The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-04
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject; Apples or Gold-An Appropriate
Word May Decide Ones Destiny -
The Power OF Little Things Value
of sympathy.
copyright 1901 :


copyright 1901;
WAgUIEGToN, d. C.--In this discourse
DIR. TalmaQe shows an open door for any
one who desires to be useful, and Illus
trates how little thing may decide ones
destiny. The text is Proverbs XIV, II ire
vised version), "A word fifty spoken ~
like apples of gold in baskets of silver
A fliQree basket loaded with fruit ~ put
before us in the text What is ordinarily
translated pictures" ought to be has
kets." Here is silver network basket
containing ripe and golden apples. PIP
bins or rennets. You know how such ap-
Piles glow through the openings, OF bas-
tet of silver network. You have seen
such basket of fruit on many table.
II whets the appetite as well ns regales
The vision. Solomon was evidently fond
Of apples. because he 40 often speaks OF
Them. While he writes in glowing terms
,f pomegranates and figs and grapes and
mandrakes, he seems TO find soace as well
ls luscousness in apples, calling out for
supply of them when he says m another
place Comfort me with apples Now
you see the meaning of my text, "A word
6tly spoken is like apples OF gold IN bas'
kets of silver
You see. the wise man eulogizes just one
word. Plenty OF recognition has there
been for great orations-Ciccros arraigu'
ment of Catiline, the phillippics OF DE
mosthenes the five days argument ot Ed
mund Burke against Warren Hastings.
Edward Irving's discourscs on the Bible
and libraries full of prolonged utterauce-
but my text cxtols the power of one word
when it refers to "a word htly spoken"
This may mean a single word or small
collection of words something YOU can
utter in one breath, something that You
,,i,
litlv spoken" --- an encouraging word,
kind word, a timely word, a sympathetic
word. an appropriate word. ! can pass
right down the aisle of any church and
find between pulpit and front door men
whose temporal and eternal dcstnies have
been decided by word.
tell YOU what is n great crisis in every
mans history II is the time when he is
entering an occupation or profession lie
is opposed by men in middle life because
they do not want any more rivals, and
by some Of the aged because they fear
being crowded off and their places being
taken by younger men Hear the often
severe and unfair examinations of young
lawyers by old lawyers, of young doctors
by old doctors, of young ministers by old
ministers. Hear some of the old mer.
chants talk about the young merchants.
Trowels and hammers and scales often are
Jealous OF new trowels and new hammers
and new scales. Then IL is so difficult TO
get introduced How long time has
many a physician had his sign out before
he got call for his services and the attor.
nev before he got a case! Who wants 60
risk the life of his family to young ply.
scian who got his diploma only last spring
and who may not know measles from
scarlatina, or TO risk the obtaining OF
verdict for $4,000 TO an attorney who
only three years ago read the first page OF
Blackstone?
How is the young merchant 20 compete
with his next door bargain maker. who
can afford 20 undersell some things he.
cause he can more than make it up 10y the
profit on other things or has failed three
times and had more money after each
failure? How is that mechanic 60 make
q livelihood when there are twice as many
men in that trade as can in hard times find
occupation? There are this very moment
thousands OF men who are Just starting
life for themselves, and they need cncour.
agement-not long haraugue, not quota.
tion from profound book. not pace, not
a paragraph, but a word, one word, fitly
spoken.
Why does not that old merchant. who
has been forty years in business. 60 into
that young merchants store and say,
Courage lie needs only that one word,
although. Of course, you viii illustrate il
by telling your own experience and how
long you waited for customers. and how
the first two years YOU lost money. and
how the next year, though you did better.
Illness in your household swampcd the
surplus with doctors bills Why does not
that old lawyer 20 into that young law.
yer's Office just after he has broken down
in making his first plea before jury and
saw that word with only two syllables
Courage" He needs only that one word.
although Of course. you viii illustrate Il
by telling him how YOU broke down in
one Of your trst cases. and got laughed az
by court and bar and Jury, and how Dis.
raoli broke down az the start. and how
hundreds Of the most successful lawyers
at the start BROKE down. Why 10 not the
successful men 90 right away ard tell those
who are starting what they went through
and how their notes cot protested and
what unfortunate purchases they made,
and how thev were swindled. but kept
right on until they reached the golden
nilestoney Even some who pretend 70