The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-05

Crying Our, " There IS = 6 e. AID Ad"T- y
Eimm~Ccnto-t for Fa4;asa- chrts:ta'
Workers.
This picturesque 6isc,vrse Ct Dr.
Ts;msse lrsdS his h5arsHs $50 cs~cers
through unwonted regions Ct conte:9
pla ion snd is fI:1 cf p"s...'2at :; ;cS I--;
text, Job xviii, IS, NJ E-eAt2c1
shall be nsGe Q! corsl.
Why co you s2g hist, l2sr1rso sra ?.
matis.? When you N,&n' ea % Set I"rta
the superior vajue ofou- rel2 ion, y Il
tossed aside the onyx, which & useG
for nsking exquisite csmeos, ano the
sapphire, SKY hlus, and tcpsz Of Ihcn-
bic prism, ald the Iu2y Of t2czea
blood, and mere you say IhaI the Ger
81, which is a miracle Of sGap4 aG6 :
transport Of color to those wnc asvs
studied 1t, IS not worthy a mention
in comparison with nUr holy religion.
mo mention shall be made Of coraI. "
At St. Johnsbury, Vt, IL 8 'auseum
built by the chief citizen, IS I exam,
ine0 specimeG on the st:ef, / tTst
realized what holy Of ho.ieS L q
csn build ana has built n tCe -sm2te
of one pisce of coral. do ret Won
der that Eerst Heckei, the great ScIsn,
tist, While IN CeyloO, w&S SO tnt. 2Icec
with the speclmecS waIca soCe Cil-
galese divers had brought up tor lis
inspection that he himself p.unGec
into the sea and went Clear under the
vsyes at the risk Of his HE, &galn
and again ana sga!n, that ne nlSEt
know more Of the coral, the oeauiy of
which he indicates carnoi even oe
guessed by these VINO have only seeD
i above water, and after The po!ypS,
which e,e its scut pto.s and accnllec's,
have died snd the chief glorles o:
these submarine flowers Save expired.
Job in my text did lot rsan to cePre
ciate this divine sculpture N the coral
reefs sloI G the seScossts.
No one can afford 10 deprsciste these
white pslsces Of the dsep, built under
Goo's cirsction. He never changes
his plans for the building OF the IS
lands and shores, ana fer uaccunG, q
thousands OF years lhe ccrat gardens
and the coral castles and tee ccrsl
battlemsntS 60 on aod up. I charge
you that you GlII please Gcd aGd
please yours II if you VIII so into :ne
minute examination OF the cor&is-
their foundations, their plEnsc1es,
their aisles, their pillars, their curves,
their cleavsges, their retcul&tion,
their grcupilg-fsnilies OF them,
towns of them, cilies OF them AID
continents OF them, Ipdeed you car
not appreciate tie ne&Lipg OF ny
text unIes you know something Of the
coral-labyria: :hian, stellar, coIumnar,
floral, dsn,eC ike shields fccm oattie,
spotted ike leopardS, embroidered
like lace, huns ike upholslecy-t@l,
light and aurOras ana SuNoursts OF
beauty. From deep crimson to ri!s
white are its colors. You msy tLG
this work OF God through the animal
cules so tathoms down, or and The
breakers, where the SEA dsshes the
widest AID beats the mighii5ss aud
bellows the loUdeS:. Tnsse sea crea!-
ures are ever busy. Now thes build
islands in the csnter Of the Paciit:
oczan. Now hey hit barriers around
the continent lndi4n ocsSn. Red SIS
and coast Of Zanzibar lave spsclmens
CT their intnlteslmal Eus ~ 2lne ma
sonry. Al the recession CT the roes
you may N some PLACES see the top OF
their Alpine eLe7auons, while slss-
where noIhlng but the Cesp sea sound
inss from the ceekS Of the Challenger.
the Porcupine aLd the lightning oi
the British eXpsd1tion can aanoUuce
them. The ancient GsU.s employ ed
the coral 10 adorn lheIc helnets aoa
the hilts of swords. In uacy lands
it has heeu useo SIS &nuEets The Al
gerlan reefs IN one year 1873 nd al
work amid the coral 81 VESSELS, With
$3.50 sailors, yielding Ia profit $685.
600. But tie SECULAR snd TC.lo1y
value OF the coral Is nothing SIS coz
pared with the moral aLd religious
as when, IN my text, JOB eml loys il
in comparison. do not k1ow now
any oLe can examine coral the 81,
Of the thumb nail without betalAkiug
himself o1 God and worShiping hin,
ana feeling the opposite CT The gresL
in6del surgeon lsc.urlng To the neoi-
cal students in the d,saecting rcon
upon human eye which -ss asSlt e II
his hand, showing It's wonders OF az
chiIecture and adaptation, when the
idea Of Goo flashed upon hin SO pow
erfully he cried cut TO the students
'.Gentlenen, the,e IS God, but l
hate himw Picking up coral, ! feel
Ike crying out, ''There Is GCd, and
adore him."
Nothing so impresses me- with the
fact that cur Goo loves the beautiful
The most beautiful coral Of the world
never comes 10 human ooserTat ion.
SunriSaS ard sunsets Ae hangs up Tor
nauons TO LOOK al; he may green the
grass AID round the dew into pear
and set on fire aolumna3 toIiase &c
please moral signt, bat these lhous-
ands OF mics OF coral achievement !
think ne has had Luilt for ais own
delight. In those galleries he a.oae
can walk. The music Of those keys,
playsd on by tbs fingers Of the w&ve,
ne only can near. Inc snow OF thsi
while aud the Gloom Of that crimson
he alone can SEE. Having gsrni:urea
this world 10 please The nunaa race
aha Etts6 glorious heaven to please
the angelic inEelNgeDces, l an gIaC
that he has planted lhese gardens OF
the deep 70 please himself. Bu. bsie
and there Goa allows specimens Ct
submarine glory 70 be orous At Up sac
set before us for sublime contemela-
ton. While l SPEAK shese gree! na-
tons Of zoophyLss, meaudnnas, anc
nadrepores, Win le1,acl1s fuc tco Gel,
are building just such coral SIS we Ero
in our Iext. Tne dlamoud may oe
more rare, the crystal nay be mo1e
sparkling, lie cHrysopiass may De
more aDlaz9, but lie cJreI Is he lons,
deep, everlasting blush Ct tae sea
Yet JOB, who understood ali KIDS Of
precious stones, declares that the
beauty ana value C the cyIal ar
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