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The Diamond and the Ruby--a Fable

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The Diamond and the Ruby—a Fable

Once upon a time there lay side by side, in a jeweller's window, a diamond and a ruby. The ruby said to the diamond, "How lovely you are! You seem to flash light like the sun." "Ah," said the diamond, "but it is the art that is spent upon me that causes all these beauties." "Well," said the ruby, "I cannot see any beauty in myself; I cannot reflect light as you do." "Brother," replied the diamond, "I have been looking at you with admiration and envy, and wishing that I had your beautiful colour, and lamenting how pale I seemed beside you." In the jeweller's mind there had been some doubts whether these were valuable stones; but there was no doubt about the matter after hearing that conversation.

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What the Stones Say

Spurgeon's sermons teaching spiritual truth found in nature and creation, with an introduction by his son Thomas Spurgeon, showing how the natural world declares God's glory.

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