Rubies Surpassed
T. DeWitt Talmage
Proverbs, 8: 11: "Wisdom is better than rubies."
You have all seen the precious stone commonly
called the ruby. It is of deep red color. The Bible
makes much of it. It glowed in the first row of theRUBIES SURPASSED T. DeWitt Talmage
Proverbs, 8: 11: "Wisdom is better than rubies."
You have all seen the precious stone commonly called the ruby. It is of deep red color. The Bible makes much of it. It glowed in the first row of the high priest's breast plate. Under another name it stood in the wall of heaven. Jeremiah compares the ruddy cheek of the Nazarites to the ruby. Ezekiel points it out in the robes of the king of Tyre. Four times does Solomon use it as a symbol by which to extol wisdom, or religion, always setting its value as better than rubies.
The world does not agree as to how the precious stones were formed. The ancients thought that am- ber was made of drops of perspiration of the goddess Ge. The thunderstone was supposed to have dropped from a storm-cloud. The emerald was said to have been made of the fire-fly. The lapis lazuli 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 a spark from the anvil of the setting sun.
The home of the genuine ruby is Burmah, and sixty miles from its capital, where lives and reigns the ruler, called, "Lord of the Rubies." Under a careful governmental guard are these valuable mines of ruby kept. Rarely has any foreigner visited them. When a ruby of large value was discovered it was brought forth with elaborate ceremony, a procession was formed, and with all bannered pomp, military guard and princely attendants, the gem was brought to the king's palace.
Of great value is the ruby, much more so than diamond, as lapidaries and jewelers will tell you. An expert on this subject writes: "A ruby of perfect color weighing five carats is worth at the pr ...
T. DeWitt Talmage
Proverbs, 8: 11: "Wisdom is better than rubies."
You have all seen the precious stone commonly
called the ruby. It is of deep red color. The Bible
makes much of it. It glowed in the first row of theRUBIES SURPASSED T. DeWitt Talmage
Proverbs, 8: 11: "Wisdom is better than rubies."
You have all seen the precious stone commonly called the ruby. It is of deep red color. The Bible makes much of it. It glowed in the first row of the high priest's breast plate. Under another name it stood in the wall of heaven. Jeremiah compares the ruddy cheek of the Nazarites to the ruby. Ezekiel points it out in the robes of the king of Tyre. Four times does Solomon use it as a symbol by which to extol wisdom, or religion, always setting its value as better than rubies.
The world does not agree as to how the precious stones were formed. The ancients thought that am- ber was made of drops of perspiration of the goddess Ge. The thunderstone was supposed to have dropped from a storm-cloud. The emerald was said to have been made of the fire-fly. The lapis lazuli 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 a spark from the anvil of the setting sun.
The home of the genuine ruby is Burmah, and sixty miles from its capital, where lives and reigns the ruler, called, "Lord of the Rubies." Under a careful governmental guard are these valuable mines of ruby kept. Rarely has any foreigner visited them. When a ruby of large value was discovered it was brought forth with elaborate ceremony, a procession was formed, and with all bannered pomp, military guard and princely attendants, the gem was brought to the king's palace.
Of great value is the ruby, much more so than diamond, as lapidaries and jewelers will tell you. An expert on this subject writes: "A ruby of perfect color weighing five carats is worth at the pr ...
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