The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-08-22
TALMAGE IN THE SOUTH.
land he WAS ANGRY, AND WOULD
NOT GO IN"

land BE WAS ANGRY, AND WoUIL
NOT GO M
The Self Congratulstory, Self saeisheo
Self Worshipful Man Is Full of Faults
Two Kinds of higher Life Men-Re
turned Prodsgals.
ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. 12.-The Rev. T.
De Witt Talmage, D. D., of Brooklyn, IL
in this region. He has spoken several
times at the great Piedmont Chautauaua'
and his public appearances are attended
by vast mulitudes everywhere. Preach
ing from the text duke xv, 2S) "And
he was angry and would not 90 in, he
ssid:
Is the eldensan Of the parable SO un-
sympathetic and so cold that he 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 sermonic breeze, and the
branching of the pods for which he was
an unsuccessful contestant. I confess
that for long time I was unable to train
Gamers obscura upon the elder son OF
the parable. Inever could get negative
for photograpy. There was not enough
light in the gallery, or the chemicals
were poor, or the sitter moved IN the
picture. But now I think have him.
Not side face, or q three quarters, or
the mere bust, but full length portrait
as he appears to me. The father IN the
parable OF the prodigal had nothing to
ibrss of his two sons. The one was q
rake and the other curl. I find nothing
admirable in the dissoluteness Of the one
and I find nothing attractive in scrid
sobriety of the other. The one
goes down over the lsrboard side and
the other goes down over the starboard
side, but the both go down.
From the old homestead bursts the
zninstrelsy. The floor quakes with the
feet of the rustics, whose dance is always
vigorous and resounding. The neigh
bors have heard of the return of the
Younger son from his wsnderings, and
they have gathered together. The house
is full of congratulstors. 1 suppose the
tables are loaded with luxuries. Not
only the one kind of meat mentioned,
but its concomitants. "Clsp" go the
eymbals, s'thum!' go the harps, ''click!'
80 the chaices, up and down 60 the
feet inside, while outside, is most sorry
spectacle.
The senior son stands at the corner Of
the house, 8 frigid phlegmatic. He hiss
Just come in from the fields in very sub
stsntisl apparel. Seeing some wild ex-
hilaratons around the old mansion, he
asks Of servant passing by with a goat
skin Of wine on his shoulders what all
the fuss is about. One would have
thought that, on hearing that his young
er brother had got back, he would have
gone into the house and rejoiced, and if
be were not conscientiously opposed to
dancing, that he would have joined in
the oriental sehottsche. No. There he
stands. His brow lowers. His lip curls
With contempt. he stamps the ground
with indignation. He sees nothing at
all to attract. The odors of the feast
coming out on the air do not sharpen
his appetite. The lively music does not
put any spring into his step. He is in
. terrible pout. He criticises the ex-
pepse, the injustice and the morals of
the. entertainment. The father rushes
ont barehesded and coaxes him to come
an. He VIII not go in. He scolds the
father. he goes into 8 pasquinade against
the younger brother, and he makes the
most uncomely scene. Hesays, 'Father,
YOU put 8 premium on yagabondlsm. l
stsyed at home and worked on the farm.
You never made party for me; you
didn't 80 much IS kill q kid; that wouldn't
have cost half ss. much as 8 calf; but the
sespegrsee went OF in fine clothes and he
comes back not fit to be seen, and what
8 time you make over him. He breaks
your heart and you pay him for it. That
calf to which We have been giving extra
feed during all these weeks wouldn't be
so fat and sleek if I had known to what
use you we're going to put it! That
vsssbond deserves to be cowhided in
stead of banqueted. Veal is too good
for himl" That evening, while the young
ar son sat telling his father about his ad-
ventures, and asked about what had oc-
Cured 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
thst elder son?" and Krummacher an
swered, 'I know him; saw him yester-
day. And when they insisted upon
knowing who he meant, he said "Myseh;
when ssw the account of the conversion
OF most obnoxious man, was irri-
tated."
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 q
psnegyric for himself. The self right
eous man of my text, Ike every other
self righteous man, was full OF faults.
BE was an migrate, for be did not appre-
ciate the home blessings which he had
all those years. He was disobedient,
for when the father told him to come in
be stsyed out. He was liar, for ne
said that the recent son had devoured
his fsther's living, when the father, so
far from being reduced to penury, had s
homestead left, had instruments Of mu-
sic, had Jewels, and a mansion, and, in.
stead of being pauper, was prince.
This senior brother, with SO many faults
of his own, was merciless in his criticism