Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-04-27

Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID.

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Los Angeles, Cal, April 21.-With
fhe opening spring the preacher re-
turns to the book of nature ana nnus
eospeI lesson In the wonders OF the
awakening insect world. The text Is
Proverbs xxx, 81, "The locusts nave
no king. vet go they forth all OF them
by bands"
The more I study the Bible In con
nection with the revelations which
science has given to us in the naturai
world the more wonderful and marVei-
Gus the omnipotence and omnipreSehce
Of God appear to me. There are some
ueople who never study the goodness
and mercy of God outside OF the leaves
of the holy book. When you begin 10
talk TO them about the wonders OF Gou
in nature they reply, "Why don't you
preach the old gospel instead OF tax
ing about tadpoles and snakes ana
bups and beetles and such stufT Inc
reason talk so much about nature
nv friend. is because l find the cnar-
octer Of God revealed there and the
gospel preached there, and l am sus-
toined by the example Of the Bible IT.
Golf which is full Of such sermonlc
themes. | have also the authority OF
the wisest of men, who bids US watch
the comics building their houses III tue
rocks. and the ants providing food lor
the winters storm, and the spioel
swinging her silken hammocks III 'ne
Kings palaces, and the locusts march'
,nq forth to their conquests In grea'
bands.
II ie amazing how much our love anC
reverence for God will grow II we Only
study closely the marvellous cohlornla
tions and habits Of the lowest ana MOS
desnised of his creatures. If we do no
see God in the natural world, then II
because we have eyes that are Dino
and II is about time we scattered th
darkness of ignorance by letting IN III
light of investigation and study. VINE
q now student entered one Of Professo
Agassiz's classes, the great teacher
: natural science would place before III
the skeleton of an ordinary hsh ike u
4 black bass. Study that" would be Il
e first command, "and then come anu &c
S me what you see." The studeh.
a omazement would sit down and loo
: ot those dried bones for little wnli
Il and then he would go to the professor
J. desk and say: why teacher, see u
# skeleton of fish. That is all. LII,
d tfe professor would show him how u
-ish's skeleton is joined together by o.
40 backbone. like the skeleton OF ma
- hsw the flsh's tail and his fins are US
+. 5. the fish as mans hands ana ie
ID Gre used when he swims; how the d
I'd has q series of spines above ana
~ neath II to keep it in q perpenuicui
ID nositIon. so it can cut its way throu
I'd tbe water. The professor would po
~ ont that the head Of the fish Is haue
u. o+rono bonv substance, like the II
of nrow of n boat. There the strength
nd the fish must be very great. mus
er now student learned how the Dol
of were fitted together and how the ia
he were set for catching the prey Al
III no had spoken thus for long u
Professor Agassiz would say: MY
an nevar say again that bone Is sim
&C. a bone. When you study oone'
ew must notice how it joins WIN o'
homes and learn what Is the purpose
DID +ho+ homo Now YOU are ready TO
u Gin your scientific studies as one VI
gu, etndents." Thus, in my text, Solon
NJ bids us study the locust, that mar
for ons little insect whose ravages are
ed. draod Of the farmer. He Woulu d
est nc observe how it Is constructed
'er, II is adapted for the work II mas !, u
Ol and how It co-operates Win lts ieii'
~ like n soldier in an army. Ihis o.
om ing spring season Is an approx,
,onr cor time for following Solomon au
+ of and considering "the locusts, VINO
of M king. but who go forth in band'
rust The Helpless Locust.
Tn the first place, when l bega
study the little creature Oh my &c
was surprised to find out what al
e,onifcant insect it was indlvidu
tom. I'll Cod seems to have given 1t no IN
in Of self protection. 1t has no II
With with which to stab IKE the noin
il Of cling like the bee, no cruel beaK
S. the hawk. no deadly claw ike
tiger no deadly poison like the u
has the alligator, and no powerlu'
Iu,a tbe wing Of the albatross.
is' ca belnless as an individual ina
Cor omaIIest kind of insects can alta
Roa- with impunity. 1t is the prey
d re- Vulnerable destroyers. NhereNe
| II. s,rorns of locusts go, there ny
COM docks of greedy birds feeding
,ause 4hom When the locusts are i'll III
so or the larvae state, they are ues'
u"' hv the millions. yet these seen
Il, holnless insects have been the
faored Of all the insects or the
No plague of Egypt struck more
m to the hearts of Pharaoh ana III
MN, iocts than this plague of clawless'
? less. poisonless, stingless LOCUST
when this thought dawned upon
As said. "Is it not fact that the ut
/. am the women in this world VINO lid
) 1900 comnlished most for God nave
"a no antlers, whose jaws cohceu
Q llO poisonous fang, whose tongue
9oO gave a rapier thrust ana "hos'
0 was never the murderous cia"
Q wild beast"
n. pm. But there is another fact 10 v
- want to draw your attention ~
ence to these insignificant
4e They are insignificant as
m. am. strength of their bodies. 1t Sc
sS though the span Of their llfe
$50 breath. Hardly are they hatcl
% % az their wings grown than' Ike
m. pm. flying about In canulensn