Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-26

lesson for all eternity, and we will say te
our visitor from some other world. as VIC
point toward the wall of heaven, 1T looked
IKE that stratum Of foundation next to the
lowest" John, twenty-first chapter and
nineteenth verse, 1.-THE second, sapphire"
THE DIVINE ARCHITECTURE.
A step higher and you come to chalce-
dony, another layer in the foundation OF
the wall and running 800 miles around
the heavenly city. Chalcedony! Translu-
cent. divine mixture of agates and opals
and comedians. Striped with white and
gray Dashed of pallor blushing into red
and darkening into purple Iceland and
the Hebrides hold forth beautiful speci-
mems of chalcedony
But now we must make a swift ascent to
the top Of the foundation wall, for we can
not minutely examine all the layers, and
so, putting one foot ON the chalcedony of
which we have been speaking, we spring to
the emerald, and we are one-third of the
way TO the top of the foundation, for the
fourth row is emerald. That, would Judge.
Is Gods favorite among gems, because it
holds what seems evident is his favorite
color on earth, the green, since that is the
color most widely diffused across all the
earth's continents-the grass, the foliage,
the everyday dress of nature The emerald
Kings used it as a seal to stamp pronuneia-
mentos. The rainbow around the throne Of
God IS by ST. John compared to it.
Conqucrars have considered it the great
est prize to capture. What ruthlessness
whom the soldiers Of Pizarro pounded it
with their hanimersl Emeralds have had
much 10 do with the destiny of Mexico.
Five Of them were presented by Cortez to
his bride, one of them cut into the shape Of
a rose. another into the shape of a trumpet,
another into he shape of bell, with tongue
Of pearl, and this presentation aroused the
jealousy of the throne and caused the con
sequent downfall of Cortez But the depths
Of the sea were decorated with those en-
eralds, for in shipwreck they went down
off the coast of Barbary. Napoleon worean
emerald at Ailsterlitz.
In the kremlin museum at Moscow there
are crowns and scepters and outspread mir
acles Of emerald. Ireland is called the
Emerald Isle not because of its verdure,
but because it was presented TO Henry II
of England with an emerald ring. Nero
bad magnifying glass of emerald through
which he looked at the gladiatorial contests
at Rome. But here are 1900 miles of emer-
aid sweeping around the heavenly city IN
one layer.
But upward still and you put your foot
on stratum of sardonyz, white and red, a
seeming commingling Of snow and fire,
the snow cooling the fire, the fire melting
the snow.
ANCIENT sPLENDoRs IN STONE.
Another climb and you reach the sardius,
named after the city of Sardius. Another
climb and you reach the chrysolite. A
specimen of this, belonging to Epiphanus,
in the Fourth century, was said to be so
brilliant that whatever was put over 10
conceal it was shone through, and the em-
peror of China has a specimen that is de
scribed as having such penetrating radiance
that it makes the night as bright as the
day
higher climb and you reach the beryl.
Two thousand years ago the Greeks used
this precious stone for engraving purposes.
IL was accounted among the royal treas
ures of Tyre The hilt of Murat's sword
was adorned with it. 1t glows in the inn
perial crown of Great Britain. Luther
thought the beryl of the heavenly wall was
turquoise. Kalisch thought it was chryso-
lite Josephus thought it a golden colored
Jewel. The wheels of Ezekiel's vision
famed with beryl and were a revolving
fire
The beryl appears in six sided prisms,
and is set in seals and intaglios. in neck 1
laees and cOronets. IL was the JOY OF an
Gent iewelry 1t ornamented the atiiuent
with eardrops Charlemagne presented il |
to his favorites Beautiful beryll Exqui- /
sitely shaped beryll Diyinely colored beryll 4
Ii seems like CONCEALED color. 1t looks like I
frozen fire.
But stop not here Climb higher and You I
come to topaz, a bewilderment of beauty (
and named after an island of the Red sea.
Climb higher and you come to chrysopra- (
sus, of greenish golden hue and hard as
flint.
THE FABLED PREVENTIVE.
Climb higher and you reach the iacinth, 4
named after the flower hyacinth and Of 4
reddish blue.
Take one more step and you reach the I
ton. not of the wall, but the top of the
of the wall, and st. John cries
out, The twelfth. an amethyst This
precious stone. when found in Australia or
India or Europe. stands in columns and
pyramids. For color il is a violet bloom
ng in stone For its play of light, for its
leep mysteries of color. for its uses in Egyp
tian. in Etrlscan. in Roman arr il has been
bonortd. The Gree. - thought this stone
preventive at tr.akeuns The Hebrews
Thought it a source of plea s,nt dreams. For
an lovers of ,,tniS it is ~ subject u admira-
lion and sn,rastiv,rcs.. Yes, the word
amethyst means "a prevention OF drunken
ness.
Long before the New Testament made
reference to sbc amethyst in the wall OF