Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-02-23
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DivINE,s SUN.
DAY SERMON.

or,,.1a,. .i' 'foti calls you to consider and
and ~, giieln as de He'd Moses to consider
is y sbaiI ey ehem. The onycha of nv text
q sneii round on the banks of the RAJ g.,
anu Moses and his army must have cr,,s aea !
4uany Oh them under foot as thew nras 800 /,
ono olseeted waters, onycha on tba hoao,'
dnu ~ oiiycha IN The unfolded bad of tha -
sluli speak of this shell as beautifpl an r.
rs hac s revelation of Coz. and as trua y .
me we nrst chapter of Genesis and the 10 81
tween. VI everything be-
Not only is this shell. the opvcba fo,,ns
az tne lied Sea, but in the waters of ind dao'
Hoo only delectates the eve with its convo.
iutions OF beauty, white and lustro,,s :, - :,
serrated' but blesses the nostril with a nv,
gent aroma. This shellfisb. accnsto,'ad -
Ecu on splkenard, is redolent with that
SIoious plant-redoient when alive and re.
beyv;tot ~" tIal ueao. Its shells when burned
In my text God commands Mo,os 70 ,;.-
=, ms ohchya with the perfumes of the altar
~ que ancient tabernacle, and ] pronosa to
J p some OF It's perfumes at the altar of
~ lyh tabernacle, for HAVING snol,an ~
you on the Astronomy of fine Rihla. -.
90 8oo among the Stars" the .'Cnronologv ~
t the p ain or, God Among the Centuries
An,o,, oit1ii az OF the Bible; or, God
a5tnong the Birds" the "Mineralogv oe ~
Bible; or, God Among the anet, vi nss .ne
tne ichthyoogy of the Bible. or Goi
=, the Fishes" now come to sneak of
Iuo oonchology of the Bible: or Col
Among the Sheliso % wa
- IS secret that You may keep for me
Ipr nave never before told it to anv one
s ..ao III al Tie realms of the natural world
s cnne y hotnlng to me so fascinating, SO
80 apie'eiy apsofnlng. SO full of suggestive.
ness, as a shell. WHAT? More entertaining
man bird, which can SING. when a shail
cannot singy Well, there YOU hava made
great mistake. Pick up the onvcha frono
e ene oanks Oh The Red Sea or PICK up a biyaIva
~ ~ ON the peach OF the Atlantic Ocean and
listen, ana you hear whole choir of marina
solces-pass, alto, sopranc-in an unknown
teongue, out seeming to chant. as / put them
70 my ear, THE sea is His and He made II -
Others singing, Thy way, o God. is in tha
sea others hymning, "aeruleth the raping
of The sea-
what, says some one else docs the
shel' impress you more than the starp In
some respects, yes, because can handle fine
smell ana closely study the SHE'LL while /
cahnot handle the star, and if / study il
must study 1t at distance of millions and
millions OF miles
What, says some one else tara Won
more impressed by the she'll than the
hower? Yes, for it has far greater varie-
Ties and far greater richness of color. as |
couid show you In thousands of specimens
and because the shell does not fade. as does
the rose leaf, but maintains its beauty CEN
fury after century, 50 that the onycha
which the hoof of Pharaoh's horse knocked
asl9e IN the chase of the lsraeites across the
iseo Sea may have kept its luster to this
hour. Yes, they are so particolored and
many colored that you might pile them no
until you would have wall with all the
coiors OF the wall of heaven, from the iasper
at the bottom to the amethyst at the top.
On, the shells! The petrified foam of the
sea. Oh, the shells The hardened bubble,
OF the deep Oh, the shells. which are the
diadems thrown by the ocean to the feet of
the continents. How the shells are ribbed
grooved, cylindered, mottled iridescenti
Ihey We're used as coin by some of ths Ma
tons. They were fastened in belts by
Others, and made in handles of wooden i'm
plements by still Others Mollusks not only
OF the sea, butmoilusks Of the land Do YOU
know how much they have had to do with
the worlds history? They saved the church
or God from extinguishment.
Inc lsraelltes marched out of Egypt
Z, COZ, 900 strong, besides flocks and herds.
The Bible says ''the people took their DOUGH
before it was leavensd, their kneading
troughs being bound up In the clothes on
Their shoulders. They were thrust forth ont
OF Egypt and could not tarry; neither had
they prepared for themselves any yictualsn
just think of it? Forty years in the wilder.
ness. lntidelity triumphantly asks, How
could they live forty years in the wilderness
without food9 You say mamma fell. Oh.
That was after a long while. They would
have starved fifty times before the mama
TEL. The TACT is, they were chiefly kept
alive by the mollusks OF the land or shelled
creatures. Mr.. Fronton and Mr. Sicard
took the same route from Egypt toward
Canaan that the lsraeites took, and they
give this as their testimony.
Although the children of Israel must
have consisted of about 2, 600 600 souls, with
baggage and innumerabie aocks and nerds,
they were not likely to experience any in.
in their march. Several thou.
sand persons might walk abreast with the
greatest ease In the very narrowest part of
the valley in which they first began to file
OIL. 1t soon afterward expands TO above
three leagues in width. With respect to
forage they would be at no loss. The
ground is covered with tamarisk, broom,
clover and saint foin, OF which latter
especially camels are passionately foo /, be-
sides almost every variety OF o1oriterous
plant and herb proper for pasturage.
The whole sides of the valley through
which the children of Israel marched are
still tlIfted with brushwooi which do lbt-
less afforded food for their beasts, Together
with many drier sorts for lighting fire, on
which the lsraeites could with the greatest
case bake the dough they brought with them
on smalliron plates, which form constant
to the baggage OF an oriental
traveller. Lastly, the heroage underneath
these trees and shrubs is completely covered
with snais OF a prodigious slzs and Of the
best sort, and, however uninviting sucl a
repast ought appear to us, they are here es-
teemed great uelcacy. They are so plenti.