The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22
AT THE TABERNACLE
REV. LR. TALMAGe breaches UPON
. TIE WORTH OF RELIGION.

From the Words OF Solomon" Wisdom
Is Better Than KubioA"--rho True
Christian Spirit.
BRot KLYN, Fob. lin the Taber
nacle this forenoon Rev. Dr., Talmaye
preeched to q crowded audience that
iIled the great building TO Ovc,tl ,"lug,
ttesubjnct Of h,s sermon being Rnb 10
Surpaa a>rd." aud 'he text Proverb: vih,
IL. "Wsdom ia better than rub'cs"
You have all seen tue precious stonC
commonly called the ruby. 1t is OF dent
red color the Bible n1akos much of H..
It glowcd in the first row Of tho hlgl
priests breas plato Undor another
name it stood in the wall Of heaven
jeremiah compares tho rudy cheek -
the Nazaries to the ruby, Ezekis poiu,s
it ouL in ths robes IF 'he kluy OF Tyl,
-Four s,imes does Solomon uSa IL as 9
symbol by which TO eXtnl wlsAoiu or Ielj
giep, always setting its value - better
than rubics.
The world docs not agree rs TO how
the precious stones were form'd The
anclenls thought that amber was mAde
cf drops Of pcrspira'iou OF the god io:'
&c. The thunderstorm was supposed
TO have dropped ftrm atOrmClAuJ The
emerald was aaid TO have been made cf
tho fir fly. The lnpis lszull was thought
to have bseu bora OF III" cry Of az In
dlanseiant. And mcderu mineral0s SIS
say that the precious stones wrr, made
of gases and liquids To mo tie ruby
seems like spark from The anvil Of tue
acting sun.
The home OF the genuinearuby is Bur
mash, and 60 miles from It's CAPITA,
where lives and rei9ns the rdlcr, called
Lord of The Rubies," under careful
governmental guard are these valuable
mines of ruby kept. Rarely has any
foreigner visited them. When ruby Of
large value was discovered il was BROUGHT
forth with..elatotatc ce~cmjuy,u Il rrcces
sion was formed. aud, with all banuctCd
pomp, military guard and prirccl, ni.
tendants. tho gem WIS brought t. thc
kings palace.
OF great value is thn ruby, much more
30 than diamond. as lapi1aries and iawel
ers will tell you. An expect on this
subject whites, "a ruby Of perfect color
weighing five karals is worth at tie u es.
ent day ten times rs much "a diamond
OF equal weight" 1t was II disaster wh, n
Charles the Bold lost the ruby he was
wearing at the battle OF Gcandsou. Ii
was great alll lIence g,hcu R1dolph II
OF Austria inherited ruby from his Sis
Ter, tho queen dOWa9er. II was thought
to have had much to dc with the victory
OF Henry V, rs he wore it INTO tho bni
tie Of Agincourt.
1t lB the pride Of The Russ au court /,
own the largest ruby OF all the wol! !
presented by GustaVus I'LL TO tho Rvs
sian empress. WopdrUus ruby! It ha,
electric characteristics, and there ar
llghLn;ngs compressed in it's d0ublo Of,
sided prisms. What shall crllr? /
is frczen fire! IL is patrihed hlooG! IL
all the world there is only one thin.
more valuable, and my text makes ii,
comparison, "Wisdom is bctLer tina,
rubles."
But 1t ID impossible to compare tNt
things together unless thero arc snn,
points OF similarity as well "a of differ
ence. l am glad there -is nothin" lack
ing here. Tho ruby 10 more bcauufu
la the night aud under the lamplight tha
by day. 1t is preferred for Gverin.
adornmeEt. How the rubics glow an
burn and flash as tho lights lift tho dark
nese! Catherine OF Aragon had on he
finger ruby that fairly lGnlcrned lhe
night.
Sir John Vaudeville, the celebrate,
traveller OF 400 years ago, said that the
emperor OF China had ruby that mad,
the night as bright rs the day. The
probability is that Solomon, under 80 Ut
or the lamps that illumined his cedar
palace by night noticed the peculiar glow
OF the ruby as it looked in the hlt OF a
sword or hung in some fold of the uphol
stery or beauuilt the lip of some chal-
Ice, while he was thinking at The sans,
time OF the tNcellency Of our holy rely
ION as chiefly seen in the night Of trou-
pie, and he cries out, "Wisdom ia bet
ter than rubies."
Oh, yes, It'll good thug To have re-
Ngion while the sun OF prosperity rid 3
nigh and everything is brilliant IN Tor
tune, IN health, III worldly favor. Yet
you can at such times ha dly tell how
much OF 1t is natural eXubcrance aud hrw
much OF 1t Is the grace OF God. Bu, lc,
the sun set and the shadows avalanche
the PLAIN and tho thick darkness OF SICK
ness sr poverty or persecution or men,a
exhaustion I'LL the soul and iii the house
and fill the world; then you sit down b,
the lamp Of Gods word, aud under lis
Light the consultations ofthe gospel come
opt-the peace of God which passcth all
understanding appears. You never ful-
~ appreciated their power until IN the
deep night OF trouble the Divine Lamr
revealed their exquisiteness. Pearls and
anne thysts for the oay, but rubcs fer the
night.
AL the books OF the Bible attempt in
some way the assuage ment OF m.s tor
tune. Of the $50 psalms OF David nj
least 30 allude TO trouble. There are
slghlnes III every wind and tears in
every brook and pangs in every heart.
II was originally proposed to call the
presidents residence ut WASHINGTON,
".ihe Palace" or "The Executive Man
slop," but after it was DESTROYED in The
war of 1914 and rebuilt it was painted
whlte TO cover up the marks of the
SMOKE and fire that had blackeped tho
Walls. Hence 1t was called "The White
house." Most Of the thinl now white
disaster. V 0''0' '''''N VIII"
Whatithe world most needs is the con-
soiatory, and here IT, conons orr III,