Psalms 23:6
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”
“We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours.”~~~GOLDSMITH: The Vicar of Wakefield, ch, i.
RUBY:
The ancients considered the ruby to be an antidote to poison, to preserve persons from plague, to banish grief, to repress the ill effects of luxuries, and to divert the mind from evil thoughts.
It has always been a very valuable stone, and even today a fine Burma ruby will cost more than a diamond of the same size.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — Prov. 31, 10, cp. also Job 28:18, and Prov. 8:11.
Marco Polo said that the king of Ceylon had the finest ruby ever seen. "It is a span long, as thick as a man's arm, and without a flaw." Kublai Khan offered the value of a city for it, but the king would not part with it though all the treasures of the world were to be laid at his feet.
The perfect ruby. An alchemist's term for the elixir, or philosopher's stone.
He that once has the flower of the sun,
The perfect ruby, which we call elixir, . . .
Can confer honour, love, respect, long life,
Give safety, valour, yea, and victory,
To whom he will.~~~BEN JOHNSON: The Alchemist, ii, 1.
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