ALMOND. 



IHE almond is aii emblem of 

 haste, for its flowers appear 

 before the leaves are ready. 

 Ill the Book of the Prophet 

 Jeremiah we read ; " The 

 word of the Lord came unto 

 me, saying, Jeremiah, what 

 seest thou ? And I said, I 

 see a rod of an almond tree. 

 Then said the Lord unto me. 

 Thou hast well seen : for I 

 will hasten my word to per- 

 form it" (i. 11, ]2). Allu- 

 sions to the almond tree occur 

 in other places in the Divine 

 record. The presents sent 

 by Israel to Joseph, in the 

 second journey into Egypt, 

 when Benjamin was taken, 

 included "a little balm, and a 

 little honey, spices, and myrrh, 

 nuts, and almonds" (Gen.xliii. 

 11). The almond was one of the subjects selected for the 

 decoration of the golden candlestick of beaten work that 



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