Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-02-28
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIYINE's sun.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Rubies Surpassed"

color. Tho Bro mikes much of it. T.
gloNsd IN the irst row o. the h;yn prisst's
trosstpsa Under another name it stood
ia the wall Of heaven. jeremiah compares
ths rudy chse, Ofthr Nazdrites to the ruby.
Esetsisl points il ont On the robes Of the King
OF Tyre. -Four times does Solomon use il rs
symbol hy which to eXtOl wisdom or rsliC-
ion. Away setting its value as better thar
rHbies.
The world does not agree as 10 bow the
precious stones were formed. The ancients
thought that amber w s made of drops Of
perspirstiCl or the goddess &c. The thUn-
dersteus was supposed 10 have dropped from
a stOrmciCud. The emerald was said tc
have been made OF the freely. The lapi.
lazuli was thought to have been born Of the
cry Of III Indian giant. And modern min
erslOg.sts say that the precious stones We're
made Of gases and liquids. To me the ruby
seems like "a spark from the anvil OF the set
ting sun.
Toe homo OF the genuine rgay is BGrmah.
and sixty miles from IFS capital. where lives
and reigus the ruler, called "Lorl OF The
Rubirs." Under q careful Governmental
guard arc these valuable mines Cf ruby kept.
Rarely has any foreigner visited them. When
rUJy Of large value was discovered. il was
brought forth with elaborate ceremony. a
procession was formed, and, with all BAN
neTed pomp, military guard and princely at
tcndant5, the gem was brought TO the kings
palace
OF gcnat value is the ruby. much more SC
than diamond, as iIpilaries and jewellers
viii! tell yCu. An expert On this subject
writes, "a ruby OF perfect color weighing
i've carats is worth NJ the present day ten
times rs much Es diamond Of equal weight. 90
II was "a disaster when Charles the Bold lost
the ruby he was wearing ar the battle OF
Grandson. 1t was % great aflueure when
Rudolph IL OF Austria inherited "a ruby from
his sister, the queen HgWagar. il was thought
10 have had much to DO with the victory Of
Henry V. as hs wore It into the battle o
Aginc0urt.
Il is the pride OF the Russian court to own
the largest ruby of the world. presented by
Gustayus III TO tine Russian Empress. Won
drpus ruby II has electric characteristics,
and there are Iightungs compressed in its
double six sided pr-us. What shall l call
it, IT is frozen fire! 1t is patrileI blood
ln All the world there IS only one thing more
valuable. and mytext makes the comparison
Wisdom ia better than rubies."
But It IS impossible 10 compare two things
together unless there are some points OF sim
iErity as well I- of difference. I aIn glHr
there is nothing lacking here. The ruby Is
more beautiful i'm the night and under the
lanplight than ny day. IL is preferred for
evening adorumrut. How the rubirs gioN
and burn aui flash as the lights lift the dar..-
ness, Catherine of Aragou had on her finger
a ruby thHt fairly iausruni the u.rlt.
Sir John NauieviI.e. the cr.- rated trlv
eler Of iOJ years ago, -tit that the Emperor
OF China had % ru .y tIut mttH the night
bright as day, The probability is tug- Solo
mon, under some OF tHa lamps tbHt iium ne
his cedar pglac. by night. noticed the pro.I.
liar glow OF the ruHy as it looked in the 4
OF a sword, or hung iu some .old of the ~
hOlstery, OrheaUriGei tine lfpO. some chaiica
while he was tuiuEns gt the same time o..
the eE"s.luuay o- our hois religion as chiefly
seen in the night OF trouble. amt he cries cut
sAtglBrH is IHfrar
Oh, yes, 1t Is q g0Oa thing to have religion
while the sun of prosperity rides high ana
everything is brilliant in fortune, ia health,
in worldly favor. Yet YOU can nj surh time
hardly tell how much of 10 is natural rs4. -.
auca and how much D. it is the grace %. God.
But let the sun soy. and tHe shadows ava.
lanche the plain, and the thirl, darkness o.
sickness or poverty or persecution or mrntH.
exhaustion ON the soul and an tho house
and ill the world then YOU sit down by the
lamp Of Gods word, and under it light the
consultations OF the gospel come out the
peace Of God which passeth all UnierstanI.
ing appears. You never fully uppr-e ate
their power until ID the deep might Oftrouble
the Divine LsmD revealed their exquisite.
ness. Pearls and auetHv-ts for the day, bU'
rabies for the night.
All of the books OF the Bible attempt II
soms way the assuagameut OF misfortune
or ti1c $50 psalms OF David at least ninety
niluie to trouble. There are sighiugs H.
svery wind, an tears "a every brook, am
pangs in every heart. It was OriginallyprO.
posed to can the Presidents residence N
Washington The paIuaa or ''the Eyacu-
tive Mansion but after it was destroyed ir
the war of 1914 ami rebuilt In was paintc!
white to cover up the marks of tine smoke
and fire that had blIck0uoI the stone walls.
Hence it was called "Tla White House.
Most Ofthings now white wi;HattrlrlIyeues.
were once black with disaster.
What the world most needs is the console
tory, and here it comes. our holy religion
with both hands full of uoiyuas and seIu-
tives and balslms, rs in Daniels time to stop
mouths lgOume as in SladrHoh's time t1
cool blast furnaces as I'm EZ"6ieHs time tC
console captivity; as in 81. Johns time tc
unroll an apocalypse over rocky dgso!atiOns.
Hear its soothing voice as it declares
weeping may endure fer a night, but Joy
eOmeth in the morning "Ihe mOntaiu:
shall depart and the hills he removed, but
My loving kindness shall not depart from
you" "NhoW the Lord lOyeth He chas.
teneth." "rhey shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more, neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat, for the
Lamb which is in the midst OF the throne
shall lead them TO living fountains of water
and God shall wipe away al tears from tuel'
eyes"
The most wholesome thing on earth Is
trouble, If met in Christian spirit. To make
Paul what ho was it took ship wreck. an
whipping Onthe bare back, and penItentiary,
and pursuit of wild mOhs. and the sword Oi
decapitation. To make David what he was
It took all that AhIth0phrl and Saul and Alb
salon and Goliath and all the Phiistine
hosts could do against him. It took Robert
Chamberss maiIormatIOn OF feet TO MAKE
him the literary conGUeror.
1t was bereavement that brought William
HaWOrth, Of Wesley time, from wickednnss
TO an evangelism that Won many thousands
for heaven. The world would never have
known what heroic stun Ridley was made OF
had not the fires been kindled around his
feet, and not liking this slow work he cried
81 cannot burn. Let the fire come to me. /
cannot burn Thank God that there are
gems that unfold their best CiOries under the
lamplightl TLtnk Col for the ruby.
Moreover, / am sure solomon was right in
saying that religion or wisdom is better than
rubies, from the fact that a thing is worth
what it will fetch. Religion will fetch solid
happiness, and the ruby viii not. In all
your observation did ypu ever find person
thoroughly felicitatoj hy m incrustment Of
jewelsy As you know more Of yourself than
any one else, are You happier now with
worldly adoruments and successes than be-
fore you won them2 Does the picture that
cost you hundreds or thousands ofdOllars on
your wall bring you IS much satisfaction n
the engraving that at the expense of - was
hung upon tue wall when you first began to
keep house?
Do all the cutlery and rare plate that gilt
ter on your extension dining table, surround
ell by ilalterin- guests, contain more OF rea
bliss than the plain ware OF yoGT first fable,
at which sat only two2 Does "a wardrobe
crowded with costly attire give You mOrs
satisfaction than your first clothes closet
with its four or five pegs? Dll not tho plain
ring set on the third fnr.r oE tho I'.j hInI
on the day Of your Nutrn.Hgi give more - al.
ness than the ruby that is uow outHrJu ! on
the third finger Of your right uaUIt
n in this journey OF lra we have learned
anythin-. wa have learned that this world
neither with its ewo'Uments nor gains. can
satisfy the soul. Why. here come as many
witnesses as [ wish to call 70 the stand tc
testify that before high heaven and the
world, in conpaniou-hiD with Jesus Christ
and a good hope of heaven. they feel a Joy
that all the resources of their vocabulary fai
to express. Sometimes it evidences itself in
CALCULATIONS OF hOsanul sometimes in doxol-
oEy sometimes in tears. 4 converted na-
tive OF India in a letter sliI: Glow LONG
for my bed, not that may sleep-I lie awak,
often and long-but to hold sweet commu
fs.wa e H.H