This story used to be told by Mr. Spurgeon:
An American gentleman said to a friend, “I wish you would come
down to my garden, and taste my apples.” He asked him about
a dozen times, but the friend did not come; and at last the
fruit-grower said, “I suppose you think my apples are good for
nothing, so you won’t come and try them.” “Well, to tell the
truth,” said his friend, “I have tasted them. As I went along
the road I picked one up that fell over the wall, and I never
tasted anything so sour in all my life; I do not particularly
wish to have any more of your fruit.” “Oh,” said the owner of
the garden, “I thought it must be so. Those apples around the
outside are for the special benefit of the boys. I went fifty
miles to select the sourest sorts to plant all around the
orchard, so the boys might give them up as not worth stealing;
but if you will come inside, you will find that we grow a very
different quality there, sweet as honey.”
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=Sandals=--See BIBLE CUSTOMS TO-DAY.
=Sanity is Social=--See CONCERT, LACK OF.
=Satan, Defeating=--See MASTERY BY INTELLIGENCE.
=Satanic Possession=--See DIABOLICAL POSSESSION.