Washington, Dec. 30.?In this dis?
course Dr. Tnlmnge shows sn open
door for any one who desires to be use?
ful nnd illustrates how a littlo thing
way decide one's destiny. The text ls
Proverbs xiv, ll (revised version), "A
word fitly spoken ls like apples of gold
in baskets of silver."
A filigree basket loaded with fruit ls
put before us In the text. What ls or?
dinarily translated "pictures" ought to
be "baskets." Here Is a silver network
basket containing ripe and golden ap?
ples, pippins or rennets. You know
bow such applos glow through tho
openings of a basket of silver network.
You have seen such a basket of fruit
on many a table. It whets the nppe- j
tite as well as regales the vision. Sol- :
omon was evidently fond of apples be?
cause ho so often speaks of thom.
