The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-02

valley that 1t may be literally said that
~ ls ulllieultE tOtake one II ten without
: tieading on them." -
SO the shelled~ creatures saved The
I host OF Israelites on the march to the
!. promised land, and the attack OF inlidell-
w at this point is cieated by the ffcts-
as lnl'helitvi ia always defeated by facts,
= since IL IS founded Oh ignorance. In
, writing and printing our interrogation
point has ut the bottom q mark like
Period and over it n flourish like the
swing OF q teamster's whip. and we mt
thls interrogation point Mt the end Of a
question, but in The Spanish language
the interrogation point ls twice used for
each question. At the beginning Of The
question the Interrogation point is pres.
entcd upside down and at the close of
the question right side up. When inlidc,
llY puts a question about the Scriptures
As railways indicates ignorance. The
question ought to he printed with two
lhtcrrAGHtirn points, one a. the begin
MAJ AMI nl" n the close, but both up
si,ia down.
Thank God for the wealth ot mollusks
all u2 and down the earth whether tccdino
he lHracIiteS ON thcir way to The lan.l
flown" with milk andhouev, or as weare
h'tlcr acquainted with the mollugks,
when uunG 10 the beach Of lake or sea.
lhrtc arc three great families Of them.
Ii should ask YOU to name three of thc
great royal families ofthc earth, per-
maps YOU would respond, the house Of
STUART, The house OF IIapsbuvg, The
nonSc "' Bourbon bit the three roval
lain!ics or moullusks are the univalvc
"f Shcll III one part; the blyalvc, or shell,
or Two parts, and the mulLiyalvc, o.
Si'ct! III many parts, and see Cod in
thclr every hinge, in their every to 9TH, :,
III I'"i! every cartilage, their every liLa-
iocht' III their every spiral ridge aud in
l,'e!r cEHrj color, Dcism on prism. aud
hcir adaptation Of Thin shell for still
PNndS AND lhl"H COatinGs for hOlstcrOus
seas. Ihcy all dash upon me the
Thought OF the prOvidential care of God
, What Is the use of all this architecture
O. ;hc she'll, and why is il pictured from
the outs dc lip clcar down into It's laby-
i,h'hS OF construction? Why the inlin-
ny OF skill and radiance in shell?
Wh%C ls the use of the color aud eXquis.
, nc curve ola thing so insignificant as q
! shcitiish? Why, when the concholo.ist,
D., bF drcdgc or rake, tctchcs the crustacc
ous specimens to the shore, does he lin(
at his feet whole alhambrase and coli
y seums and partheuons and cryctal pal
y aces OF beauty in miniature, and these
n bcinS to light only an inlintcsimal part
q OF the opulence IN the great subaqucoua
y world. Llnn;cls counted $500 species
" OF shells, but conchology had then unl,
!, BEGUN its achievements.
- While exploring the bed of the Allan
=, NC ocean in preparation for laying th,
,n caDlc, shcllcd ANIMALS were brought II,
j. from depths Of 1000 fathoms. Whcl
i. lltlnG tho telegraph wire from the Mcdi
10 tcrrancan aud Red seas, shcllcd crc,L
O. ures were brought up from depths o
-, -,"Oo iathoms. The English admiralty
" exploring in behalf of science, loun,
- mollllsks at y depth OF 2,l35 fathoms
in l1'2l0 lect deep. What q realm awlu
=, ior vastness!
AS The shell is only the house an
- the wardrobe OF insignificant animals O
lc the deep, why all that wonder and beau
SC tY ct instruction? Gods care Of then
Il. IS the only reason. And if Goa provide
lc so munlliccntly for them, will he not sc,
1T that you have wardrobe ard shelter
Of Wardrobe and shelter for periwinklc
Shall there not be wardro be and she
C ter Tor a man? Would God give a Goa
II OF mail OF the defense of nautius anC
II leave you no defense against the storm:
j. Does he build n stone house for crca
! ture that lasts Il season and leave with.
| odt home soul that takes hold on cen
4 lurics and cons?
Hugh Miller found "thc footprints OF
Q the Greater in the Old red sandstone, -
e and | hear the harmonics Of God in the
= tlnklc OF the Seashcls when The tides
o come IN. The same Christ who drew Il
= lesson OF prOvlicnLial care from the fact
t that COD clothes with grass tho field in.
n StructS me to draw The same lesson from
, the shells.
u lr almost every mans liic, however
well born aud prosperous for years, and
! III almost every w0man's life, there
comes very dark timc---at least once.
y conluilctnn OF circumstances will
a threaten bankruptcy and homcsles sncss
ard starvation. 1t may be that these
, words will meet the ear or Will meet
= The eye OF those who arc in such state
"l !nrthodmg. Come, then, and see how
= N"d ewes an ivory palace to water
n animal that you could cover with 4 to.
Il cent piece and clothes in armOr against
/, all attack a coral 10 biz GER than a snow
Il flake. | du not think that Cod will
y take better care o. Il biVa!vc than Of one
Il g! ll,S own children.
&. On, We who have your telescopes
/ ready, locking out on clear nights try
| ing to see what is tranSpirinG in Mars,
Jupiter and Mercury, know that with
( | IN \ few hours walk or ride OF where
You now are there are whole worlds
, that You might explore, but Of which
!, You are unconscious, and among the
! most beautiful and suggestive of these
! worlds is the Genealogical world.
: rake this lesson of II provden1ial care
How Goes that old hymn go?
We may, like ships, by tempest be tossed
On pcIilouS dccpS, but cannot he lost,
Though satan cnragrs tbs wind and the
tide,
The promise assures Us, the Lord will pro-
vide.
But while you get this pointed les
son OF prOyidential care from the
Shcllcd creatures of the deep, notice