Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-02-01


of the wall of Heaven. Oh. l am so glad
that ST John told MS about i'll The
second sapphirer" While we are living
in sight of that wall. spirits who have
come from other worlds, and who never
saw our earth, will visit US, and we
will visit them, and sometime we will
be in converse about this earth when
IL was yet a-fioat and a-swing. and we
shall want TO tell them about how it
looked at certain times, and then II will
be great object lesson for ali eternity,
and we will say TO our visitor from
some other world, as we point toward
the wall Of Heaven: "It looked like that
stratum of foundation next TO the low
est" John xxi, 10: The second
sapphire"
A step higher and you come 20 chalce-
dony. another layer in the foundation
of the wall and running 800 miles
around the heavenly city Chalcedonyi
Translucent A 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 specimens of chalce-
dony.
But now we must make n swift as
cent 20 the top OF the foundation wall.
for we can not minutely examine all the
layers, and so putting one foot on the
chalccdony, OF which we have been
speaking. we spring 70 the emerald.
and we are one-third OF the way 10 the
top Of the foundation, for the fourth
row is emerald.
That, j would judge, is Gods favorite
among gems, because il holds what
seems evident is his favorite color on
earth, the green, since that is the color
most widely difruscd across all the
earth's continents-the grass. the foli-
age. the everyday dress of nature. The
emerald! Kings used il as seal to
stamp pronunciamentos.
The rainbow around the throne of
God is by St John compared 60 IL. Con-
querors have considered ii the greatest
prize TO capture What ruthlessness
when the soldiers of Pizarro pounded IL
with their hammers Emeralds have
had much 10 do with the destiny OF
Mexico Five of them were presented
by Cortez 20 his bride, one OF them cut
into the shape of n rose, another into
the shape of trumpet, another
into the shape of bell, with tongue OF
pearl, and this presentation aroused
the jealousy of the throne and caused
the consequent downfall Of Cortez But
the depths of the sea were decorated
with those emeralds, for in n ship
wreck they went down off tho coast OF
Bnrbary. Napoleon wore an emerald
at Austcrlitz-
In the Krcmlin at Moscow there are
crowns and 'scepters and outspread
miracles OF emerald ireland is called
the Emerald Isle, not because of it's
verdure, but because il was presented
to Henry H., of England, with an
emerald ring Nero had mngnifying
glass of emerald through which he
looked at the gladiatorial contests ut
Rome. But here arc fifteen hundred
miles OF emerald sweeping around the
heavenly city in one layer.
But upward still, and you put your
foot on the stratum of sardonyN, white
and red, n seeming commingling of
snow and fire-the snow cooling tho
fire, the fire melting the SNOW.
Another climb aud you reach the Sar-
dius, named after the city of Snrdius
Another climb and you reach the chrys-
olite. A specimen of this belonging to
Epiphanus, in the fourth century. was
said to be so brilliant that whatever
was put over to conceal il was shone
through, and the emperor OF China had
a specimen that is described as having
such penetrating radiance that il makes
the night as bright as the day.
A higher climb and you reach the
beryl Two thousand years ago the
Greeks used this precious stone for en-
craving purposes. Il was accounted
among the royal treasures of Tyre.
The hilt OF Murat's sword was adorned
with it II glows in the imperinl crown
of Great Britain. Luther thought the
beryl Of the heavenly wall was of tur-
quois. Kalisch thought IL was chryso-
lite. Josephus thought 1t golden-col-
ored jewel
The wheels OF Ezelkiers vision famed
with beryl, and were revolving FIRE
The beryl appears in six-sided prisms,
and Is set in seals and intaglios, in
necklace and coronets. 1t was the Joy
OF ancient jewelry. 1t ornamented the
atiiuent with ear-drops. Charlcmaune
presented 10 70 his favorites. Beautiful
beryl! EXquisitclv shaped beryl! Di-
vinely colored beryl! It seems like con-
gealed color. Il looks like frozen fire
But stop not here. Climb higher and
you come 20 topaz, u bewildcrment OF
beauty and named after an island of
the Red sea
Climb higher and you come to chry-
soprasus. OF greenish-golden hue and
hard as flint
Climb higher and you reach the Ia
cinth, named after the flower hyacinth
and OF reddish blue.
Take one more step and you reach the
top, not OF the wall, but the top OF the
foundations OF the wall, and ST John
cries outs The twelfth, an amethvstr'
This precious stone, when found in
Australia or Europe or India stands in
columns or pyramid. For color il is a
violet blooming in stone. For It's play
OF light, for its deep mysteries Of color.
for its uses in Egyptian. in Etruscan. In
Roman nrt, 10 has been honored The
Greeks thought this stone a preventive
Of drunkenness The Hebrews thought
it q source Of pleasant dreams For nh
lovers OF gems 10 is a source OF admin
ton and suggestiveness Yes, tho word
amethyst means a prevention Of drunk.
enness Long before the New Testa-
mont made reference % tho amethyst in
the wall Of Heaven, the Persinns
Thought that cups made out OF
amethyst would hinder any kind
OK liquor contained therein from becom-