A noted Western railroad man is an ardent admirer of beautiful gems. For a number of years he has been steadily adding to the treasures of his wife's jewel-box, and seldom visits another city than his own without carrying away one of its greatest treasures. His especial fancy is for emeralds, and the finest collection of them in America is owned by his wife. The wife is very quiet in her taste and does not share her husband's love for these beautiful bits of color. She seldom wears any jewels, but keeps them in a box, where, she says, it gives her husband much pleasure to look at them.
God's Word is like a jewel-box, full of precious promises that are not only beautiful, but are rich with comfort. In olden times rich people stored up their wealth in jewels because they could be easily carried and were always salable. The promises of the Bible are like that; nobody can steal them, and they are wealth that can always be used.
"When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it." Matthew 13:46
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