A dictionary of the . eace with God. Rom. 5 :1; Eph. 2 : 14. Peace with ourselvessprings from peace with God, and peacewith God from the assurance of pardonand reconciliation with God by theatoning merits of Christ, who is ourpeace. Without such peace there canbe no true happiness. PEACOCK. 1 Kgs. 10 : 22. Thissingular and beautiful bird is mentionedamong the articles imported by Solomonfrom Tharshish, the modern Ceylon orMalabar coast of India, where the peacockis indigenous. In Job 39 : 13 anotherHebrew word is found, better renderedostriches, and the word ostrichshould be translated
A dictionary of the . eace with God. Rom. 5 :1; Eph. 2 : 14. Peace with ourselvessprings from peace with God, and peacewith God from the assurance of pardonand reconciliation with God by theatoning merits of Christ, who is ourpeace. Without such peace there canbe no true happiness. PEACOCK. 1 Kgs. 10 : 22. Thissingular and beautiful bird is mentionedamong the articles imported by Solomonfrom Tharshish, the modern Ceylon orMalabar coast of India, where the peacockis indigenous. In Job 39 : 13 anotherHebrew word is found, better renderedostriches, and the word ostrichshould be translated (as it is elsewhere) stork. The wings of the ostrich can-not raise it from the ground; yet inrunning it catches (or, as the word ren-dered goodly imports, drinks in )the wind. The construction of the ostrichand that of the stork are thus contrasted,as are also their habits; for the stork is665 PEA PEK as proverbial for her tenderness to heryoung as is the ostrich for her seemingindifference. Job 39: 14-16. See Ostrich, PEARL. The best pearls are pro-duced by a shell-fish of the oysterspecies, though they are found in othermollusks. The pearl-oysters grow inclusters on rocks (hence called pearl-banks) in the Persian Gulf, on thewestern coast of Ceylon, on the coastsof Java, Sumatra, etc., and in some partsof Europe. The shells are obtained bydiving, and this is done by a class ofpersons ti-ained to the business. TheCeylon pearl-fishery bank is about 15miles from the shore, and 72 feet deepon an average. The fishery begins inApril, when the sea is most calm, andcontinues five or six weeks. Oneshell contains from eight to twelvepearls. The largest are of the sizeof a walnut, but they are rarely aslarge as a cherry - stone. The shellof the pearl-oyster, or, more properly,the interior coat, is called mother-of- pearl. A single pearl has been valued at $350,000. Pearls were anciently, as now, used in the East as personal ornaments. 1 :9; Rev. 17 : 4; 18 : 12- / 16. From
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