The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-27
Ice-storm Furnishes
Timely Subject.
coNRAD's SERMON,
Draws Religious Truth from
Natures Inspiring Beauty.

| Palm Sunday was observed in the
Old South Church by especial music in
the morning. Alphonse Manleys pre-
Jude, Pacques fieuries, was rendered.
In the evening in addition to several
| special musical numbers, Rev. A, z.
| Conrad preached on Little teachers of
| great truths" He said IN part: THE
days just past have been coronation
| days. What an indeseribably crystal
wealth has crowned the forest mon
archs, the garden shrubs, the myriad
needles OF the eVergrsens and every
| object upon which the pesrly crown
could be hung. The streets have been
bordered with millions Of coronets
fresh from the hand of God, In dag
zllng brightness and regal splendor
every tiny twig has appealed TO us to
witness with What glory GOD can in a
day olothe all his works. The diamond
could not flash more resplendently
than the frost and the ice jewels that
have ornamented nature.
The flaming bushes have been like
the bush upon which Moses looked
which burned with fire and was not
AAAASN. AS AldfSIilllA GCly 0ldAeIIlS
glorious with prismatic Wcnder are
little teachers Of great truths. In
every one the teachable, thoughtful soul
sees divine radiance. Out Of the pal
ace of Splendor comes a sacred voice.
From the galleries burning with beau
ty. from the brush of the great artist,
| come the perfected pictures of lustrous
life.
Every diadem upon which we have
5 lO0EaH ananEe h1nrff,aY1fItz of
beauty Prophecy, promise, appeal, as
surance, all these find gracious express
sion in the heaven filled jewels which
in prodigal wealth have ornamented
every material object that could be
reached
when | make up my jewels" What
suggestion of the infinite worth and
gorgeous beauty OF crystallized charae-
| ter, Righteous character and soul
splendor are inseparable. Have you
ever reflected on the immense value Of
precious stones. The Victoria the
| Great White and the Imperial are
among the jewels OF especial value The
Orloff diamond is the property of the
Russian crown. The Kohinoor weighs
1o6 carats. The Great White originally
weighed ATT 1-2 carats. When the Vic
toria was cut, it left magnificent bril-
| liant weighing 1870 carats and many
smaller gems. At the worlds fair you
| perhaps saw the beautiful yellow dia-
| mond in the Tiffany display that
| weighed 125 "a carats.
Then, too, there is the Star of the
South which cost 100000. This word
| Jewel, then, stands for that which Is
| most precious. Language could not ex.
press the immense value of soul more
perfectly.
But how do jewels come to be? All
here we have our lesson. They are al
due to processes of capitalization. Goo
is a great geometer. There are just q
| few principles of crystalliza ton. But
obedience to these is imperative. There
are six systems Of capitalization
named from the symmetry of form anc
| the inclination of the axis of the crys-
| tai In many substances, when the
| atoms and molecules are allowed per-
| feet freedom, they Immediately take
upon them definite and fix I'd forms. Let
water evaporate from a solution OF
alum water and you have an excellent
| illustration of this truth.
| Water is the greatest of solvents and
| the display of crystal beauty such as
| is seen in Luray cave, is due to the
| fact that a mineral substance held by
water in suspension has crystallized. II
requires long periods of time to form
some Of the specimens you have seen
] in cabinets. Jewels like the diamond
| the emerald, the topaz, the chalcedony,
| the beryl, the sapphire, the ruby, all
these result from absolute obedience to