Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-19
TALMAGE IN TIE SOUTH.
"ANo He WAS ANGRY, AND WOULD
NOT GO IN"

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. l2.-The Rev.
I. De Witt Talmage, D. D., OF Brook
Ign, is in this region. lie has spoken
several times at the great Piedmont
Chautauqua, and his public appearances
are attended by vast multitules every
where. Preaching from the text luke
Ky, 23), "And he was angry and would
not go in," he said:
Is the elder son Of the parable 50 un-
sympathetic and so cold that ne is not
worthy Of recognition? The fact is that
we ministers pursue the younger son.
You can hear the tapping Of his rags in
many q sermonic breeze, and the cranch-
ing of the pods for which be was an un-
successful contestant, / confess that for
a long time ! was unable 70 train the
camcra obscura upon the elder son of
the parable. / never could get a mega
tive for a photograph. There was not
enough light in the gallery on the chem
| icals were poor or the sitter moved in
the picture. But now / think / have
him. Not a side face or q three quar-
tiers or the mere bust, but a full length
portrait as he appears TO me. The father
in the parable of the prodigal had moth
ing TO brag Of in his two sons. The one
was q rake and the other a churl find
nothing admirable in the dissoluteness of
the one, and find nothing attractive in
the acrid sobriety Of the other. The one
goes down over the larboard side and
| the other goes down over the starboard
side; but they both 60 down.
From the window Of the old home
stead bursts the minstrelsy. The floor
qualies with the feet Of the rustics,
whose dance is always vigorous and re-
sounding. The neighbors have heard of
the return Of the younger son from his
wanderings, and they have gathered to-
gether. The house is full Of congratu-
lators. suppose the tables are loaded
with luxuries. Not only the one kind of
meat mentioned, but its concomitants.
"Clap" 60 the cymbals. "thrumr' go
the harps, ''click!" 90 the chaices, up
and down go the feet inside, while out
/ side Is a most sorry spectacle.
The senior son stands at the corner of
the house, a frigid phlegmatic. lie has
Just come in from the fields in very sub
stantial apparel Seeing some wild ex-
hilarations around the old mansion, he
asks OF servant passing by with a goat
skin Of wine on his shoulder what all the
fuss is about. One would have thought
that, on hearing that his younger brother
had got hack, he would have gone into
the house and rejoiced, and if he were
not conscientiously opposed 70 dancing,
that he would have joined in the orien-
tai schJttische. No. There be stands.
Lis brow lowers. His lipcurl with con-
tempt. He stamps the ground with in
dignation. He secs nothing at all TO at
tract. The od0rS Of the feast coming out
on the Gir DO not sharpen his appetite.
The lively music does not put any spring
into his step. He is in a terrible
pyut. He criticises the expense, the in.
justice and the morals of the entertain
ment The father rushes out bareheaded
and coaNes him TO come in. He viii not
go in. IIO scolds the father, He goes
into a pasquinade against the younger
brother, and he makes the most uncomely
scene. lie says. Father, you put a
premium on vagabondism. / stayed at
home and worked on the farm. You
never made party for me; you didn't Sc
much as kill kid; that wouldn't have
cost half as much as a calf; but the scape-
grace went off in fine clothes, and he
comes back not fit TO be seen, and what a
time you make over him! He
breaks your heart, and you pay him
for it. That calf TO which we have been
lgiving extra feed during all these weeks
wouldn't be so fat and sleek If ! had
known to what use you were going to
put i'll That vagabond deserves 10 be
cowhided instead of banqueted. Veal is
too good for him!" That evening, while
the younger son sat telling his father
about his adventures, and asking about
what had occurred on the place since his
departure, the senior brother goes TO bed
disgusted. and slams the door after him.
That senior brother still lives. You can
see him any Sunday, any day of the week.
At meeting Of ministers in Germany
some one asked the question, "Who is
that elder sonp and Krummacher an
swered, IL know him; saw him yester-
Iday." And when they insisted upon
knowing whom he meant, he said, my
self; when l saw the account of the con-
version of a most obnoxious man, / was
irritited.n
First, this senior brother Of the text
stands for the self congratulatory, self
satisfied, self worshipful man. With the
same breath in which he vituperates
against his younger brother he utters a
panegyrc for himself. The self right
eous man Of my text like every other
self righteous man, was full OF faults.
He was an migrate, for he did not appre-
ciate the home blessings which ho had all
those years. lie was disobedient, for
when tho father told him 10 come in he
stayed out. lie was liar, for he said
that the recreant son had devoured his
fathers living, when the father, 80 lar
from being reduced 10 penury, had q
homestead left, had instruments Of music,
had Jewels, had mansion, and, instead
of being a pauper, was prince. THIS
senior brother, with 30 many faults Of bis
own. was merciless in bis criticism Of tho
younger brother The only perfect peo-
ple that havo over known were utterly
obnoxious. was mover 40 badly
cheated In all my lie as by perfect
man. IIc got 80 far up IN llis dcyoions
that he was clear up above oil the rules
of common honesty. These men that