THE NATURAL SCIENCE JOURNAL. 
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For the crowns on royal foreheads, 
Earth her treasure doth unlock; 
Each and all these precious jewels, 
Are varieties of rock. 
Need I speak of other uses? 
They are many; but the best 
Is, that in each grace and beauty 
Is the Father’s love confessed. 
Beauty in itself is useful. 
And to him who feels its power, 
’Tis a guide, support, and solace. 
Brightening the darkest hour. 
Not alone is beauty lavished 
On the towering mountain grand ; 
If you seek it, you wdll find it 
In the ever shifting sand. 
Unto those in love with Nature, 
She her mysteries unbinds; 
In this field, as in all others. 
He that seeks is he that finds. 
Do you say there is no beauty 
In this rock, so gray and rough? 
Bring a Iiammer ; strike upon it; 
It is hollow, sure enough. 
And, within, a fairy grotto 
Flashes on the dazzled sight; 
All its walls o’erlaid with crystals, 
Sparkling as they find the light. 
In the Book of Revelations, 
Heavens beauties are unrolled; 
Strong and firm the walls of jasper. 
Built the city is of gold. 
And the walls of it are garnisiied 
With most precious diadems ; 
But the names are each familiar; 
Found on earth are all the gems. 
Unto ‘‘him that overcometh,” 
Meed most precious shall be given; 
Carved in stone of solid whiteness. 
This certificate of Heaven. 
E'en the pen of inspiration 
Naught more beautiful could find. 
To suggest the heavenly glory 
To the questioning, finite mind — 
Than the rocks that lie about us. 
Let us study them each day; 
And to him who made tliem beauteous. 
Render grateful thanks, alway. 
LESSONS FROM THE CRYSTALS- 
Rev. J. Bauton Lawrence. 
T hat there is some vital tie between 
mathematical and moral laws is 
evident to every reflective mind. Honor 
demands that reason obey the formal 
rules of addition and subtraction. No 
errors are tolerated. The merchant must 
return exactly two cents on the dollar for 
a bill of ninety-eight cents; and so on. 
We are morally responsible for physical 
equilibrium, and instinctively this demand 
is heeded. On the roof, a carpenter 
keeps subconscious guard over himself; 
and along the icy pavement, right- 
minded wayfarers have every muscle in 
readiness to “ catch ” themselves, with 
no thought of rebellion at the imperative 
of this natural law of equilibrium. 
“ Square deal ” is a common phraze 
for honesty. “ Acute,” “ obtuse,” are in 
every-day use to describe mental quality. 
Thus, in many ways, are the sciences of 
mathematics, geometry, mechanics, recog¬ 
nized in relation with mind. And w^e 
might as truly call them the sciences of 
mind as the sciences of things, for they 
are what we know and think of the ma- 
