The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-08-04
THE "PRoDIGAL SON." BY NAsBY.
CoHFEOERATE X ROADS (whicbl
Is IL She Stat Nv Kentucky,
June 1893

Sune 3, 1865.
l preached last Sabbath, or rather ,r;.,
to from the parable Nv the Prodiyal Son
We he'd splendid congregashuu. mo.
1lce revival Nv The work in hi. D.rt ;, :
The Dimoctaric vineyard wich reely cheer.
me. The dsmonstrashun our friends
made In Memphis, the canin Nv GriupeI
by Rosso, and the calf for a Johnson Con.
Venshun In Philadelphia. all, all has con
spired to comfort the souls nv the Dem
ocrlsy and encourage EN- to rene we'd eff.
tort II is bringing forth fruit. Only
last week Eve northern men were sent
"hIrlIn out NV this sectiou-they busted
In the night to escape hangin, leavin their
goods as prey for the Iighteous-six
niggers hev been killed and one Bufow
officer shot. Trooly there is everything
to encourage US, ta ID :
The house wuz full The weather wuz
bot and the pleasant incense NV Mingled
! whiskey, tobacco aud snuff Wich ariz " "
/ grateful to me. The Sun sboue-ou Dee.
kin Pogrm's face & he gently slept. and
when the sun hits him square kin alIuz
tell wher he sets. even eli it is dark. He
drinks apple jack instead Nv corn whis
key, and chaws fine cut tobaker insteaC
Nv plug. and Consistently when in the
pulpit kin distinguish the pacooliar aro-
ma NV his breath from those around him.
Ny brethren, sed I. sioh Nv VOC ez
heV Bibles 10 yoor houses, kin get some
body to read 700 the parable to which l
shell call yoor attention. A man wuust
on time bad sons, ez many men bev
since, and wun uv en- wuz a tough one.
He left his home and went into far coun,
| tries, maxim the old man sbel out his
share ov the estate, and he lived high,
Jlst, my brethren, ez yoor boys do or
rather did when they went to Neoo Or
leens, in the days when 700 he'd Niger
or two wich 700 Good sell 10 supply EN-
with money. He played draw poker and
faro, be drank fancy drinks and boarded
at big hotels, aud be followed after strange
women which'll lust a man quicker nor
any one small sin the devil hez vet in.
vented, eZ yoor pastor kin testify. Nv
course his pile give out aud he 81 down
my friends, did this ingenious yooth, to
rags and wreichedness, and ended in be
ing an overseer Nv swine. What did be
dc? He ariz and went to his father, and
the old man saw him afar off and went
out to see him, aud fell onto his neck,
and give him order for suit of clothes
and pair Nv boots, and put a ring onto
his finger, and made a feast, killing for
the purpose the fstted calf wich be had
saved Tor another occasion. .
e My friends. you kin find in the skrip-
ter suthin applicable to every occasion.
and this parable fits the present time like
a read made coat. The South is theprod-
igel Son. We went out from our fathers
house, on expedition wich hezsnt pro!
vedzaltogetber success. We spent our
share oV the extaie, and little more. We
run through with our means and hev cum
down to rags, AID dirt, and filth, and
hunger. We ale. and hev bin some time,
a Shawn husks. We run out after them
twin barlots. Slavery and State Rights,
and they've cleaned US out. Our pockets
are empty. No more doth the pleasant
half dollar jingle in sweet unison agin its
fellows; our wallets is barren Nv postal
currency. and the grocery L eepera mourn
and refuse to be comforted becoz we are
not We 6ev got to the husk stage NV
our woe, aud wood be tendin hogs eff the
armies wich past through these countries
had left US any. We lev kun back. In
rags and dirt We heV wendell our way 20
Washington and ask to be taken back
Now why don't our father, the Govern
ment fulfil the skripter Why don't it
see US afar off and run out to meet US T?
Why don't it put onto US purple robe {?
Where's the ring for our finger and the
shoes for our feet ? And where's the fat
ted calfhe ought to kill? My brethren,
them Ablishi0ists is worse than iuGddlss
while they preach the gospil they
won't practise It. For my part, Il
ID At this point sargent belonging to
that internal BuroW, who waz in the aw
dience with euuf NV soldiers to make op-
posin NV him unpleasant, ssd he he'd bin
sort Nv an exhorter in his day, and de-
sired 10 say word in explanation Nv that
parable. .ez applicable to the present time,
and ses4he, '.ef am Interrupted. remem
Der belong to the church military, Wich
is, just now, the church triumphant"
And cockin bis muskit he proceeded,
very much uninterrupted. s,.e-r
''FThe prodigal son" SEE he, "wuz re-
ceived by the old man with confederate
doins, but my worthy friends he went out
decehtly.a He didn't es soon ez he with
draWed from the housa, turn around and
make war onto The old gentleman-he
didn't burn his house, and barns, tear up
his garden, burn his fences and knock
down the balance Nv the children. Not
any. He went away peacesbly, a mis-
guided good for nothing, but yet peace.
able good for-nOthin. Secondly, be come
back Nv his own akkord. The old man
didu't go after him and fight for four
years at a cost Nv half his substance to
subdue him and bring him back, but
when be had run thTOug his pile and
squandered his share Nv Ghe estate and
got hungry be came back like q whipped
dog. .i7 Boz
Ny friends, let me draw small Paral-
lei between these cases. 40
The prOdigal son went out--so did the
South-tbus fairly the cases is alike.
The Erodigal son didn't steal nothin.
The Confederscy took everything 1t Good.
lay iIs bands on. ~ ~ 7 % 6
The Prodigal spent only what wuz his
to spend. The Confoderaey spent not