Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-09-08
Nasty PreaOhes-The Prodigal Son.
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preached last sabbath, or rather tried
to, from the parable nv the Prodlgal son.
we he'd splendid eongregashun. no
ticed revival NV the work III TINS part
NV the Dimocratlc vineyard wen reely
cheers mo. Inc demonstrashun our
friends made IN memphis, the canlii Nv
Hrlhnei ny iosSo, ana ihe can fora oiiil,
son OohNenshun III Ihladelp lphla, All, al
neV c"hApired to comfort the souls o. the
Dimoc'isy ana encourage EN- to renewed
G.Hotl 4 ls bringing lVith lfuitu V'iy
las! WeCN IiNe Nor'hefn men WIc s9nt
WhirIiil@ OUT NV thIs section--dusted IN
the IiSht 10 escape hanging, leAVn thcIr
GooaS rs PfCy Tor [''e 'Si'ttous-slX
hiG8efS h'F H.Ch kiiieu ana one our"W
oiAcer eAo'. I'ooiy we nave everything
10 encourage us.
ne mousse NnI iIil. ihe "eaJhcf WnZ
/ nor, 2ili 'Ae pleasant IncShse pI mihE.en
WhlsNy2 'oo'tco an, @ s'ou wen ar'h " w
Gt'Ne!"l 20 me. ne sun shoh9 ~ %"
Hetldn 1ogfan lace as ne gently slgP''
an" "hGh the sun ms nm square l I'm
2IIaz te!l Whcf he SctE, even II II IS DARK
WhiSkY, ana chaWs me cut lopachef ms
tGad NV pi1g, ana consekently Wheh IN
INC puplt KIN distinguish ihe pec"liar
aroma NV ms Oreath from 'hose around
nm.
MY 6fetnren, sea 1, slcil NV 700 ez
hev bioleS III your mouse, KIN get SOM
BODY to read yoo the parable TO wen /
silei eau your attention ~ man "u'iSI
upon 'ile had sons, cz many men heV
SINCE, ana Wun Nv EN- wuz u tough one
ne lett MS nome ana went lnto far co,'n-
Irles, maxim the old man shel out LIS
snare NV Che estate, ana ne l1ed hiS,,
Jlst, my brethren, cz your boys 90 or rath-
or dld Wheh they went TO MOO CrleanS'
III the days when 700 he'd mgger ortWo
wien you could sell 10 supply EN- Win
money. lie played draw poker ana faro,
ne drank Iancy drinks anu boafded at Dig
hotels, and ne followed atter strange Wo-
men, wien Dust man quicker nor any
one small SIN Wlch the dev1 hez yet IN
vented, cz yoor pastor kln testify. Wv
course his pie give out and he got down,
my friends, qua THIS ingenious youth, TO
rags and retchedness, and ended IN beng
an oVerseer OF SWINE. W nat dld he DO
lie arlz and went to his father, and the
Old man saw hlm aiar OH and went to
meet hlm, ana fen onto his neck, and give
nun an order Tor SCOT Nv clothes ana
par nv boots, and put ring onto MS 1n9-
er, ana made ieast; kililh Tor the purpose
the 1atted cali wlch he he'd saved Tor
ahothcr occasion
NY friends, you can md III the sknpterr
sutili appilcaole TO every OCCASION, ana
tIlls Paraple nus 1he e, present tiihe liKe d
rcady-niaoe coat ne oouth Is tne ifo-
| aiGal 0oh. we went out rom our Iathep
mousse, on an eXpedltLoh wien hezeht prov
ca atogether a success. we spent our
snare NV the estate, and little more. We
run through with our means and hey come
down TO rags and dart, and nth, and hung
er. we are, ana nave been some time, a
chawin husks, we run out aiter them
t"ih haflots, slavery ana 1ta'e hlghts'
ana theVe clSahed us out our pockets
are empty. no more aoes the pleasant
Ilai i aoilar gIh&i? IA % unison agaln liS lei
iehcy, ana the grocery keepers mourn
ana refuse TO be com1orted because we
are not. We hev got to the husk k stage
OF onr woe, and wood be tendin hogs Ct
tiie arlnies wien past through these coun-
ties ned LETT us any. We hev come back.
Now, why don't our Father, the Govern
meit, 1uini the scnpter?. Why don't 1t
seek see, us aiar oil and run out to meet us :
Why don't 1t put onto MS purple robe
heres the ring for our, finger, and the
shoes Tor our feet and where's the fatted
calt ne ought to Kill? My bre;hern them
Abllshnists Is worse than intidels--while
they preach the gospel they won't pract-
Ice It, For my part, l."
At this point sargent belonging to the
buroW, who wuz IN the awdience with
enough NV soldiers to make opposln NV
nm unpleasant, sed he he'd BIN a sort NV
an eXhorter III ms day and desired to say
word IN explanation OF that parable. ez
! appilcaole to the present tlme, and SEE he,
eI am interrupted, remember belong
to the church military, wich is, just now,
the church triumphant" And cookin his
musket he proceeded, very much uninter-
rupted.
The ProdiSal Son, sez he, wuz re-
ceWed by the Old man with copslqeTable