Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-11
Mr. Nasty Preaches-subject the ''ProdygaI
Sum-
Church OF the New Despeusation,
Jan. 35th. 1863

Jan. 35th, 1868. {
My brethren and sisterren. shal make
few remarks this morning based upon th
beautiful parable of the prodygal SUM-
would read to you the passage, but the Bible
1 have is the only one in the township, and
lent it yesterday to Square Gavitt, who saiG
swering witnesses on the Almanac would not
do in horse eases, and be hasent brung it back
The Scripture says in substance:
There wuz a man who had two suns. The
youngest had a taist for that branch Of agri-
4 cultural pursuits known as sowing Wild oats,
so he asked his father for his share in the
estate. He got it, turned it into green bax,
and went of. He commenced living high
-bOrding at Dig hotels, and keeping trotting
bosses, and playing billiards and sich. In
about year he run through his pile and was
ded broak. Then his credit played out, and
he was in tite place for his daily bread
The lice struck him that he had better put for
hum, which ne did. The old man saw him
cummin, and he run out and met him and
Civ him new coat; and an order for a pair of
shoes, and killed fst calf and had -four do
ings.
The oldest boy objected in these sayings, " Lo
have served thee these many years and thou
never madest no sprugs over me but when
this thy sun, who has fooled away his pile, re-
turns, you kill caves and sich." Then the
old man retorts saying: My sun who was
lost is found, the sheep that went astray has
cum back let us be merry"
Ny brethren this parable applies as well to
the present time as though it was made for it.
= tho
wing of the Democratic party is the prodygal |
and the Abolishnists is the oldest sun. The |
South got tired and went off on its own hook !
1t hez have no doubt spent the half of its
substance, aud will shortly conclud to come
home. Now the great question of the hour
is how shall he be received. My friends, the
old Democratic rool is to foller the scripture
when you kin make pint by so doing. In
this particular case Godlinis is game Let
Uncle Sammyooel see the repentant proggal
afar off-and go out to seek him, or send Fer
mandy Wood, and when he has found him let
him fall, not upon his neck, but at his feet
let him put onto him the purple robe, which
is royalty, and upon his hand ring, which is
dominion, is improvement upon scripture.
But the Ablishnist, who is the elder sun,
steps up and says Nary. He was doing
we'll and he vented out from US, taking all that 1
Was his own, and much as he could steel, all Of
which he has spent upon such harlots as Afri- !
AN slavery, Stait writes, ana southern inde-
,endence, which last tive mentioned is whited
epulkers. l sent my suns Grant and Rosy
rance and Ben Butler after him, but 10 wen ]
le was strong and vigorous he did despiteful
y use them. Now that he is weak from hun c
,er, let him bride. If we take him to our c
,osoms, let him cum on his knees, let him i
asst off the harlots that have sedoosed him, t
hat their may be no more trouble in all the i
and" ra;t} aa t
Ny orethern, we mast take him back as 6
be man did in the Bibble. Why do you ask? g
because he was always the old mans pet, t
nd had things his own way. We was his q
-ieuds and shared with him the steeliugs, but t
nce be went out the Abolishua brother and I
is friends have controlled things and where v
re we Exc answers, no wharf, We oc- g
npy low places in the sinagog, and the dog t
cry keepers go mourning about the streets a
1d refuse to be comforted because their cash %
not, and five take backithe progigal shron
his strength, of what avail be is to US p
Ie must come back as strong as ever, he =.
ust bring his harlots with him-he must a
,OOLI Then sbel we have Post Orfses, &
I'd then shall we again live on the fat of the
nd, dodging the cuss of labor. Brethren !
t us be diligently in this CRATE work, in '
ant in Beesn and out Of seesn. :,
A collecshun was taken up for the perpus of n
sending misounary MASSACHUSETTS, which +
elded dolers. Ez the amount woodent pay
le raIerode fare, it was votid to apply it on n
pairs on the church, which I did by havin =,
y boots haIfsold and buyin a new pair of .,
ants. .r- t fc