The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-12

fashionable life, that have been surrounded by the
embellishments Of society and
RUN THE GIDDY ROUND or FOLLY.
what else can yon confess but tnat you have beer
miserablef Or you, men or the world, whose
thoughts, day and night, are tempered with the love
OF gain, what has YOUR wealth brought you or your
success given you but increasing anxiety and never
ending solicitudef Have hon0rs rewarded your am.
bton; have You succeeded IL ascending the piana-
Gle OF fameS What have you TO boast Of or what IL
there within To satisfy the great thirst OF your ma
turef Professors OF religion Indifferent to the Of
Jesus II you have refused TO tread any path OF mani
fest duty how much better Is your condition than
that OF the prodgal sons The poignancy Of his woe
was that he was away from home That he was alb
sent lrom his fathers house and had rejected his fe
iywsmP ~ was THIS thought that made him misera-
oe, HOW many are there whose situation In tho
same but who fail TO realize their distance from the
fellowship OF God In the case OF the prodgal
was that IL taught him tho faacy OF life or PIES
sure. Inc wealth OF the world was not sufficient 70
his forlorn condition, we look with pity on his eua-
ciated FORM on the tatered garments OF the beggar
c wnN hr W o hsef az hs fathers feet but
me sight, 3, Of Goo, how awful. how oS' ter
such separation from our heavenly Father was the
first, the last, the suprenest eva q all misery For
the essence OF the guilt Of the pndgal son we are
not to look In his riot0us living. Nv was not sln-
ner alone because Of the reckless expenditure OF
Qrieyous as human nature might judee Ills GREAT
HE LIFT HIS FATHERS HouSE
and wandered away. forgctfu OF his lia obligation
There ale many who put high estimate upon their
character who think they carry themselves circum-
specify before God ana man, yet who, I'M the sight
OF Heaven, are more cupaple than the prdigaI SON
The chief of sinners IL not always 10 befound In
the person OF the criminal accused Of the greatest
crime against the law. There may be sins
more heinous than that OF murdet We
are not al circumstanced alike, ana It is
certain, therefore, that lesser SINS against greater
light are more formally sinful than greater sins
against lesser light. moral man Is not necessarily
q good man in the estimation OF Heaven. One may
be possessed OF all the refinements known to modern
society, may be polished in manner, amiaDe In dis
position, klnd-hearted even benevolent and yet be
corrupt In heart for II Is that alone that God judges
There are those VINO are Indifferent To religion, who
break the commandments and
DISREGARD THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
yet who would nave us believe that they avOw-
edy His disciples Thus pride and delision hide
from them their true condition, and they may be
with the prodiga son In the far country TO be at
home Is to be with God, TO live under his watchfuI
eye. TO be ready ever to obey manifestations OF His
will. Are We thus at home, or has spiritual
blindness permitted us to wander away
from His everlasting lover II Ia the
case with very many unhappy, guilty sinners, and
let no one say IL IL not. We may be ricn with the
goods Of this world, and yet our poverty may be
more squad than that presented In the picture OF
the prOdlgal son. We may be more despIcable In
tie sight OF the angels than the meanest or beggars
on earth. Happy VIII such be II. having Initiated
the prodIgal son In his sin, they also follow
ample OF his penitence, and. like him, return ~
their fathers house.