Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-08-13

no unusual sight to see there three ana
four or five Jewish brought H.
each weighing upward of 300 pounds;
that some fish had been caught tnere
weighing over 500 pounds. These nsh-
crmen had told me that there swan
the tuna, the gamest fish or all the
seas. There are the yellowtaiis ana
the barracudas and the rock bass anu
the whitefish, and scores OF other nsn'
INT though saw fish caught at Cata-
lima weighing 800 pounds, the most
marvellous sight by far that l ever
witnessed there was what was reveaieu
70 me In the depths Of the sea by the
glass bottomed boats.
Survival OF Ftttest.
A strong muscled oarsman, VINO
knew every nook and corner OF tha'
coast. rowed us out. The center OF the
boat had no keel, but, instead, glass
flooring. AS we rowed ON we couid see
down and down, fifty, sixty, seventy
and eighty feet. Here were the rocks'
piled up in incongruous forms. IKE
INTO the Bad Lands of the Dakotas.
There were walls Of rocks, dismantled
fortresses in rocks. crumDling cathe-
drols in rocks, shattered masonry III
rocks. whole fallen Jerichos III rocks
pyramids and palisades were III rocAs'
Rocks in column, rocks aslant, I'M
mensities and infinities OF rock. III
wonder cavern a fish, hermitlike, was
dwelling. We could see his head as he
silently kept vigil, watching the other
fish swim by. Now darted past nun
dreds of thousands Of sardines, chased
by n larger fish. In those depths, as on
the land. the survival OF the httest
is the law of life-the big fish eat the
smaller fish.
Now we seem to be pushing our way
into the marine farmlands. Whoie
gardens of vegetables seem to be plant
ed upon the rocks. Many OF those
forms of vegetable life are named after
the table foods we grow In our country
,.ordens There are the waving wheat
fields and silken bearded corn just
ready for the husking and the meadow
| lands green and red with clover tops
Now we seem to be entering the Indian
and African jungles. The seaweeus
are matted and snarled together. Ihey
seem 10 take upon themselves all col
orings. Here are the long, clinging
vines there the broad leaves ana the
narrow leaves, the short leaves ana
the long leaves. There are leaves Ill
the mass and here leaves with rents III
their curtains, through which we can
see the glistening fn Of goldnsh, REQ
rs gold-aye, red as blood. Fish, ike
INTO which in color l never saw, De
cause these fish are never caught WIFI
the hook; these goldfish are vegeta
rians. Now we seem to be wandering
among the Calaveras groves OF the sea
These weeds lift themselves IKE
mighty oaks. With their outspreadlnl
branches they seem to. be offering SURE
anchOrages for birds nests, only loi
he fac. that no feathered orcneslra'
can dwell in the depths of the seas
Now the bare rocks appear again ant
seem 70 be like unto mighty mountains
in their impressiveness, crying: ZONE
man. come, and take my gold! CONF
and take my silver. My bones are cop
nor. my heart is iron; come ana TAX
nv wealth. AS we wandered OH
, neering into this strange and unknown
world. l say to myself: There are IN
, revealed mysteries Of the sea seven'.
feet deep. What must be the mys
tories of the sea hundreds OF feet deel
, miles deep. unfathomably deep? VIVA
> must be the mysteries of the sea whe
the jewish. weighing one-hait tno'
I | sand pounds, rubs up his side agains
7 the whale. weighing thousands upo
D thousands of POUNDS? Yes, the sea
, a mystery. a great unfathomable my
= terry.
God Is a Mystery.
= What the mysterious sea was 10 III
Y lonely exile looking of upon the Me-
o iterranean God always has been an
!, ALWAYS will be to US on earth. lie
f mystery. We know that he create
n the world, but how? We cannot tel
2 We know that in the beginning Chrl
: was. and yet he was born heiple'
!. habe How? We cannot tell. W
f know that John, as the beloved I'll
II ciple. walked and lived with Chrls
% Yet concerning many facts about II
4 personality of Jesus, John was as mu'
v in the dark as was Nicodemus wh'
/ he said. How can these things De
< Paul compares our knowledge Oh Ut
n TO a little child's knowledge OF
m man parent. We know that our DaOl
II cannot fully understand us. Therelo
10 Poul saws: "Now we look through
J.. glass darkly. Now l know only
a part" DO you wonder that when Jol
: HOGAN TO use the mysterious ocean
IN the symbol of a mysterious COO
40 cried ont in the words Of my text
N reference to heaven, and there W
M more sea?" All the mysteries
-. earth shall receive heavenly soluti
II. when the seas shall vanish away
~ The sea Of mystery is to be scattere
m Yes, but the great sea OF nate Is al
10 to disappear on the millennial daw
nj That sea Of blood shall forever disa
in pear, the drinking Of which turns
or human heart into that of wild beas
nj when he is willing to trample upon a
~ destroy his weaker fellows. That S
"a. of blood shall be licked up which max
ST man fawn at the feet of man only
rs cause, like tigers cub, his claws
rk not yet sharp enough and his jaw I
rs vet strong enough to tear limb fr(
SO limb fine being he now salutes as mi
lis ter and king.
to But perhaps we had better desert
SITS how the words of my text may me
rs. the "sea of hate" before we ma
lat our application to this truth. God ma
ng of one blood all nations, to dwell up
rs, the face of the earth. He never intel