Sharp County record., 1888-09-06
TALMAEES SERMON.
The Parable II the Pr0dIgaI Son
n q New Dress.
a Sermon Hearing UDou the Elder BROTH
sr and Those Christians Who Have
10 Faith lu rhe Conversion
1f prndiCaIs.

The following sermon was Delivered by
Rev. r. Dewitt -aLmare aJ the Piedmont
Guantanamo .u Georgia. His TEXT was.
And he WIS .ugr-. md would not 90 H.
lake, l,T.. -3
rs the elder SON Of The parable o IN
.v0rDarhartc ruu SO cold LaT be a -oT
worthy rt -acoruId0r! The -lor is chat
we ministers uuzus The younger son.
-1r rau hear rLa tapping o- AlS rags ID
many a sarm0uIa breeze. Ind the "rauc1-
.ur OF the pods for which he vas IN m
arccaszrrl contestant. confess shat for
a .1rr lime was uaDie .0 train The
camera obscura uUou rle elder on Oh Inc
rlrabIp. never could get 70 negative for
n rhorog-auh. There vas not anoug1
light u The gallery. or The 'leuIcaLs
we're r00r. Up the litter moved l The
picture. 8ur now L.LE F. have -lLn.
-Or "a 7lde-Eaca. ur a lroa-ouarrers, 'r
The uara lrsr but sulI-leUE-n portrait
.rs ne rDDaarr to- me. The arher Il The
rarnDIa YT .le rr0diral had nothing TO
l~av Of ID his two SONS. The one #As I
-a<e and the other 70 nIGri. ind -olu-
fur admirable In HE a!sso.ureness oLtla
one and ind nothing attractive The
rc7-a s0nr-arv ur the other. The one goes
down over he arDoard loo ind the
other roas down over rla rar0oard side
but thew both go down.
From the window of The old homestead
bursts the mIusreIsv. The -oor LuaEeS
with the feet OF The rusrics, whose lance
is always vigorous and ras0Uuaiu9. -La-
raIran0rs have heard 0- therarur1 OF the
Younger son rom his vanaer,urs, md
tbev have rarharaa together. The house
fs -1u a- .0rgrarulatOrs. T uppOse HE
tables are oadal with uE1r-es. -oT
only The one sind 1- meat mentioned.
6rt ts g1uc0mItants. '"laD.' 90 .le
rvubaIs. --hrum !" go the larps, .'7Lc6.'
20 the olaices. no and down 20 .l5 Toe G
inside. while outside .s % uosr5orrT pee
tac0e.
The senior son stands Nc he corner Of
the house. D. ar1rId nlIegmaJic. te has
inst come IN from the fields in rarT Hb-.
a-au-faI HDDareL Seeing ONE Wild 'E-
liiararious around -la Did mansion. la
asks of ID servant passing 0T with % EoaJ@
KIN of vine on his shoulder what All Tho
fuss IS about. One would -1VA loUEAJ
that. On hearing that his Younger 1roJler
had ror back he would haze zone uto the
n0rse and ra7ucal. lul 4 he were LOT
rousclantiousIr opposed TO dancing .laJ
he would nave .1lued ID he yrlelIaI
ec70rrtsc1e. TO. There he stands. HIS
rrovv I5warq. His .D aUr.5 with contempt.
lie stamps the ground With Indignation
Ee sees nothing ar ail TO attract. me
gdgrg of The feast coming 1uJ 1n The air
10 not sharpen MS appetite. The livery
music does not Dut my 5prIug INTO lIs
sreD. Ee Is In terrible D0uJ. ta arlJ-
.cfses the EXPENSE, the injustice, and The
morals of the entertainment. The father
rrsaes ont bareaeadeI and roEeS aim p
come n, he viii not 20 ~. 80
sc0ids the 5ather. Ie goes uto A 1as''
1utuade against The younger brother,
and makes the most uucomelY scene. lie
says:
FATHER, -0u Dut d premium 'u Taga-
1oudism. raId ar home and worked on
the farm. -ou never made l party for
me-. Won didn't so uucl as xii. a Kid; mat
wouldn't have cost half as nucn as % CALI
1ut the scauagrlca vent III n me
clothes. and he comes back not 1t ID De
seen. md raar -ma YOU make over
him. Ee breaks -0m learr. and You nay
-Irn s1r--. That calf ID -uIGl Te nave
been GIVING Extra .aea Turing oil these
weeks wouldn't ga 80 Fat md #,e7E II
had Known TO what use Won were going 10
gut &. rhat -agaooud deserves TO 1e
.0wrldra instead .- aauluared. Veal IS
TOO GOOD Tor lim'
THAT evening. while he ~0ungar on
sat ceiling his lrler d .o1rIa adVaHt-
1ras. and asking about -lGtLau occurred
IN The place since ais departure. he
sarfor brother goes 10 bed ulayu ted. and
slams he Io0r r.ar aim. That enlor
brother still lives. You can see -Im any
Sunday. my Law Ur -Ia week At
meeting If minister's 4 Germany ONE
rne asked he uasr-3n- '"ho IS nat
cider SON." and ErvmacIer answered.
4 snow lim saw LIm ~asrer1av'
And when .lev insisted rnon moving
whom be meant. he aid.
Myself When saw The account Vt
he conversion ur l most obnoxious man.
was r~l.a1aa.
First his au,or brother IL he ext
rauds for the nIE-alugrlulat0r-. elf
satisfied. elE-r1rsl ltDtul man. With The
anne breath ID vlic1 -e -t-uuar1tes .
against his younger .r0rler he rt-ars .
raue~v~-a for himself. The elf
righteous man If NY ext Ike
.va~- other .aIf--rnte0us man. vas f.
ulL n saula Ee ras IN lgrata. F.
for .n lid not lunraorara the -ome .
blessings ruiou ne had Lil hose -agr7 .
Fe was lis0Uedjau- for when la AJher .
.0Id him t1 come II he raid out He vas .
lar Cor he and .lar The rsoragu- sou .
lad fev7uraa lis lrler'r wing. ~1eu .
the father. so TAR Er-m icing reduced 70 /
1erur~, lad 20 homestead EFT LaG .larru- .
ncrts nj music. had .wat. had % man .
sion. and instead ur being uauuer vas a .
prince This senior r1rLer. with so .
many faults nj his own. was uer0. less n .
his criticism of he younger brother. The F.
only perfect people hat . nave .var
known we're Utterly obnoxious. vas
never SO badly rEeataH Il MI MY L-a as .
by 10 perfect man. He got 500 far ru IN his
Iev0u0us hat Lee was ..agr -u above I'll
the rules # common honesty. These .
men hat -0 l50ur proving mouE
PRAYER meetings. md II places MI .Usl-
ness. telling how GOOD hey tra--.10E .uC
for hem Keep v0ur hand nD -nur pocket. .
book. have noticed that Isr lrr-00r- .
ion as a uau gets rUo1 Le gets humble.
The leor Mississippi Loes not make rs
uuch noise Us -la Drawing mountain
rIruIar There has been many store .
hat .ad more goods 10 the al0v-rr-dow