Democratic messenger., 1893-10-07

cn as to maze n channel, ana ireland has
become IN island Tho islands. for the
most part. are only the forehcads of
sunken cor. incn;s. The sen conqueriTg
the land ali along the coasts and crum-
bling the he.nisphcres, wider and wider
become the subaqueous dominions.
Thank God that skilled photographers
haze made Us maps and charts of the
rivers a@tl lakes and seas and shown rs
something Of the work Of the eternal
God in the water worlds.
Thank God that the great Tirginiar,
Lieutenant Maury. lived to give us The
Physical Geography of the Sea-" and
that men of genius have gone forth To
study the 50 called weeds that wrapped
about Jonah's head and have found them
to be coronSls of beauty and when the
tide rcceded these scientists have wadcd
down and picked up diviuely pictured
leaves of the ocean, the Eaturalists Pike
and Hooper and Walters, gathering them
from the leach of Long Island sound
md DIR. Bludgett preserving them from
lie shores OF Key West. and Professors
Emerson and Gray finding them along
Boston harbor. and Professor Gibbs
gathering them from Charleston harbor.
and for all the other triumphs of algcl-
ogy. or the science of seaweed.
Why confnc ourselves to the old and
hackneyed illustrations Of the wonder
workings Of God. when there are at least
five great seas full of illustrations rs yet
not marstalcd. every root and frond
and cell an,. color and movement and
habit Of oceanic vegetation crying cu':
"Gcd, God. lie made rs. lie clothed
us. lie adorned us. He was the God OF
our ancestor clear back to the first sca
growth. when God divided the waters
! which were above the armament FROM
the waters which We're under the firn,a-
mcnt and shall be the God of our descend
ants clear down to the day when the sea
shall give ZIP its dead. We have heard his
command. and we have oboyed. Praise
the Lord. dragons and all deeps.'"
! DAVID; MARINE DoXoLOGY.
There is q great comfort that rolls over
upon us from this study of the SO called
seawced. and that is the demonstrated
doctrine cf u particular providence.
When find that the Lord provides i'll
the so called seaweed the pasturagc for
the throngcl marine world, SO that not
( 4 fn or scale in all that oceanic aqua
rum suffers need. conclude he will feed
us, and if lie suits the alga to the ami
NAL life Of the deep lie will provide the
food for our physical and spiritual needs
| And if lie clothes the flowers of the deep
/ with richness of robe that looks bright
rs fallen r.inbows by day. and at night
makes the underworld look rs though
/ the sea were on fire, surely lie will clothe
you. 20 yc Of little faith.'
/ And what fills me with unspeakable
delight is that this God of depths and
! heights, Cf ocean and of continent,
may. through Jesus Christ, the divincly
appointed means, be yours and mine, 10
help. 10 cheer. 20 Iartlon, To save. 10
imparadisc. What matters who in
earth or he'll is against Us if he is for US?
Omniroterce tn defend Us, oniripresencc
TO companion us and infinite love to en-
fold and upi,; and cnrapturc MS.
And when God does small things so
well. seemingly taking as much care
with the coil Of seawecd us the out
branching Of Il Lebanon cedar. and with
the color of q vegetable growth which Is
hidden FatEo,ns on; of sight as he does
with the solftrino and purple of sum
mer sunset. we will he determined to DO
well all we are called To do. though no
one see or appreciate Us. Mighty God.
Roll i'll uron our admiration and holy
appreciation more of the wonders os this
submarine world. Ny JOY is that after
we are quit of all earthly hindrances we
may come back to tins world and explore
what we ca, -. 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 tesseliat.d sea floor will hc as ac-
cessiblc as Icw is 10 the traveller tine
Goor of the -Alhambra. AMI all the gar
Gens OF the deep Will then swing open 10
Us their gates rs now 70 the tourist
CLa;sw0-ih opens on pablic days lis
cascades and atatuary and conservatories
| for our entrance. 1T doth not vet ap-
pear what we shall be" You canaot
make me believe that God hath spread
oat all that garnit1rc of the deep merely
for thc poiypS and cruStacca 10 look at
And if the III uiin;clli;gcnt creatures If
the Mcditorran, and TIE Atlantic
ocean he surrounds with such hcautiful
grasses of ikc deep. what 4 heaven We
may expect FOR oar uplifte1 and ran
son.ei soGis when we are unclaimed of
the flesh and rise to realms bcatific. OF
the flora of that ''sca of glass mingled
with fire." | have no power 10 speak, int
shall always lie glad that, when the
prophet Of the text. flung over the gun
wales Of the Mediterranean ship. de-
scended into the boiling sea. that which
Le supposed To be weeds wrapped aDout
his head were ncs weeds. but flowers.
Aud an i:ot right III this glance mt
the botany of the Eible III adding TO
Luke's mint. aEisc arl cumin. and
Matthew's tareS. and Johns vine, and
Solonpn's cluster If c,'uplirc. and Jer-
einiah's balm. and jobs Luirush. and
Isaiah's tCresinih. and IIosca's thistle.
AMI EzclSlel's cedar and '.ihc hyssopth that
springethHut OF ;hr wall" and the rose
of Sharon and lily of the valley" and
the fralkincense and nyrrh and casSia
which the asiroloSers brought TO the
manger ut least onc stalk of the alg;: of
tt. Mediterranean.
And now make the marine doXology
o. David my peroralion. for 1t was writ
ten about 40 or 80 miles from the place
where the scene of the text was enacted.
The sea is his. and he made it. and his
hands formed the dry land. Oh. cone,
let us worship and bow down; let us
kneel before the Lord, our Maker. For
he is our God. and we are the people of
his pasture" Amen.
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