Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-03

90 ts eoFonsls q beauty. snj when to
it'd rscssed these scientists have waaed
down and picked up divinsly pictarsd
leapss q the ocean. the nAtarzlists, PIKE
aud Hooper and W alters. gafhswing tAeza
fron the beach u Long Island sound.
and Or. Hodzstt preserving them from
tbs shsres q key West, and Professors
Emerson and Gray fading them along
Basaox harbor. and Profsssor Gibbs
gathering them from Charleston hArbor.
and for al the other trinmphs q algol-
os,3'. or the science q seaweeti.
Why confns ourselves % the CID and
ha< knayed illustrations Of the wonder
workings Of God. when there ara a least
fivs great s..ss full Of illustrations a. yea
not rnarshaled. every root and frond
and essil and color and movement and
habit Of oceanic vegetation crying cuss
God God. lie made Us. he clothed
ns. lie adorned us. he was the God q
our ancestors clear back 10 the frsf So
growth, when God divided the waters
which were above the armament from
thu waters which were under the firzna-
meant and shall be the God Of our dsscsud-
ants clear down to the day when the ses
shall give up is dead Wehave heard his
command. and We have obeyed. .Praiss
the Lord. dragons aud all desp<.s
pAvrp's MARINE DoxoLooY.
There Ia a great comfort that rolls over
upon us from this study Of ths % called
seaweod. and that Is the demonstrated
doctrine Of q particular providence.
When / find that the Lord provides In
the - called seaweed the pasturage for
the thronged marine world. 20 that not
On or scale in all that oceanic aqua
rum suffers need, Iconciude he viii feed
IA. and II he suits the alga TO the sni-
NAL life of the deep he win provide the
food for our physical and spiritual needs.
And If no clothes the flowers Of the deep
with richness of robe that looks bright
o. fallen rainbows by day, and 1t night
makes the underworld look ~ though
the sra were on fire. surely he win clothe
you, 20 yc Of little faithf'
And what fills me with unspeakxble
delight is that this God Of depths and
heights, Of ocean and Of continent,
may. through Jesus Christ, the divinely
appointed means, be yours and mine, to
hRp, TO cheer. to pardon. to save. TO
inparsdise. What matters who Ia
earth or hell Is against Us II he Is for use
Omnipotence TO defend us, omniprescnce
10 companion US and infinite love to en-
fold and uplift and enrspture US.
And when God does small things 50
well, seemingly taking as much care
with the coil Of a seaweed as the out
branching of Lebanon cedar. and with
the color of a vegetable growth which il
hidden fathoms out of sight as he does
with the solferino and purple Of q sum-
mex sunset. we will DO determined 10 do
well all we are called TO do. though no
one see or appreciate rs. Mighty Godi
Roll IN upon our admiration and holy
appreciation more of the wonders OF this
submarine world. Ny Joy Is that after
We are quit of all earthly hindrances we
may come back 10 tins world and explore
what we cannot now fully investigate.
If we shall have power to soar into the
atmospheric without fatigue think we
shall have power 10 dive into the aque-
Gus without peril. and that the pictured
and tesSellated sea floor will be ss &C
cessible as now is To the traveller the
floor OF the Alhambra, and all the gar
dens of the deep will then swing open 10
rs their gates as now TO the tourist
Chatsworth opens on public days It's
cascades and statuary and conservasories
for our entrance. at doth not yet APP
pear what we shall be-" You cannot
make me believe that God hath spread
out all that garniture of the deep merely
for the polyps and crustacea TO look at.
And II the uninselligent creatures Of
the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
ocean he surrounds with such beautiful
grasses Of the deep, what heaven We
may expect for our uplifted and ran
son,ed souls when we are unclaimed Of
the flesh and rise to realms beatifci OF
the dora Of that ''sea Of glass mingled
with fire." ! have no power to speak. bus
I shall always be glad that, when tho
prophet of the text. flung over the gun
wales of the Mediterranean ship. de-
sccndcd into the boiling sea. that which
be supposed to be weeds wrapped Aoout
his head were not weeds. but flowers.
And am not right In this glance at
the botany Of the Bible In adding 10
Luke's MINI anise and cumin, and
Matthew'S tares, and Johns vine, and
Solomon's cluster Of campfire, and Jer-
enliahs balm, and Jobs bulrush. and
Isaiahs terebinth. and Hosea's thistle,
and Ezekiei's cedar. and ''thc hysscp that
springsth out of the wall, !" and the 'sross
OF Sharon and lily Of the valley" and
the frankinccnse and myrrh and cassia
which the sstrologers brought to the
Manager at least one stalk Of the alga Of
the Mediterranean.
And now make the marine doxology
Of David my perorstion. for Il was writ
ten about 40 or 30 miles from the place
where the scene Of the text was enacted.
The ees IL his, and he made It, and his
hands formed tho dry land. On. come.
let ne worship and bow down; lot US
kncl before the Lord, our Maker. For
be- h cur God. and we ars the people Of