Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-12
RUBIBS SURPASSED.
sPlsSDD discourse DELIVERED JESTER
DAYBY RgY Da. TALAAaE
vi,l.- Il gsar 7hn Ra5.,s-aabiss Are dor
Valuable Thaa Dian'ris ant Are the Finest
Jewels By Which Comparison Nay Be Made.
Pisor7 Of Sons Fine Ra5ie2

BrooKLvv. February lin the
Tabernacls this forenoon Rev. DT. = a.
mace nreached 20 a crowded audience
that filed the great building 10 over
flowing the subject O{ bis sermon oelnS
sRubies Surpassed, ana The teA,'
Proverbs S; IL: wisdom Is better 'hau
Rubies"
You have all seen the precious stone
commonly called the ruby, it is OF oeep
red color. The Bible makes much OF
Sit. IL glowed CD the first row or tue
hirh-priest's breast-plate. Under an
otner name 10 stood 10 the wall o.
heaven. jeremiah compares the rulGy
cheek OF the Nazarites 90 the ruby. III
pkiel points 10 out ia the robes OF the
King of Tyre. Four times does solomon
use it as a symbol by which 70 eXtol
wisdom or religion, always setting It's
value as better than Rubies.
The world does NOS agree as 70 how
the precious stones were formed. Inc
Rnclents thought that amber was MADE
of drops of perspiraticn OF the goddess
la. The Thunderstorm was supposed
20 have dropped from a Storm-cloud.
The emerald was said % have been
made OF tho freely. The lapis lazuH
was thought % have been bora or tue
cry ofan Indian giant Aud the mod
ern minaralogist say that the precious
stones were made of gases and liquids.
To me the ruby seems ike spark
from the anvil OF the setting sun.
The home OF the genuine ruby Is Bur
mai. and sixty miles from It's capital,
where lives aud reigns the ruler, called,
s.Lord of the Ru0ieS." Under care
. fui governmental guard these valuable
mines of ruby kept. Rarely has any
foreigner visited them. When rudy
OF large value was discovered 10 was
brought forth with elaborate ceremony,
a procession was formed, and with an
hammered pOmp, military guard and
princcly attendants, the gem was
brought
TO TIRE KINGS PALACE.
or great value is the ruby, much more
90 than diamond, as lapidaries and Jew
elers will tell you. An expert on this
subject writes: "a ruby or perfect
color weighing FIVE csrats is worth at
the present day ten times as much as
diamond OF equal weight" 10 was
disaster when Charles the Bold lost the
ruby DO was wearing at the battle Of
Grandson. 10 was a CREST auluence
when Rudolph the Second OF Austria
inherited a ruby from his sister, the
Queen DOwager 10 was thought TO
have had much TO do with the victory
of Henry the Fifth, as he wore 10 into
the battle Of AgincOurt. 1t is the pride
of the Russian court 20 own the largest
ruby Of all the world, presented by Gus
tavus the Third 20 the Russian En-
press. Wondrous ruby. It has ~elec-
uric characteristics, and there are light
nings com pressed 10 its double SiI-sided
prlsms. What shall I call 10? 1t is
frozen frel IL Is petrifed boodl In all
the world there is only one thing more
valuable, and my text makes the COM
parasion: "Wisdom is better than
Rubies."
But It is iusDossibla to compare two
49, = e-- ,s there are some
vJints or SIMILARITY as we'll as Of differ
snce. 1 am glad there is nothing lack
ing here. The ruby is more beautiful
in the night and under the lamDlight
than by day. It is preferred for evening
adjournment How the rubes glow, aud
burn, and lash as the lights lift the
darknessl Catharine Of ArragOn had on
her finger q ruby that fairly lanterned
the night. Sir John Vaudeville, the
celebrated traveller OF four hundred
years ago said that the Emperor Of
China had a ruby that made the night as
bright as the day. The probability is
that Solomon, under some Of the lamps
that illumined his cedar palace by night,
noticed the peculiar glow Of the ruby as
70 looked In the hilt of a sword, or hung
IN some fold of the upholstery, or beau
tilted the lip OF some chalice, while be
was thinking az the same time OF the
excellency OF our holy religion as chief
ly seen ia the night of trouble, and he
cries out,
wisdom BETTER THAN RUB1ES."
Oh, yes, it is a good thing TO have re-
liglon while the sun OF prosperity rides
high and everything Is brilliant In for
tune, in health, ia worldly favor. Yet
you can &C such time hardly tell how
much OF it Is natural exuberauce and
\ how much Of 10 Is the grace Of God.
But let the sun set, and the shadows
Avalanche the plain, and the thick dark
ness OF sickness, OF poverty, or perSecu-
tiOn, or mental exhaustion oil the soul,
and ON the house, aud on the world;
then you sit down by the lamp OF Gods
Word and under its light the c0nsOla-
tlons OF the Gospel come out; the peace
OF God which pasSeth all understanding
appears. You never fully appreciated
their power until ln she deep night OF
trouble the Divine Lamp revealed their
exQuisiteneSs. Pearls and amethySts
for the day, bat ru6ies for the night.
an OF the books Of the Bible attempt
Go some way the aSsuagement of mis-
fortune. OF the one hundred and fifty
psalms Of David at least ninety sliude
80 trouble. There are sighings in every
wind, and tears in every brook, and
pangs in every heart. TO was originally
proposed TO call the Presidents resi-
dence at Washington The Palace, or
The Executive Mansion" but after 10
was destroyed 10 the war Of 1914 aud
rebuilt. 10 was painted white, 20 cover
up the marks OF the smoke and FIRE that
bad blackened the stone walls. Hence
10 was called The White House. Most
OF the things now white with attract
iveness were oncle black with disaster.
What the world most needs is the con-
s0iatOry, and here 70 comes, our holy
religion, with both hands full Of
aDodynes and Sedatives, and bal
sans, as 10 Daniels time TO stop mouth
leonine; as in Shadrach's time to coos
blast furnaces; as In Ezekieps time TO
console captivity; as in st. Johns time
TO unroll an apocalypse over rocky des-
Citations. Hear its soothing voice as it
declares: weeping may endure for a