Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-13
QUEER CHRISTIANS.
THE SUBJECT OF DR.. TALMAGES SERMON
YESTERDAY
At the Piedmont Cha1a19la Of the Fal.is
and F0l5.sS Of ChrSuals-The Man who
CargS, who Is Jealous ali Selfish
PharSseS 10 tue Church.

i. Dewitt Ialmage, ID. d, OF Brooklyn,
is in this region. He has spoken several
times at the great Piedmont, Chautauqua,
and his public appearances are attended by
vast multitudes everywhere. Preaching
from the text Luke, ch. xv., '. 2-D
And he was angry and would not 20 in, "
he said
Is the elder son OF the parable 80 IN
sympathetic aud so cold that he is not
worthy OF recognition,' The fact is that
We ministers pursue the younger son. IOu
can hear the Tapping of his rags in many
a sermOnic breeze, and the crashing Of
the pods for which he WAS au unsuccessful
contestant. | confess that for long time
| was unable to train the camera ohsCura
upon the elder son OF the parable
never could get negative for a photograph.
There was not enough light in the gallery,
or the chemicals were poor, or the
sitter moved IN the picture. But now |
think | have him. Not a side-iace, or a
three-Uuarters, or the mere bust, but a
tull.length portrait as he appears to me.
The father in the parable Of the prodigal
had nothing to bray OF in his two sons
The one WAS a rake and the other a churl.
find nothing admirable in the dissolute-
ness ofthe one, and lind nothing Hltrat-
tive IN the acrd sobrie'y OF the other. The
one gOe,, down over the larbCard side, and
the other goes down over the staIbOard
side; hat they both 20 down.
From the window Of the old homestead
bursts the minstrclsy. The floor luak-s
with the ieet Of the rustiCs, whose dance Is
always vigorous and resOuudng. The
neighbOrs have heard of the return o; the
Younger son from his wandcTiugs, and
they have gathered together. The house
is full OF congratulations. | suppose the
tables are loaded with luNnries Not only
the one kind of meat mentioned, hlt it,
cOncomitants. Clap 20 the cymbals,
"thrum" 20 the harps, click 20 the
challce-, up and down 20 the feet inside,
while outside is u most sorry spectacle.
The senior soa stands at the corner of
the house, frigid phicgmltlc. he has
Iust come in from the fields IN very sub
stantial apparel. Seeing some wild eNhiI-
aration abound the old mansion, h. aaks OF
servant passing by with gDat-skin OF
wine on his shoulder what all the fuss i
about. Ole would have thought that, on
hearing that his younger brother had got
back he would have gone IN and relpIced,
and il he were not conscienti0u-ly opposed
TO dancing, that he would have Joined in
the Oriental schOttlsChe. 40. There he
stands.
ms BROW LOWERS.
His lip curls with contempt lie stamps
the ground with indignation. lie sees
nothing u, all Ia attract. TIE odors Of
the feast comiug ont on the mir do not
sharpen his aPpetta The lively music
/ Ines not put any spring into his step He
! ia in q terrible puut. I!z C-iU'is,s ,hc r,-
peuse, the injustice, and the morals OF the
entertainments. The father TI-Ges out
| baryhcaded, and c0ayes him TO come iu
| lie will not 20 in. lie scOlds the father
| Tie goes into a pasqujnade against the
Younger brother, AMI he makes the most
uGComtly scene. He says, Father, ynu
put premium on vlgaboudism. stayed
At home and worked on the farm. Iou
never made party Tor me; you didn't ~
much ag kill a kid; that wouldn't have
| cost half 80 much as a calf; but the sCape-
grace went oil in lue clothes, and he
comes back not fit to he seen, and wht At
la time you make over him, lie
breaks your heart, and yOu pay him
| for il. That calf to which we have been
giving extra feed during all these weeks
| wauldn't be 80 tat and sleek il had known
/ TO what use you were going to put nj
| That vagabOnd deserves to he cowhIded in
tead Ot bauqueted Veal Is too good for
! him. That evening, while the younger
son sat telling his father about his adyen-
! ,ures, and asking about what had occurred
ON the place since his departure, the senior
! brother goes to bed di4gusted, and slams
/ the door after him. That senior brother
still lives You can see him any Sunday,
and day Of the week At meeting Of
ministers in Germany some one asked the
question, who isrthat elder som and
! Krummacher answered, al know him;
SAW him Yesterday" Aud when they IN
listed upon knowing whom he meant, he
said, Myself; when saw the account OF
the conversion OF a most obnoxious man, |
was irritated. '
THE rH NRIsEE BRoTHEE.
First, this senior brother Of the text
stands for the selr-congrltulatory, self
satisfied, sell-wOr-hipful man. With the
same breath in which lac vituparttes
against his younger brother he utters a
Iplnegvric for himself The sClt-rlghttou-
man OF my text, like every other self.
righteous man, was full of faults. lie was
an migrate, for ne did not appreciate the
home blessings which he had all those
wears He was djsobedieut, for when the
fa.her told him TO come in he stayed ont.
lie was a liar, for he said that the recreant
son had de7aurcd his fathers living when
the father. sO far from heing reduced Ia
paDury. had n homestead left had instru,
ments Of music. had Jewels, had a mansion,
aud instead of being a pauper, was prince.
This senior brother with so many faults
Of his own. was melCiless in his criticism
of the Younger brother. The only perfect
people that | have ever known were u'.
t,rly obnoxious was never so badly
cheated IN all my life ss by perfect man.
lie cot SO far no in his drvotions that he
1 was clear up above all the rules OF common
honesty. These men that 20 about prowl'
iug among pTaysT-meatinUs, and IN places
Of business. telling how goOi they are
look ont for them; keep y0ur hand on
vour pockethook. | have noticed that
inst in proportion as man gets good he
ge's humble. The deep Mississippi does
not make az much noise as the brawIing
mountain rivulet. There has been many
a store that had more goods in the show
window than inside on the shelves.
THIS sELF-EIGHTEouS NAN
og the text atood at the corner Of the house
burying himself in admiration. We hear
a great deal in our day about the higher
life. Now. there are two kinds OF higher
lite men. The one are admirable, and the
other are most repulsiye. The one kind
of higher-lite man il very lenient in his
criticism Of Others, does not bore prayer
meetings to death with long harangues,
does not talk a great deal about himself
but much about Christ and heaven, gets
kindier and more gentle and more useiul,
until one day his soul spreads a wing and
he flies away to eternal rest, and every
body mourns his departure. The Other
higher lite man goes around with Bible
conspicuously under his arm; goes from
church 70 church, sort Of general evan
gelist; is a nuisance to his own pastor