Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-03-01
CoNcHoLoGY.
DR.. TaIrs gc's Sermon on God Among
the shells
From Them Come the Noios. of = Massive
CHOIR, singing ~ riessisE nus
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From Them Come IN. Voice. of = Massive
Choir, singing ~ riessisx nut
Cnkn. ~n T"nEae.
In tie tabernacle Rev. Dr. Tamagr
continued his course ~ acrinnns. sun.
day ON God Everywhere" lli- subiect
was; The Conchology ~ the gihlc. or
God Among the shells" tho text being
taken from Exodus NNN., IL "And tho
Lord said unto Moses. talee unto thee
sweet npiccs, stacts and onycha"
You may not have noticed the shella
Of tho Bible, although la this early
part OF the sacred liooi, God calls You
To consider aud employ them. ma Ito
called Moses 10 consider and employ
them. The onychA ~ my ,cst IL found
on the banks OF the Rcd sea. aud Moses
and his army must have crushed many
OF them under foot M they crossed the
bisected waters. onycha ON the beach
aud onychain the unfoldcd bed OF the
deep. shall speak Of this shcil aA n
beautiful and practical revelation Of
God, and NJ trac ~ the frat chapter Of
Genesis and tho lRst chapter OF the Rove
lation or everything between.
Not only Ia this she'll the ouychh.
found y. the Red sca, but la tho watcra
OF India II not only defcc,atos the
eye with its convulutions 81 beauty.
white and lustrious aud seriatcd. but
blcsses tho nostrils with n pungcnt
aroma This shcli-hsh. accustomcd to
feed on spikonard, II rcdoicnt with
that odorous plant. rcdoicut when alive
aud rcdolcnt when dead Its shells
when burned bcwitched the air with
fragrance.
In Wy text God commands Mosca 10
mix this onychn with the perfumes Of
the altar la thc ancient tabernacle. and
j propoec 10 mix some OF ita perfumes
at the altar Of ilrooi,lyn tabernacle
for, having spoken 20 YOU on the A..
tronomy OF the Hiblc. or God Among
the Stars; the Chronology Of tho Bible.
or God Among the Centuries; tho or.
anthology Of the Biblc. or God Among
tho Birds; the Mincraiogy Of the Bible.
or God Among the Amcthysts; the
lchthyology OF the Bible. or God Among
the Fishes. ! now como - speak Of the
Conchology OF the Bible, or God Among
tho ShcllA
II IL "a secret that you may keep for
me, Tor have never before told IA go
any one, that i'm all the realms Of tho
natural world there IL nothing 90 mc 40
fascinating, 40 completely absorbing.
80 full 81 suggcstivcncss "a shell
Whot7 More entertaining than n bird.
which can sing. when she'll can not
sing7 Well, there you have made n
great mistake Pick up the onycha from
the banks OF the Red sea, or pick mp a
bivnlve from the beach OF the Atlantic
ocean. and listen and you hear whole
chorus Of marine voiccs-basa. alto, 40
prano-in an unknown tongue, but
seeming 20 chant ns I put them ~ my
ear; THE sea Is His. and lie made III"
others singing, Thy way. o God. Is In
the sea-" others hymning, "He rulcth
the raging OF the sea" what" says
someone else. docs the shell impress
! you more than the starr" Ia some re-
spects, yes; because / can handle the
shell and closely study the she'll
While can not handle the star. and
II j study IL, must study II at a distance
OF millions and millions Of miles.
what. says someone else. ARE you
more impressed by the shell than the
hower2' Yes. for IL has far greater
richness OF color. as could show you In
Thousands Of specimens, and because
the shell does not fade, as does thc rose
leaf, but maintains its beauty century
after century, so that the onycha which
the hoof 81 Pharoab's horse knocked
aside In the chase Of the Isrnclites
across the Red sen may have kept ia
iuster % this hour. Yes. they are 80
parti-colored and many colored that you
might pile them up until you would
| an III
wall OF Heaven, from the jasper at the
bottom 70 the amethyst at the top
Oh, the shellsi The pctrified foam %
the sea Oh, the shellsi The hardened
bubbles Of the deep Oh. the shellsl
which are the diader1s thrown by the
ocean 20 the feet Of the continents
How the shells are ribbed. grooved.
| cylindered, notified. iridesoent They
were used a. coin by some OF the na-
tions. They were fastened ia belts by
others, and made ga handles u wooden
implements by still Others MoIlusks
not only Of the sea bat moilusks Of the
land DO you know how much they
have had % do with the worlds his.
tory2 They saved the Church of God
from extinRuishment The Israciltes
marched out 81 Egypt 1900, 900 strong
/ besides hocks and herds The Bible
says 'tbe people took their dough be-.
fore II was leavened. their kneoding
trOughs being bound up in the clothes
/ on their shoulders They
were thrust forth out % Egypt and
| could not tarry. neither had they pre-
pared for themselves any victuals 4"
Just think Of So Forty year, ia the
wilderness
Infdelity triumphantly asks. how
could they live forty years Ia the wilder.
ness without food2 You say mama
fell Oh, that was after long while
They would have starved long before
the mama fell The fact is they were
| chiefly kept alive b. the monusks q
/ the land. or sbelied creatures Mr.
/ frOnton and Mr Sicard took the same
route from Egypt toward Canaan that
the israelites took and they give this
~ their testimony.
Although The children o. Israel must
have consisted 81 about two million ~
souls with baggage and innumerable
| hoeks and herds. they were not Hxelv
/ % experience any in-0nvrnl suce in their
/ march. Several thousand persons might
/ walk abreast with the greatest ease in
toe very narrovvest part 20 the valley iu
which they hrst begsu 81 Gle or d.
soon Afterwards expands 81 anoTo three
/ leagues in width. VIA rssrrrt 81 fsr-
age. they would be a. o. Ioar The