Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-20
god EVERYWHERE
Dr. TALMAGES TABERNACLE SERMON YES
TERDAY.
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G.0oKryN. February i9--In the Tab
eruacle this forenoon, Rev. Dr. Iaiuage
continued his course OF sermons ou
"God Everywhere. Nis subject wa.
'The ClnchoIory co the Bb.e, or God
Among the Shells" tEe text oting
taken from Exodus 3oih chapter, 5ith
verse: "Aud che Lord said uato Moses,
Take unto thee sweet spices, stlcie aud
onYcha."
You may not have noticed the shells
Of the EI1Ie. alrL0ugl in This early part
OF the sacred book God calls you % con-
slider and employ them, as be cl.ie1
Moses % consider and employ them.
The onycha OF my text is q she'll found
on the banks 90 tne Red @, and Moses
and his army mus, nave crushed many
OF them under foot, as they crossed the
biscCted waters, ouycha on the beach
and Onycba la the unfOlded bed OF the
deep. I Sha., speak Of this shell as
beautiful and practical revelation OF
God, aud as true as tue first chapter OF
Genesis and the last chapter OF keycla-
zion, or everything between. Not only
is this shell, the onych, found at the
Red Sea. bat in the waters Of India. II
no. only delectateS the eye with It's con-
vOlutiOnS OF beauty. white and lUStr0us
and seriated, but b,eSSeS the nOStrilS
with Uuugent aroma. This shell-fsh,
accustomed to feed on Spikenard, is
redoent with that OdorOus plant, redo
lent when alive and redOlent when dead.
It's shells. when burnt, bewitch the air
With fragrance. In my text,
GOD COMMANDS NOSES
To mix this onycha with the perfumes
Of the altar in the ancient Tabernacle,
and I pr0pos to mix some Of il perfumes
a. the altar Of Brooklyn Tabernacle,
for having spoken 10 you on the AStron-
omy OF the Bible or God among the
Stars, the Chronology OF the Bible or
God among the Centuries. the OrnithO-
lOgy OF the Bible or God among the
Birds, the Minerlogy of othe Bible OF
God among the AmeJhyStS, the lchthy-
ology Of the Bible or God among the
Fishes, I now come TO speak Of the
ConcholOgy of tho Bible or God among
the Shells.
10 is o secret that you may keep for
me, for have never before told il 10
anyone, that IN all the realms Of the
natural world, there is nothing 20 me
so fascinating, so completely absorb
iLg. so fuli q suggestiyeucSS, as q shell.
What? More entertaining than a bird,
which can sing, when a she'll cannot
sing? Well, there you have made a
great mistake. Pick up the Onycha
from the banks of the Red Sea or pick
uD biyalve from the beach OF the At
lautic Ocean. aud listen, and you hear
a whole choir OF marine vOiCeS-basS,
alto, SOpranO-in an unknown tongue,
but seeming 20 chant, as i put them 90
my ear, THE sea Is his and he made
IT," others singing, Thy way, Oh God,
is I'm the sea;' others hymning: "He
ruleth the raging Of the sea-
What says some one else,
docs the she'll impress you
more than the star?' In some respects,
yes, because I can handle the shell and
closely study the shell, while ] cannot
hlSdla the star, and ii I study it, must
V~StCdy 10 az distance OF millions and
millions Of miles "What, says someone
else, are YOU more impressed by the
shell than the flOwer2' Yes, for it has
far greater varieties and FAR greater
richness OF color,
ASI COULD SHOW YOU
On thousands OF specimens, and because
the shell does not fade, as does the rose
leaf, but maintains its beauty century
after century, so that the onycha which
the hOof OF PhGraOh's horse knocked
aside To the chase Of the ISraelites
the Red Sea may have kept It's lustre 10
this hour Yes, they are so parti-col-
ored and many cOlOred that you might
pile them up until you would have
wall with all the C0iOrs OF the wall OF
heaven, from the Jasper st the bottom
20 the amethyst at the TOP.
Although the children OF Israel must
have consisted of about two million of
souls with baggage and innumerabie
fiOcks and herds, they were not likely 10
experience any inconvenience in their
march. Several thousand persons might
walk abreast with the greatest ease I'm
the very narrOweSJ part OF the val ey ia
which they first began 90 h'e cut. 10
soon afterwards expands % above three
leagues in width With respect % for
age, they would be ot no loss The
ground is covered with tamorisk,
broom. clover, and Saint Fo.n, OF
which latter especially camels are pas
si0nately fond, besides almost every
variety Of ojOriier0uS plant aud herb
proper for paSJurage. Tue whole sides
OF the valley through which the chill
dren Of Israel marched are still tufted
with bruShwoOd. which doubtless afford
ed food for their beasts, together with
many drie- sorts for lighting Gre, on
which the ISraelit.es cCcld with the
greatest ease bake u, dough they
brought with them on small plates,
which form q constant appendage 70
tho baggage Of an oriental traveller.
Lastly, the herbane underneath these
trees and shrubs is completely covered
with Suaiis of o prod giOuS size aud OF
the best sort, and however uninviting
such a ropaSt might appear 70 Us, they
are here esteemed q great deiiCacy.
They are so plentiful ia this valley
that 70 may be said that 10 is difficult
10 take one step.
WITHOUT TIRE ADING on THEM
So the shelled creatures saved the
host o. Isrealites on the march 20 the
Promised Land, and the attack OF inf
deity az this point is defeated by the
facts, as inddeIity IS always defeated by
facts, since 10 is founded on ignorance.
IN writing and printing, our iuterrOga-
ton point has o.; the bottom a mark
like o period and over 10 a flourish like
the swing Of teamSter'S whip, and we
put this Interrogation point &c the end
Of a question; bat in the Spanish Ian
guage, the Interrogation point is twice
used for each question. At the begin
ming OF the question the Interrogation