The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-06-28

,uu,rr' I'y,u arise and 20 to my father amt
yiI say INTO hn- fWhcr, have eiuncd .
,.rfn~t Heaven aud before thee, mud Hm no
uar, worthy TO- %. called Thy son. mike lne %,
bio nt fhy hired servants Aud hc uru-c aud
.tiu, ts his father hut when Dee was yri % great
a. ny uH Dds father saw hna, and lHd cumpns.
.lau. H'id ram and fell Oh his neck amt kissed
.im And the hithcr said tu his ,rrvuut>
bring forth tine best robe and pui 10 ou him
ANA UtH ring ON hi, hand ANA shoes uu Do.
feet And bring hith,r he ta'iod calf hhd kii
d. md icy 10, eat aud te merry f"r TINS nay
SON wit, dead, and Is alive again hc was lost
npd 5 found Aud ho began To hc merry
You all recognize this text rs the
parable of the prodigal son, and III com
mcntiug on il we will try and mod
ernie it so that all may understand it /
~ we run. will not alter or change .
the truth in it in any way. but shall .
try aud apply it so that wc can sec .
through and through tins one of the
most extraordinary pieces of liter
aturc in human language, have
heard n great many preachers say
very unhiud and bard things about
| this boy. They said he was bad. and
| wasted his time and substance aud
| life. and threw away his hours with
harlois. | don't know all that they
! lIdni say against HIM, bat whatever
they thus said there was not ON"
word OF it true I p Ia the time this
boy made that demand OF li, lniicr
he was trustworthy, honest nnd NOR
al because IN the first place lbcin%
the Youngest som hc Ind no legal
claims on his father, nud yuu cannot
make mo believe, il hc WAS other than
, what | say, his father would have
turned him over IN the way he did "A
, great amount ol property without re
munStrancc. II he dad. the old man
I would bc - tool. lIui the boy was
/ trustworthy, and hc asked tor hi, por-
: lion, aud he got this immense estate
without word of objection. III
many days thereafter "hc lourncycd
+, into far oil country" Let us sup
4 pose that il took him week ia max,
ing his preparations for the start, but
at all events We lind that when sun
day morning daWu9 upon the world
u that boy is taking his last
- look around the old homestead
: aud putting everything in order
: for the start ON the morning. Nest
! day when the sun comes up over the
/ eastern hills we SEQ the boy and hi.
) magnificent caravan pass in front oi
e that old homestead II pulls up lhcr,
e and the prodigal walks up ON tn,
porch and takes his mothers hand in
IS his To say good bye, and she imprint,
= ki~Scs of affection upon his check
= and haptlle, HIN with her tears. Tie
Hcct- his father, who bids him fare
3 we'll with tears streaming down his
/ face and words ol.oNc and advice fall
p ug,from his lips. And thus the boy
> parts from his parental roof He aud
! his great caravan turn their back at
last ON the old homestead, and ON aud
on they drive through the heat of the
day, until mt night they pitch
their tents and take the rest
that tired nature Graves, y, hc re
tires and turns his face towards the
sky he SAYS, swell, well, this is the
first might | ever spent FROM under
the root of the old homes dead thi,
is the first night | was ever away
from home Would 10 God he had
said rs this is my first 50 ii shall he
my last night AWAY from houe. Oh.
| had hc said and acted So he would
| have stunned 10000 heart aches and
/ pains and 10000 sorrows. If he had
| turned backward and driven home
then he would have been taken once
more INTO the arms OF his mother
but instead of doing So he goes TO
sleep, and wakes up next morning
inst as they are ready 10 resume the
drive. The following night the same
thing happens he goes 10 sleep
-ayiug this is the second might have /
ever slept away from thcold home .
stead wish lac had then said this will /
br my last night, and turned his foot |
steps homcWard. liut lac drives on. /
aud ON, and on, each night repeating /
the same -orrowiul story, until ut last
Il week has passed away, and they
camp for the day. Then when the
sun has passed over the hills he laws
him down To rest, and eNcaim- this
is HE first sabbath have ever been
away from home Would
he had said this is my Inst, but he did
not, for when Monday came they
'gain took up their journey, and
'amped not until they reached fer
lie and beautiful country. where he
aid: "l'll settle here and buy me
BUT he thought the mat
or over, and reelected that if he set
led 50 near home il would not Ice
ong until the old man and the old :
ady would be visiting and advising {
i'm, aud filling him with their old !
ogy notions, so he resolved on get I
ing further away, lie travelled the I
ext ten days. and by that time Il
ot into another rich and $
oautitul country aud lac said II guess e