The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-09-07

nntiro 80, ~ tne younger son is genuine. His
CONF ha llanH a seems 10 say, THAT bow Iac
80 oG ~ pacN Tor more money. lie rot +hird
" me property; now he has com FL 49, ~ ~
anotuer thlrd. lie Will never be con,antnd -
say on the farm. He will fall awnv I To,,f II
- ~ 700 and rejoice with the Others If !
sh ouSH1 ,I GhIs thing was genuine; but If Is .
dahanoI an1I 10y IS confirmed inebrate and
d vpIiauGnee." Alas my friend; for the incrc.
uuilty III the Church Of Christ in regard IN the
tteclamatlon OF the rccreant You snv Toan
las peen strong drinker | saw, ives hI,t
H. nu nas reformed" oh" you say, with a
++uiGuDrI9us lace, II hope you are not mis-
taken, hors you are not mistaken j Yon
oat; DON'T rejoice too much over his CONVEX
9atIoh' Tor soon he Will be unconyerted I fear
Ion make too biz party for that returned
e ouisai, OF strike the timbrel too loud: and
| Il you Klil calf, XIII the one that is On tho
commons, and not the one that has hecn Inv
urlatlng In the paddock" That Is the reason
WY more prod gals do not come home n
tuel latherS house. 1t is the rank infdelitv
~ tnc OluroA OF God on this subject. There
| IS noC house Oh the streets of heaven that
mas not III II a prodigal that has returned
anu strayed home. There could be unr0llcd
| pelore you scroll of q hundred thousand
nanes-the names Of pr0digals who came
DacK forever reformed Who was John RIM
| van: A returned prOligal. Who was Pichard
Baxter. A returned prodigal. Who vas
george Whltetield, the thundcrer? Z returned
| Prouig1l. Ana | could 20 out in all directions
IN thiS audience and find on either side those
VINO once lar astray for many years, have
Deen faithful, and their eternal salvation is
as sure as though tLey had been ten wears in
| heaven. And vet some Of YOU have NOT
enough faith in their return
You do not know how to shake hands with
prOd!gdl. You do not know how to pray for
| MN You do not know how TO gr.et him
ne wants to sail in the warm guIf-s:realn Of
Chri stian sympathy. You are The fceherr
against which he strikes and shtvers. Yon
say he has been pro4igal. know it, But
| you are The sour, unrcs pOnsive, ccnsoriou.
| saturnlne, cranky, elder brother. ana if Won
arc gong TO heaven one would think some
| people would be tempted to 20 to DerditiOn
! 10 get away from you The hunters say that
| II deer has been shot the other deer sbova
hlin OUT OF their company, and the general
rule is, away with the man who has hnan
| wounded with sin. Now, I say. the more
bones man has broken the more need be has
OF hospital, and that the more a man has
been bruised and cut with sin the more need
nc has to be carried into human and divine
sympathy. But for such men there il not
much room lii this WOrld-the men who want
10 come back after wandering. Plenty OF
room for elegant sinners, sinners in velvet
and satin and lace, for sinners high salaried.
Tor KID gl0ved and patent leather sinners
Tor 6luAeTs fixed up by r-drCsSer, p0natum-
Ell and lavendercd and colOgned and friZZ!ed
and crImpcd aud "bangedn sinnerS-plepty of
room! Snch we meet elegantly 1T the door of
our churches, and VIC invite them into the
best seats with ChesterielIian Ealantries;
we usher them into the house Of God and
put soft Oti0mans under their feet, anu put O
Glt-edged prayer book in their hand, and pass
the contribution box before them with an air
Of apology, while thew, the generous souls
take out the exquisite pOrtemonnaie, and
open it, and with diamond finger push down
beyond the ten dollar gold pieces and deli
cateiy pick out as an EXP" esson Of gratitude
their Offering to the Lord, of che cent For
such Sinners plenty Of room. plenty OF ROOM
But for the man who has been drinking until
lis coat is threadbare and his face is
orysipeIased, and his wfc's weddng-dress is
IS in the paWnbT0ker's shop, and his children,
instead Of being in school, are out begging
broken breed at the ba8cment-doors Of the
clty-~the man, body, mind and soul on fire
with the flames that have lcapCd from the
scathin@, sc0rch!ng, blasting, consuming cup
which the drunkard takes. trembling ana
GgOnized, and alfrighted, and presses 10 his
parchcd lip, and his cracked tongue, and lis
shr.eklng vet immortal spirit-no room.
th on no If this l., younger anEE on son of
off, II he had not dropped so low in
WaSsa, the protest would not have been SO
severe. but going clear over the precipice as
the younger son did, the elder son is angry
and will not 20 in.
Oh. be not so hard in your criticism of the
fallen, least thou thyseif also be tempted. A
stranger one Sunday staggered up and down
the aislcs OF my church, disturbing the ser.
vice until the service had to stop until he was
taken from the room. lie was n minister of
the Gospel Of Jesus Christ Of a sister dcn0m-
nation! That man mad preached the Gospel,
that man had broken the bread of the Holy
Communion for the people From what
height to what depth! Oh, | was clad there
was no smiling in the room when that man
was taken out. his poor wife following him
with his hat in her hand, anu his coat on her
arm. 1t was as solemn to ME rs two funerals
the funeral Of the body and the funeral Of
the soul. Beware lest thou also lie tempted
An invalid went to South Amer ca for his
health, and one day sat summing himself on
the beach, when he saw something crawling
up the beach, wrggling toward him, and he
was a1frightod. He thought it was wild
beast, or q reptile, ana he took his pistol from
his pocket Then he saw it was not wild
beast. 1t was man, an immortal man
man made in Gods own image; and the poor
wretch crawled up to the feet Of the invalid
and asked for strong drink, and the invalid
took his wine flask from his pocket, and gave
the poor wretch something to drink, and then
under the stimulus he rose up ana gave his
history. lie had been n merchant in elias
gov, Scotland. lie had gone down under the
power ofstrong drink until he was SO reduced
in poverty that he was lying in n boat just
of the beach. ''Why," said the invalid,
81 knew a merchant in GLASGOW once"
merchant by such and such name, aud the
poor wretch slraighteuel himself and said,
II am shat man" Let him that thinketh
lie standeth take heed lest be fall"
Again, l remark that the senior brother OF
my text stands for the spirit OF envy and ieal-
onsy. The senior brother thought that all
the honor they did to the returned brother
was a wrong to him. lie said, Il have stay
ell ut home, ana | ought to have had the ring,
and ought to have had the banquet, aud
ought 10 have had the Carlands" Alas for this
spirit of envy and jealousy coming down
through the ages! Cain aud Abel, Esau ana
Jacob Saul ami David, Haman and MorLec al,
Othe!lo anu Iago, Orlando aud Angelica, Cal
igula and ToTqUatuS. Caesar anu Pompey.
Columbus and the Spanish colrticrs, Candy
ses and the brother he slew because he was
better marksman. DionYsIus anl Philoxon-
ius, whom he slew because b. was a better
singer. jealousy among painters. Cinster-
man and Geotfref knelier, Hudson ana Reyn
olds. France. anxious 10 see a picture OF
Raphael, Raphael sends him picture. Fran
cia seeing it, falls in lit Of jealousy from
which he dies. Jeolousy among authors
How seldom contemporaries speak OF each
other. Xcnophun and Plato living at the
same time bur from their writings YOU never
would suppose thev heard Of each other. Re
lirious i.alousieS. The MahOmmciAns pray
ing for rain during the drouth no rain com
Ing. Then the Christians began t0 rAT for
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