Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-16
OF THE PR0DlGAL SON.
on TALNAoE breaches a GREAT
Sermon FROM LUKE xV, &c.

ns Compares The love Of the Father In
the Parable for IIi- Returning child
10 ths lave ~ God for sinners who
Repeat.
ino0RLYg, June i5.-Dr Talmage's ser
mon for today is on the Sfodigal Son, and
BIZ teHt. Luke ~, ~ when ne was yet
great why on, his father saw him, and had
eOmpasslon md ran, and fell on his neck,
aud kiassd him" Following is the ser
mons
Ona ~ the deepest wells that inspiration
aver opened u this we'll Of parable which
~ can never exhaust The parable, sup
pose, WIS founded on facts have de
scribed b. you the going away Of this prod
igal son from his fathers house. and have
shown you what hard time lie Rad down
IN tbs wilderness, aud what very great
mistake IL via for him 10 leave SO beauti-
fil home for such miserable desert.
Hut be- did not Alwuys stay IN the wilder
ness; ho came buck after while. We do
uOt rcnd that his mother came TO greet him.
I suppose ale was dead. She would have
iccn tbs first W come out. The father
would have given tho second kiss 10 the re-
turning pfodiggi; the mother the first. IL
may hnve been for the lack OF her example
aud prayers TINT he became n prOdigal.
Sometimes tbs father docs not know how
~ manage the children " the household.
The chief work comes upon the mother.
Indeed no One ever gets over the calamity
81 losing mother IN early life. Still this
young man was not ungrcetcd when he
came hack.
TfE WAS RAGGED AND wBETCHED.
However we'll nppnreled we may be In
fhe morning when wo start out on jour
my, before night, what with the dust and
the lDstling, We have lost all cleanliness Of
appearance. But this prodigal, when he
started from the swine trough was ragged
and wrctcllod. and Ills appearance, after he
had gone through days Of journeyiBg and
exposure, you can more easily imagine
than describe. As the people sec this prod
ighl cOmin9 on homCTaid, they wonder
who DO H. They say. If wonder what
prison he hns broken out Of. / wonder
what lazaretto he has escaped from. ]
wonder with whnt plague he will smite the
air" Although these people may have
been we'll acquainted with the family, yet
they do not Imagine that this Is the very
young man who went OIL only n little while
ago with quick step. 1Dd rudy cheek, and
beautiful apparel This young man,
think, walks very fast. lie looks ~ though
be were intent upon something very inn
pOrtant The people stop. They look mt
him. They wonder where he came from.
They wonder where he is going TO.
You bnye heard " n son who went off to
sea aud never returned. All the people in
The aeighborhood thought the son would
nsger return but the parents came to no
such conclusion. They would so by the
hour and dry and ait upon the beach, look
ing OF upon the watcr, cxpcctingto see the
sall that would bring home the long absent
hoy And 20 think this father Of my text
sat under the vino looking out toward the
road on which his son had departed; but
tho father Inns changed very much since
wc saw him last His hair has become
white. bis checks arc furrowed, his heart
Il broken. What Is all bis buuntiful table
10 him when bis son may be lacking bread2
What i M the Hplcndor of the wardrobe
of that homestead when the son may not
have q decent contY Whit are all the sheep
Du that hillside 10 that fatber when his pet
lamb l. gomez Still he sits and watches,
looking out on tho road, and pne dag no
taholda foot traveller. He sees him rise
above the hill first the head and after
awhile the entire hpiy; and rs soon as he
acts fair glance IT him he knows IL Is his
TFrrcnnf SON tie f1rgCts the crutch. and
sho cane. and tho stiffness Of the joints
aud iaands away. I think the people all
around wcre amazed. They said: 1T is
only a foot pad. n is only some old tramp
81 the r,iad. Don't 30 out TO nget hipL"
The father knew better.
MS FtIHfg ESEw HIM
The change tn the sons appearance could
not bible che marks by which the father
knew the boz You know that persons Of
gfraf deal ~ Independence Of character
ARE hpt 90 indicate 10 iu their walk. For
that rraaon tho sailor almost always has a
p~culiar stop. uot only because he stands
much on shipbouri nmid the rocking of the
ssn and be- has to hulancs himself, but he
has f1r the mot part AN independent char
seter, which would show IN his gait, even
ifhe never went on the sea: and we know
grDm hat trnuspircd nfterwar1, and from
svhat frnnapirrd before. that this prodigal
son uas 90 an independent and frank M
fnr.. aud suppose that the characteristics
q bis mind and heart were the character
fsftrs AZ bis walk And 40 the father knew
him lie puts out bis withered arms
fowarl him. be brings his wriukled face
.rstrat the pale cheek u his sou, he kisses
fhr unu Ups. De- thanks God that the long
ae4ov l. over when he was yet "A great
rag 90. biz father saw him, and had com
t.s.slan anI ran. and frll on his neck, and
kissa,l hiri
- Ynu Npr ErCOCSlZE TIRE FATnEBH
Bh. 30 you not recognize that FatheTP
WIZ was iff 70 h God J have no sympa-
thy With that cast iron theology which rep
raseufs C..si ~ flri. severe and yindictiya
GsaIta Father kind loving, lcnient, gen
tt.. i,rs suffering paticut, aud he flies to
tur lm a,urt..l rrscue Oh, that we might
FgiIrs &c. IS wealthy lady La one Of tho
eastern fl8uiUet wus going oil for some
tirls. aud rhf nskei herdaughtcrs for some
snsmsuso Oh carry with Der Ono Of the
Iasghftrs brought marble tablet, bcaut-
faiiy Iastrihc,l, aud another daughter
tsunebt a brautiiul wreath OF flowers
IA tflrfdaue htsr came and said: Moth
- hFsgght neither flowers nor tablet,
ts,t hsrr is nav heart. ] have inscribed IL
IA ever wifh Your name. and wherever ypu
rqn ufI EI with yuu.' The mother rec
a.atfssf BE- al. tLc best of an the memeutces
ua. ftaf coo suuls might 20 out towtrl
nas Fsfffr. chat oar hearts might be writ
49, ed .eeryFIfh che evidences u his loving
kasiaFf,. sol tlai ws might never again
fHsasn hlrl.
a. CO. as.t place. bgtiCs in this text
tne fffh .r's gYr.Ig ht. in tho second place.
aatfas co.. aIher's haste, and, In tbs
tnlrl rlsfs. u.tios che fathers Kiss.
nr aha nIH rs GEfAT WAY orr"
Tstssa. rha fathers eYcsight when
taauaa .r..if way on bis father saw him
Nsa have nHfiari huw Old people some
fln.ss Eco a taak "a on tho other side Of
a.