chicken salads mt midnight are gauntlet
that few have strength 10 run.
We put on many a tombstone glowing
epithcts saying that Che person beneath
dieu OF patriotic services or from eNhaus.
ton ia religious work, when nothing killed
the poor fellow but lobster eaten at q party
four hours after he ought 70 have been
sound asleep in bed There are men today
In our streets so many walking hospitals
who might have boen athletes II they he'd
taken the hint Of Genesis IN my text and OF
our Lords remark and adhered 70 simplic-
~ " diet.
The reason that the country districts
have furnished most of the men aud women
Of our time who are doing the mighdcst
work 10 merchandise, IA mechanics, Ia law
ia medicine, Ia theology, In legislative and
congressional halls, and all the presidents
from Washington Guwn-at lenst those
who have amounted TO anything--is be
cause they were In these country districts
Of necessity kept on plnin diet. No man
or woman ever amounted to anything who
was brought up on floating island or angel
cake. The world must turn back 10 para
disiac diet il il is 20 get paradihao morals
and paradisiac health. The human race
to-day needs more phosphorus, and the flsh
Is charged and alrcharged with phosphor
us-phogphOrus, that which shines Ia tho
dark without burning
THE APOSTOLIC FISHERMEN.
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men that they could endure anything and
achieve everything? Next 20 divine inspi.
ration, Il was because they were nearly all
fishermen and lived on iish and few plain
condiments. Paul, though not brought up
TO swing the net and throw the line, must
of necessity have adopted the diet Of the
population among whom he lived, and you
see the phosphorus IN bis daring plea be-
fore Felix, and the phosphorus in his bold
ness Of al uttcrances before the wiseacrus
on Mrs hill, and the phosphorus as he
went without fright 20 his beheadiug, aud
the phosphorus you see IN the lives OF all
the apostles who moved right on undaunt-
cd 10 certain nartyrdom, whether 20 be
decapitated or flung or precipiccs or hung
in crucinxion Phosphorus shining in the
dark without burning,
No man or woman that ever lived was In
dependent OF questions of diet. Let those
who by circumstances are compelled 20
simplicity OF dict thank God for their res
cue from the temptation Of killing delicn-
cies. The men and women who are TO de-
eide the drift of tho Goth century, which is
only seven or eight steps on, are now fvo
miles back from tho rail station and had
for breakfast this morning a similar bill OF
fare 90 that which Christ provided forthe
fishermen disciples on the banks OF Lake
Galilee.
Indeed the only articlCs Of food that
Christ by miracle multiplied were bread
and fish which the boy who acted rs suit
Ter TO the 1900 people Of the wilderness
handed oyer-Gve barley leaves and two
fishes The boy must have felt badly when
called ON % give up the two fishes which 10
had brought out after having caught them
himself, sitting with his bare feet over the
bank OF the lake and expecting TO soil his
supply at good profit, but he felt better
when By the miracle the fish were multi
piled aud he had more returned 70 him than
he had surrendered.
THE ANCIENT MONSTERS.
Know also ia order 10 understand the
ichthyoiogy OF the Bible chat Ia the teepS7
waters, rs tboseof the Mediterranean, there
were monsters chat are now extinct. The
fools who become inldels because they can
not undors,3lad the engulfment Of the REQ
rcant Jonah ~ n sea monster might have
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