Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

loUs, tbou mast klllod Tor MIN the lated
calf And he said unto him, Son, thou art
ever with me, and oil that | have Is thine.
II was mete that we should make merry and
TO glad, for this thy brother was deal and is
alive again; AMI was lost and is tound'
II never feel | was any kin to this older
brother Rally don'5 know VINO he is;
don't know what place God Intends no sh All
oil In the vast moral universe. This much
know, we live in a fallen world Thors
are unfallen worlds. l reckon the inhabi-
tants of these worlds ought TO have kept
their first estate, ami they would not have
had to cry out when God threw His arms
around wandering, hayward man tnat la,
spent bis all with harloss
"Look hers now, If that yolng fellow was
prod gal and wild and dissipatei AMI waste
full aud his fathsr dividst with him his
living, his father was fool to start vita.
We will put IL Ia that shaps. This younger
Notwithstanding to the laws In tlOSs days,
the older brothers Inherited tho estate aud
the younger oroths had no physical claim
on his fathsr-gell, to continue, this youn GER
brother comes to his fathDr AMI says:
Father give mo the portion Of gools that
falleth to me- AMI he mm91ia5ely divided
his living--the father did. Without word
of remonstrauce or hesitancy or ad vice be
turns over to this young fellow this great
amount OF property Tne facJ OF thu para
BILE shows tnat up to that hour the young
man was prliseworshy, upright, industrious
and worthy Of the conf iencs Of his father,
so far as all outward manifestations of his
conduct were concerned.
III ] could go through this country with
Mrs. WinSlow's soothing syrup and get
mere souls to Christ by having the sinners
each take teaspoonsul, | would invest ev-
cry nickel have in that syrup. ! would
that | am for the efficient thing, for that
which will make you cease to do evil and
learn to do right. That's all have against
you l haven't anything else against you,
for | love you all as ii you were my own
brothers, but oh, how it makes me feel bad
aud sad to see tho way you dol 1t hurts me
on your account, and on your wifes ac-
count, and on your children's account, AMI
on account of humanity. | am your
brother, and when you suffer suffer; when
you rejoice rejoice. l am happy at every
happy man | NEST; l AN sad at every d.
jected, sorrowful, sinfll character | inset; |
weep with those who weep and rejoice witch
those VINO ej)ice On, Lord, lift us up
here in Cincinnati, to wner9 we can rejoice
with those that rejoice aud where there will
! be none to weep with and mourn with, and
none to feel sad over
"The young fellow then deliberately turns
bis back on father and mother and homs.
aud walks out Of the front gate and bids the
caravan move off, and they move off in
grand style 1t is wonderful pageant, and
mother and father linger on the front
veranda AMI watch the procession as it
passes out of sight and gradually winds its
way over the brow of the hill and disappears
! from view. The father turns around AMI
utters an earnest prayer, God look after
my boy; and thu mother, with the tears
running down her checks, says, oh, shall
| ever see my boy againp
! ION the BOY moves with his caravan, and
| imagine about untown he drives out on
beautiful camping eroun1, pitches his tents,
and arranges everything for the coming OF
the night AMI now | can see everything in
order, and everything has been cared for,
and now see the young man as he unfolds
his coat, spreads it out and lays himself
down for the nights rest, and turns his eve
to the heavens above him, and begins to
think This is the first night / ever spent
from my hone. This is tho first night
havs ever sic pit from beneath the roof of the
old homestead This is the first night where
have besu tsat conld not hear moth sr's
voice, and could not hear fathers a1yice.
II have wished MANY TINA that that boy
before he went to sleep that first night had
settled it in his min 4, This is my first night
from home, AMI by thu grace OF COL it shall
DO my last, for tomorrow morning, when
arise l shall turn this caravans head
around. and will drive bac to the old homo
stead Oh if he had settled that, how many
ton AMI misery that boy would have
avoid 81 if hs had Just started back the next
morning. Oh, poor, miserable, wandering
boy, I've thought thousand times of you,
and wished you had turned around and gone
back.
"Well, the proligal boy drives on and on
and at the end of the third week hs drives in
to another beautiful locality, ami 1 imagine
be says, This tits me- This Is ma yni6cant
ground here like this soil and elm ate.
like this altitude, Til buy here Then he
begins to think, Why there's a postoffice in
the settlement over yonder, and | WON'T be
here three weeks before I'll get long letter
from father full of advice, ana III get a
long, sentimental letter from mother, and
they'll be doing nothing but advising and
suggesting The fact of the business is if
I'd wanted their advice I'd have stayed at
home. | don't want to be meddled with and
interfersd with. Tn whale, AMI if there
is anything bigger'n that, Pm that Boys
haven't you often felt tnat way? Haven't
you felt it crawlin up your sleeve and run
ming all over you, anl you thought you were
bigger'n your daddy?
"On AMI on thu pro1igal boy drove, and
when hs hal r9achei far-oH country
then what9 He bought him hundred
thousand acres OK the most fertile lan1 in
the seC5lem mt; he built him palitial resi-
dence ani stoc ed his farm, and he was a
prince in the lanil Yes, in horn! I've
seen many boy that Thought he was prince
in hornl
when hs reached that far-off country
what did he dol h spent all not par t OF
it-in riotous living! Listen, again. When
no had sponJall there arose a mighty famine
i'll the land Ever notice, brother, when
you're out Of money it seems ike every body
else is out too9 Didn't you notice when you
didn't have thing in tbs world you couldn't
get man to be your frienl2 Ever notice
when a man had spent his all there was q
Z famine to aim, no matter what there was 70
other peopl99 Ever think OF that, boys
Oh, how truo that isl There is a family
down town herr; thoy haven't doll ar 10
Ihe world, al there's q famine right here
in Cincinnati for tnem. Every grocery 10
town is lon led Town with -four an1 meat and
all kinds Of eatabeS, but thsrefs famine in
their homo, and when they had spent all
there arose mi ghty famine in that land.
Now, brother, when you gee to this point
whers you see the famine, whore you see
: where this Young man ended, we'll leave the
young men tusre, and let's YOU ami &c
J back aud come down around this Incl
look here, brother, when a man dis
pos.s OF ell, when mothers prayers fathers
| advice, the Bible, all gool influences are
disposed OF, the next thing man is going
TO do after he has disposed of all, ia to join
himsslf to a citizAn of. this ecu ltry-tha
1ovil-lnl tia devil pats him to work, puts
you to disappearing the God OF ymr mother
violating thu Slb5ath of your no5hcr; puts
: you to drenc6ing your boiy with liquid
fui1 which is but the essence OF damnation
II will tell YOU another thing: II YOU col