The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-29


In tho brooklyn tabernacle Sunday
afternoon Rev. DIR. Talmage preached
TO crowded audience that filled the
great building TO overlooking. the sub
jcct OF his sermon being "Rubies Sur
passed." and the text: Proverbs viii,
IL: Wisdom is better than Rubies"
You have all seen the precious stone
commonly called the ruby IL is of
deep rcd color. The Bible makes much
OF H. II glowed in the first row OF the
high priests breastplate. Under an
other name IL stood in the wall of
Heaven. jeremiah compares the rud-
dy check of the Nnzurtcs to the ruby.
Ezekiel points IL out in the robes of the
king OF Tyre Four times does Solo
mon usc it as q symbol by which to ex-
toll wisdom, or religion, always setting
It's value as better than rubies.
The world does not agree rs to how
the precious stones were formed. The
ancients thought that amber was made
of drops of Precipitation of the goddess
&c. The thunderstorm was supposed
to have dropped from n storm. cloud.
The emerald was said to have been
made Of the FREELY. The lapis lazu Ii
was thought To- have been born of the
cry of an Indian giant. And modern
mineralogists say that the precious
stones were made Of gases and liquids.
To me the ruby seems like spark from
the anvil of the setting sun.
The home of the genuine ruby is
Burmah, and so miles from its capital.
where lives and rcigns the ruler, Lord
of the Rubics." Under careful gov
ernmental guard are these valuable
mines of ruby kept Rarely has any
foreigner visited them. When n ruby
of large value was discovered it was
brought forth with elaborate ceremony,
n procession was formed, and with all
hammered pomp, military guard and
priuccly attendants, the gem was
brought to the kings palace.
OF great value is the ruby, much
more so than diamond, as lapidarics
and jewelers. will tell you. An expert
on this subject writes: "A ruby of
perfect color weighing five carats is
worth at the present day 10 times as
much rs a diamond Of equal weight"
1t was disaster when Charles the
Bold lost the ruby he was wearing at
the Hattie Of Grandson. 1t was great
nfhucnce when Rudolph the Second of
Austria Inherited ruby from his sis
Ter, the Queen Dowager. 1t was
thought to have had much To- do with
the victory of Henry the Fifth. as he
wore IL into the Battle Of Agiucourt
IA l.. a. l. Al.
own the largest ruby of all the world,
presented by GustavuS the Third to the
Russian empress Wondrous ruby! 1t
has electric characteristics, and there
are lahtnings compressed in its double
siX.sjdcd prisms What shall call ftp
1t is frozen fire! II is petrified bloodl
In all the world there isonly one thing
more valuable, and my text makes the
comparison; "Wisdom is better than
rubics."
But it is impossible to compare two
things together unless there are some
points of similarity as well ms of differ
cncc. l am glad there is nothing lacking
here, The ruby is more beautiful in
the night and under the lamplight
than by day. 1t is preferred for even
ing adornment. How the rubies glow,
and burn and fash as the lights lift
the darlSness Catherine, of Aragon
had on her finger ruby that fairly
lanterned the night, Sir John Mande-
vile, the celebrated traveller Of 400
years ago, said that the emperor of
China had ruby that made the night
as bright as the day, The probability
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lamps that illuminated his cedar pal
ace by night noticed the peculiar glow
of the ruby rs it looked in the hilt of
sword, or hung in some fold OF the
upholstery, or beautitled the lip of some
chalicc, while he Was thinking ut the
same time Of the excellcncy OF our holy
religion rs chiefly seen in the night
of trouble, and he cries out: "Wisdom
is better than rubies"
Oh,ye II is a good thing to have re-
ligion while the sun of prosperity rides
high and everything Is brilliant in for
tune, in health, in worldly favor Yet
much of IL is natural cxuberance and
how much of it is the grace of God.
But let the sun set, and the shadows
avalanche the plain, and the thick
darkness of sickness. or poverty, or
persecution, or mental exhaustion fill
the soul, and I'LL the house and ill tho
world; then you sit down by the lamp
OF Gods Word and under It's light the
consultations Of the Gospel come out;
the peace Of God which passeth all
understanding appears You never
fully appreciated their power until IA
the deep night Of trouble the Di
vino Lamp revealed their eqnisite-
ness Pearls and methysts for the day.
but vubIes for fha niOht All ~ the