OR. TALMAGC ON CQNCHOLOGY BIBLE LESSONS IN SEA-SHELLS. How th Mollusks Saved th Live of th Israelites In tb Wilder nets. Th Pearl iof Qreat Prloe a FrUe. neteiH,ssask. 't ,1,1. " u.u ... ee 'iLis-rwir.,T, Trxt! 'V4 erf (A Lord it unto Mo. , it sxcf, sfafle and Azoaui XXg, 84. ..Yi.,,17'ay,,?ot noticed the shell of LS'V3,Jh tnU Mry P"r ' the icred book Ood calls you to consider end .i...-7 ,rm as lie c ne t Moses to consider nd employ them. The nnyrht of my text , w me lied Wee, oml Mom en 1 his irmr mUst h ire cnisbol Ili!lnTi0f.,5Pm un ,pr r,v,t ther crossed the bisected wt onyrhe on the beech ind cnypha in tt e unfolded bed of the deep. 1 shall .peek of thie shell es a b-autiful ami lu . T,i;tion of lol, nn. I as true as the lirt chanter of (i-nnii n I h. i.. ctuipter of Uevelatlon or everything be- I?1'. J" M,.U h,,1, th" onydie. found at the Hed He, l,ut in the waters of India. It not only delegates the eye with its con vo lutin of beauty, wlnta nil 1 lustrous an I serrated, but blows the nostril with a run pent aroma. This shwlflsh. accustom I to Ired on nlkennnl, is rlolent with that odorous plant-redolent when alive and re dolent when dead. It shell wuen burned lewltch the etr with rragrtnee In niv text ( t nommnnfs Mows to ml tlusonrnra wiih t ie p-numes of thaalMr In the ancient tabernacle, nti t I propose to mix some of Its perfume nt the alter of tirooklyn tabernacle, for, having sunken to 1n "Astronomy of the llihle; or .od Among C.e Ntiir-;" the "Curonology of the ll.Mi; or, W Anion;; tho Centuries " tho ,Ori.ith..logv ,.f too Itili; or. Ood Amon the liir.l,;" the "MuieraloT of the Ijihle; or. Go, Anmnj the Amethysts" tho Ichthvoloty of tho I!ille; or. (lol Among the K.eli 1 now come lo sneak of the "LoncliI.v of the Uible; or. (JjJ Among the NiieUs." it isn sicivt ti nt yon may keep for me, for I have wv.r he. ore tol I it to any one, that in all the nalms of tho natural world tin re is nothing t inti n fitsWnatinr, s omp.pieiy aliMr iu .j full of mi rgestiva liHM, usa -hell. 'rti Mors entertaining thnn bint, which van sing, tviien a slwll uiii,teiii Well, tin-re mi.i Ihivj mu In a ret misiake. 1'ipn up the onvWin from thet iinksof the Ite.lS 'iior pm; a bivalT.. Irotn the I o UM Atlantic Oi..in and mint, ami ymi nHr a wlinl inoir of intrint voui.'s ba-n, n to, Moprmic n uu unknown t'lline. I ut s-eniiii. to cli.int, M 1 put tlieru to m v wir. " l'h m'ii is It ih nil I He inn In it.-" t'therssiiwinsr, "I nv wtv, ttlo,l, Is in t io e." oili.i-shniuing. "ile ruletli tliera'ine Vl tllP B.-M." "Whnt," inrs sotne one else, 'Moes the bheh iiii.re4s jo,i uiore than tho tar" In ome resH-ct. v.s beenme I can handle the shell nn I clo-eiy study the niidII, while 1 iat.iititlin"lle the star, mi l if 1 stu ly It Hunt kIu iv It nt n distance of nullious and millions ot mil-. "l h: '...w ..i . .. . v" "" -nr.i vou more iuinievsed by the hi,ell Mail "tne flowor?" Yun, lor it ha fitr renter v.trie ties and far greater nrhn-ns of color, ns 1 could f h i you in tl.ou. in Is of Hi'vciuietis, and beciiil-" the suell n it fade, m doei the rose leaf, but mnint tins itt beiuly cen tury nftf-r ceniiiry, so that thu onycia which the hoof of i'imrnoh's hore knoc.ee I nsiile iu theclns of the Israelites ncross the lltfti Sen may have kept 1U luster to this bmr. Yg, they are so particolored an I many colorfd that you inlu'iit pile th'jiii ur until jou would have a wall with nil the colors ot the wall of heaven, trom the jasper nt the butt. mi to the ainethvst at he ton. ti, tlienhells! Tne (.ea. Ub, the nhellsl 1 of the deep, Ox diadems thro the cont i nen lbey were used as coin bv some of ths Ma tious. They wtre fastened In bells ly others, ami maile in bsmlles of woo ten im plements by still others. MoIiusks no; ouiv of the sea, but mollusks jf the laud. Do you know how much they have he 1 to do with the world's history? 1 bey sjvd thechurch ot tiod from extinguishment. The Itntfiiles marchel out of E'ypt 0(HI stronr. besides flicks and herds. The llible jv -'t ie people took tb dr dou;b belore it was leavened,- their kueadinK trcuhs l.elu bound u; in toe clothes on their shotilners. 'i'hey were thrust forth out of Ei.vpt and could not tarry; neither bad they prt-pnred for theutseve any victuals." Just think of it? F.irty years in the wilder new, in Idelity triumphantly msk. How could they Kve fony years in the wilderness without loon? You sav niuniia fell. Oh. thatwnsait.tr a Ioiik while. Tbey would iiave starved lifty times before the munna tell. The tack . they were chiefly kept alive by the mollusks ot the land or sheded creaturos. Mr. Fronton and Mr. Hiearl took the seme n-ute Irora Egypt toward Canaan that the Urtelite too, aud they give this hs their testunouy. "Althougu t.ie ciiiiilren of Israel nm-.t have cunsinte 1 of about .tMO.UOj souls with bngxe ami innumerable fl cns and herd-, they wirre not iixely to experience auy in--oouvsmeuce in their march. Several tnou aaud rersons misht walk abreat with t te greatest t.i-e m tne very narrowest part of the valley in which thsy llrst bean to file off. it soon altei-wsrd expands to above three leaU's in width. With respect to lorase they would be at no lots. The ground is coveied with tamarisk, broom, clover aud iut foin, of which latter especially cameli are passionately foo I, be sides almost every variety of odoriferous plant aud herb proper for pasturage. "The whole sides of the valley through -which the chiltimi of Isr.irl marched are still tufted with lirushxoo I, wnicu doubt less afforded too'l lor their I leasts, toetuer with many drier sons for lighting lire, ou which the Israelites could with the greatest t ase Lake tbeduu to thty brought with them ou small iron plates, wnleb form a constant appendage to the imgia.'e of an oriental traveler. I.istlv, the nerT4 un ivrneatu these trees uu 1 shrulis is completely covers 1 wilb nalls ol a pro-lix'-ous sue aud of the best sot r, and, however uuinviiin mci a repast ought app.-ar to us. they are here es teemed a great oel.cauy, Tbey are so plenti ful in this valley tlmt it may be literally said that it is ditll, ulr to take one steo w ituout Ireadlng on tiiem." Ho the shelled urentures saved the host of Israelites on the march to the promised laud, aud the nttack of infidelity at this point Is detested by the tacts, as lurldelity is always defeated by fact, since It is founded on iKunraiice, In wntiiij and pi-inliug our interrogation po.nt has nt the liottoina mark like period aud over it a flourish like the swing o: a teamster's whip, aud we put this interrogation point at the end ot a question, but in the Spanish language ths Interroga tion point is twioe use l for eaca question. At the beginning of the qu-stio i tne lu lor rotation point is presented upside down, aui at the close of the qusstion right side up. When infidelity puts a question about the Bcripturee, as it always iudlcales iu ranoe, the question ought tJ be printed with two interrogation Hiinia, on at th begin ning and ou at tb close, but both upside down. Thank Ood for th wealth of mollusks all up and down the earth, whether leedinj th Israelite on their way to th land flow lug with milk and honey, or, as we are bet ter acquainted with the mollusks, when flung to th beach of lake or sea. There are thrt great families of tbein. If I should ask you to nam three ot th great royal families of th earth, perhape you would re spond, th house of Stewart, th bouse of iapsburf, th bouse of Bourbon, but th three royal families of mollusks ar th uni valve, or shell la ou part, tb bivalve, or ball of two parte, and muitivalve, or shell In many parts, and 1 se Uod In their every hinge, lu their evsry tooth, in their vary cartilage, in their every ligament, in tltfir Trj spiral ridge, aud In Ueir vrj twlor. prism on pris-n, and their aantattoit' of thin shells for still ponds and thlek cost. Ood tnonht of th providential cars of V hat Is the naa nf all Ski. .t.it s the shnl , and why Is It rdctnred from th ouUlde lip clear down Into It labvrinths of construet,onf Why the tnfloltv of s till and radience In a shell tVhat Is th use of th color and exquisite curve of a thln? rt In slgnlncant ai a shellfish' Why, when th conchologlst by dredge or rake fetch th crusUceous specimens to th shore, doe he find at his feet whole alhambraa and coll jeunie and parthnnons and orystal nalacee of beauty In miniature, and these brln tolirht only an infinitesmal pari of the opulence in the RXet subnqtieons world. U.nnmui counted J ,00secies of s Hit. but oonnholoiy bad then only begun its achievements. w ntio exploring th bei of the Atlantic h!?ni n preparation for levin the cable i VL """"' "ere oroiifns up trom iw latnoms. Whnn llftinitle Megraph wire frvn the Mlitorran-an and net Hens, shelled creatures were broil rht up from depths of 3 XX) fathoms. The Eng. nun admiralty, exoloring In behalf of etience, loun i mollusks at a depth of 2431 latnoms, or 1 4,210 feetdeep. What a realm ttiui ior vastnessl As the shell s onlv the house mil the "ar irooe or insi Tniiiemif. -u. deep, why nil that won ler and beauty of ,,,,,,, , .o.is car lortns'u is the only reason. And if Oo I nr.ivl ! - im.nin. contly for th m, will lie not nt that you have wardrolie and shlterf War tr ibe and shnlt-r for a periwinkle! Hhall therj not bs wardrobe nnd shelter for a man? Would U xl giveactitof mad for the dele ts-s of a nautilus and leavs you no d 'ferise aalntt the sUirin? I)c es He budd a stilll hnms tmr a creature that lasts a s-am an I leivewith out horn- n soul that t-ikot hold on oenturice and eons Much Miller found "Hie F wt lfinti nt tls,n Crentorin t le old rel stn lstone,-' and I bear the h irmonies of till In the tinkle of the s.-a shells when the ti Ins c, no In. The ame Christ wh drew a lson of providen tial enre Iro n theleet that ll clothes with gr its the II dd instructs mi to dntw thi same ics-on irom tne siieil-. in nlni it every mn' life, however will Iwn and prosiM'roiM for veirs. and in si. inost ev -ry o nan's lire, there c n-a very dark tim.s, nt least once. A e n inaction o, circumstances will tnreareu bsnkrupxy an I homelessiiess an 1 sUrvatlon. It may be that th at worls will tne-t tha ear or will in et the eye of tho' wno are in U'-h a state of lorelwlinx. t;j ue, tnen. an 1 see hosrOol giv-san ivory pilar; to a watr animal that von coul I e ivnr with n le.i. nt i.i.w. .n,l clothes in ar.u.iragui.t all nt.oic a coral no tng-r tti in a s'ljwr) tke. 1 , not thini that Oo I will take lietterctr-s of a bivalve than of one of His own olid iren. lra to your f set wit.i tn goiol rakn the m st t!mr .ull eVKleucss of Uvl'scare lor His ereaur 1 piU nr.iunl you greit mounds of s'i-lls t!ia'. t n-y mar tasch vou a inoit coriiiortin; tn. ologv. Il l,' ye of little faith, walk anion.; the-is ano.-a of csralln an I look nt these Iijikiu -ts of shell, Ut to be han I" 1 a ij'w mi on her .oi onntinn J,iy, and se.-lnes i.tii-u I'.iiniiows of colir, an I ex amine th-s lilt -is in ston, thes-t p.dmrows hi stone, ttes: heliotrop's in sticie, these cow, lips , stone, th-si geriniu ns In stone, lllf SJ jap HUO.ts in Htc.ll ., yo who have yourr.-iesvpt ready loolc Ing out o i rl-ar nig. its, sryuij ti see wnat n irtiHDiriii,' in M ir-, .loji iei-an I Mercurr, know tiiat wit nn a lew u j'jrt' wU or rns of where you now ars tners are wn H wonds tost you mi ;ht ext'ore, bu:of wnieh you ar uu ;i-e o n. nil I a il ing the m is: beautiful an I sii;iiva of then w.trlls Is tiiec inch ilo ;ioal wond. Take t lis ien of a tr.)vi f.Mitial cir. How does that old hymn en? Wo msf, tiki shl,, hj tstnpssls be lois.;J On uenlons deen. nut m.im,il hs in 4 Tso-ign sstsa enr ig.-s tbs wind sad the tile. piaini assures us tne bord Will ptust ia e von T.t rhfi iuiIiiM l... - - i - - - e rroit tne ensued crea t oe in their constr e n so nniD iwiMiTir.w, ,,, houteof stone in which they live is not dropped on ti em and is not built around th u. Th material for it exu ls front thsir own bodies and is a eoruel wita a colore! flui-l from the pores of their own use. It is tmoit intertin thinr to seithss crus tacean auiinsU fis.iion their own homsiout of Cii'oonate of lime aud memorane. And all of this is a inrjhty lesson to those who nro waitlug for oti -rs to build their (oriunes wueii tney o;i;nt to go to worg and, li ce the mollusks, buil 1 thsir own fortunes out o.' t leir oa brain, out of their own sweat, out of their owu Industries. Not a mollui'ic on all the betcUet of all ths sets would have a home of shell if It had not itself built oue. Do tot wait for others to shelter you or prosper yott. All the orustaceou creatures of the earth from every flake of their covering and from every ridge ot their tiny castles on Atlantic and I'ai'itlo and Meliturran jsn coasts say, ' iislp your.se!, while UoJ helpi you to heip yourself." Tuose people who arj wiitinr for their father or rich old uncle to die an I leave taem a fortuue are as siby as a uuliutk would bs to weit tor soma other uiollua to drop on it a shell rouiojieat. I', would kill ths mol- I obiitf oh r lull thi tha lusk as in ino-t cases it destroys a m m. Not one persou out of a bun Ired e Vrr was stroj enough tostsu la lr;n estate by inuerit-auc-e dr-ipoel ou hi u in a chunk. Have prest expectations fro-n oily two perioas Uotanl yourself. Lit tne onychs of ray text ueome your pret-spt.ir. but the more I exa-u.n tne shells th mors I am un urease I Uat tb I is a UjJ of emotion. M my scoff nt em itiou aud seem to thin that U .i is a U j I of col t geom etry and iron laws and eternal apathy and eu thrond stoicism. No! No! The shells with overpoweriug emphasis deny it. While law and oruar reign iu the universe, you have but to see the Isvisbuess of color o i the Crustacea, all shades of crimson from faint est blush to blood of bs.tlle.ield, all shudes ot green, all shadss of all oolors from deepest black to waitest light Just calls I out on the shek.s with no more order than a mother premeditates or calculates how many kisses aud bugs she shall give ber babe waking up iu the morning sunlight. Yes, hit liod is au emotional UoJ, and Hs says, "We must have oolors aud let thu sun paint all ot them on the scroll of that shel , snd we must have music, au I her is a c irui tor the robiu, and a psalm for man, au 1 a doxoiorv for the seraphim, an I a resurrec tion call for the archangel. " Ave, He sooeel Himself a Oi l of sublim emotion when He fluug Himself uu turn world iu th persouuiity of Christ to save it, wituout re gard to the teirs it would tuke, or the blood it would exhaust, or the ugome it would cru-h our. W hen 1 see the Louvres an t ths Luxem bourgs and the Vaticans ot Ibviue panning strewu aloeg tb-i S AW miles of coast, aud I bear in a forest ou a suuimer morning mus ical academies and iiaudel societies of full orchestras, Issyliol is a OjxI of emotiou, aud if He ouaerrae mstheiustic. it is maths maticaset to music, and His Uures are writ ten uot ut white chalk ou blackboard, but written by a Huger ot sunlight on wails Ot' jasmin and trumiiet oreener. lu my study of thecouchology of the Miht this ouyoha of the test also impresses m with the laot that religion is perfumed. W hat else ooul I tiod have meant wueu He said to Moses, 'Take Unto thee sweet spices, stacte and onyohsf Moeee took that shell of the ouycha, put it over the tire, and as it crumbled iuto ashes tt exhaled an odor that bung in every onrtalu ant tilled th ancient Ubernaol. and its sweet smoke es japed from th aeored product and saturate 1 th outaid air. her fume I That is what religion is. But instead of that soot mak it a uialodor. Tbey serve Uod in a rough and aoero way. Tbey box their child's ear because he dooe not properly keep 8uuday Instead ot makiug rlunday so attract! v th child could aot asip but keep it. i oy mas niut learn oy heart a dirttuult ohapter In U book of Exol-r. dus, with all th bard nam, becausja-feij-b, I ut- beeu aauxbty. How ruaarshkaorraaabla good popl ther are I tH Cue doubu their piety, aud tb win rava beaveu, but. the wfll have to get fixe I no bsfor ther or thsv will mak trouble he out to us: IC-eo off th, P. e doTon mean hv nlucking that fl ".show your ticket. V Oh. how msnv Pheisll.n sl. obey me text and take Into their ano sneir nenavlor an I their consoH ann prwsnyteries and general asmhl conferences more onvchal I havi time gone In a very gala of spirit I presenoe or some diss TJ"able ("hi and In flv minuses felt wretch-.!, soma other time f hsvn nn .i.nn... ths company of suave nnd genial -nJ in lew moments l felt exhilarant. was th difference- It was th differ. wnat iney tiurnel on their censers. . ii", .niriTnn; me oiner nurne l nsa in inisconohooxical study of the also notle that the molusks or shell mais inrnlsli the purple that you se uaranmng so many Scripture rhiJ i ne purnl stuff in the ancient tabe npurpie girdle o' the priests, the i.iii.ie hi ivj-nan r.innerors, the anp -s m pnrpie ami tine llnn sv purple robe which In nioekery was t noon Christ were colored bv toe pu the shells on the shores of t ie Med nan. it was discovered by a h: dog having stained his mouth by hi one of the shells, and the purple arou miration. Costly purple! Six puin Is of the liquor extraotel from the shellfish used to preoar one pound of wool. was also lis! on t io pages of h ok. and praver booits ami are I in whlot may still be f.nm 1 lu so ne of t tionsl liorn-ies of Kuroivs. I'.nr-ienh . of the purple whlh l.e it his mviury rl years Tnt after ewh.l the puriile iJ otsier tge and that wnich ha 1 sign of imperial niithoritr when w rooi was adopted by many peo il. i an inneror. jealous of this npp.Mpria the purple, ma le a law that anv oae royalty weariug purple should bs death. i n-n. as if to punish the world f s outrage of exclusiveness, (lol ot)1!'; tne color frem linn irth, n mii; "If nil cannot, have it. none .i., Hut though Ojil has deprived th that shelltlsu which alforilel tl there are shel's enough left to make an. I womnprul. I)h, the oiitraticen hue and stiape still ..t nil no nnd do oeaeheeof all tne continents' These cr of the sea have what r.ei.s of eimn-l ceiaini Ihey dwell unhr wnnt p. blue as the sny and llerv as a sun nirsterlous as an aurora! And an rignt in lea ling vou for a few in inrougn this mighty realm of tlol lecte l by hum tn eye and human foot II is said tlmt the harp and lute w. vente.t from the fact that In Egypt t overllowe ira banks, and when the retreated tortoises w-re left by the ou all the lands, and th -sn tiirtoiu and soon nothing was leu but the aud gristln of these creatures, which eue i uTrier l lie Heat Into music;il that when tour le I by the wind or man vibrated. in.ikiiiL' sweot souo i the world took the hint and lashlo. harp, and am I not right In trvimr t inusi.- out of the shells an I lif tin; th. harp, from which to tliniiu the J praises of the leird nn 1 the t ifietn? of hu-ii'in con lo.en 'r Hut I Hud th I'.i nat of this eoneiu. the rtib.e in the pearl, w hich has this . tion aoove a I other gems tnat it r no human Inn I to brinit out its l Job speaks of it, nnd its sli -en Is in s-nnon, and the H.lil,., which opens onyena ol my Ut. closes with the tt SUCh V illi.) is this Pl-11-t.lee ins nr., do not won ler that for the exclusiv of flsniiig tor It on the shores of C. man paid to the English (tovermn-n' i"J0 for one season. Ho exuuisive is the n-arl I d not . that P.luv thought It was mado .,n- ilro; of dew, the creature rising to t. ii anil tne chemistry of k . u -w m euiiu. 1U7 tne bime makes so niuc i f tw sirrfirtvrfies tr tout ' rt niucn it costs to gat It. I) ta with sail cut from th Man I of Ceyio divers to eaou boat, Thirtesio git d and minaid th Uiat. inti th dangerous dentus. shares that whirl around them, pi in J div.T', while 6.J.0M) people anxiously! on. Alter tiiree or lour iiiinuti' a iromiueair tue niver ascends, uine atranguiatel and bloil rushing fro: and nostril', and tliu.'inj his pearly tr. uu ins simi innsinio unconsciousness. Oh, it is an awful exposure and itri pern io run ior pear aud yet tbey an 1 is It not a wonder that to rt tht ths Bilile calls the pearl ot groat price. more man an otuer pearls put to there should be so little anxietv. m struggle, so little enthusiasm? W'oul that we were all as wis as the m-rchs Christ commended, "who, wuen louu.t oue pearl ot great price, wei sold all that be hal au i bought it But whnt thrills mo with suggestl is ins ramttriai our ot wnieu ail pear made. Thev ar fashlone I tro u tne vi of tne shelitlso. The exu .ation frouJ wound is tlx jd end harlen-d and oul Into a pearl. The rupture 1 v.isssis water animals fashioned toe gem the adorns nnger or earring, or swor I t king's crown, bo out ot tue wounds of earth will the pearls of heaven. Out ot the wou bereavement the pearl of s dace. Out wound ot loos the pearl of gain. Out deen wound of tne grave the tieurl of recciou jov. Out of the wouuds Havi.iur's Hie an 1 a Saviour's deuth th' the radiant, the everlasting pearl of h ly glauueHs. "And the V) gate were U pearls. the cousolitiou, ail ye wuo have been whettier hurt in IxiJy, or but t iu mm hurt in soul. Uut vour trouuiee sauct It you suffer witu Christ on earth, you reign with Him in glory. T.ie tisarsof are th crystals of ueavju. "Every se Kate was ot oue pearl. 01 I S IS I I.- S .SI I III Dave Mariu a lesson. Evidently there is no Servant Protective Union in Loudon, or if is the youu womiu inontioueJ did not bclouo; to it. Thins: ot thing hnppeaiu to ouo of our own lofty servant girls: A Ucrmun uicr la Loudon has a servant who at tin vety lorettul. ibis fault was cspe unoyiug at meal timed, when some nseottul was sure to bo laekiuif (ro table. Oue day the faintly were at the table, a id the bell was iu ususl. Tjo iirl hurried to th d loom. "Jlurm," said uerr is , "jus and letch the big step ladder down the attic and bnug tt here," Maria who had bceu disturbed dinner, Kve grout of dissatisfac but ran up three flights of stairs to the laddor. In about five .niaute returned to the room, panting wit eiertiou. Now," said Uerr B "put it the other end of the room and clinJ tho top." Maria did at the was told, and she was at tue top uerr u qu observed . Maria, you have now a better than w have; just look around an. ill if you can tee any salt on the tJ Uy svlf and I could uot flud It." This settled the busiuess. Man never forgotten the losooa. p A u on street organ grinders is tHMUid bj London vtsuiea. at
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