The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-01

lyup his garden, burnhis fences ana KNOCK 10
down the balance nv the children. Not
any He went away peacefully, mas
gu;ded ood-for-nothin but yet peace
JisI good-for-nothin. Secondly he come
back NV his own akkord, The old
man didn't 60 after him and light
four wears at cost NV halfhis substance
to subdue him and bring him back, put
when he he'd run through his pile and
squandered his share Nv the estate ana
got hungry, he came back like a whip
ped dog.
My friends, let me draw small par
allel between these cases. -,
The prodigal son went out-so DID
the South2thus fairly the cases is
alike. -,
The Prodigal didn'tsteal nothin. The
Confederacy took everything it Good
lay its hands on.
The Prodigal spent only what wuz
his to spend. The Confederacy spent
not only all it stole, but all it Good Dor
ror. when it knowd its promises to pay
wuxent wurth the mizrable paper they
wuz printed onto.
/. The Prodigal when he come back,
come ez penitent ez the consciousness
that he he'd made fool Nv hisself Good
make him. The Gonfedracy WIZ whip
ped back, but it still swears betty oaths
that it wuz right all the time.
The Prodigal didn't demand veal pot
pies and purple robes, and SIGH, but beg
ged to be servant unto the more sen
sible brethren which stayed. The
J South come back denaan0ia office NV
which the fatted calf and rings and pur
pie robes is typical, and considerably
more share in the government than II
had before it kicked over the traces and
went out like the lost tribes of Israel.
Spozen the Bible prodigal he'd stop
| ped his parent and remarked to him
thus 81 am willing to come back on
conditions. 700 must pay my debts
700 must give me an ekal share NV the
farm with the other boys-yoo must
treat me in all respects just ez if hadn't
gone out, and-this is essential-yoe
must take me with all the sharpers with
whom fell in with while l wuz away
and make them head men on the place
and above all hev with me the two
harlots which was the prime cause o.
my ruin, and they must hev eleven Nv
the best rooms in the house, and must
be treated ez yoor daughters. To avoid
displeasin the others I'll dress EN- in
different clothes, but here they must
stay, otherwise I'll go out again."
Probably the old gentleman wood
hev become indignant, and wood hev
remarked to him to 60 and never let him
see his audacious face agin, or rather
he wood hev strangled the harlots, scat
tered the black legs, and choked the
young sprout into submission
Them's me. / am anxious to kill the
fatted calf, and am also anxious to put
on your robes and shoes. But alas, the
calf suffered from want NV attention SC
long doorin the late misunderstanding
that he's too poor-the robes were all
cut up into bloc coats for the sojers we
sent out to ketch you-Jefsson Davis
wore the only style we hev in-the
shoes they wore out, and the rings
When you come back yool find us ready
to meet you, but till then chaw husks.
Looked around, this armed tyrant re
marked that there would be no more
preaching that day, and the congrega
ton dispersed.
I'm heart sick. At every turn
make that Burew stares me in the face
and counteracts my best endeavors. It's
curious though what difference sermons
kin be preached from the same text, and
it also curious how quiet our folks listen
to ablishnist who hez muskets to back
him.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
Late Pastor NV the Church Nv the Moo
Dispensation.