Asbestos is the most extraordinary of all minerals. It is of the
nature of alabaster, but it may be drawn out into fine silken
threads. It is indissoluble in water and unconsumed in fire.
An asbestos handkerchief was presented to the Royal Society of
England. It was thrown into an intensely hot fire and lost but
two drams of its weight, and when thus heated was laid on white
paper and did not burn it. Love is like asbestos. The waves of
sorrow will not wash it away. The flames of tribulation will not
burn it up. It is eternal and immortal. (Text.)
(1911)