Telegram-herald., 1890-06-16
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AID klssSd him Fols0sing l. IAs seq
mon.
One II ths dee.est wells that insp!rsiion
ever Openet Is this VEL q parable 8l-lch
~ esn nsFeE exhaust. TIE parable J. sup
pos=. wSs founded On f1cts ! have &c
scElbe1 - yOU ths ssDIlsg az y Tia prod
la So from Is fathers LOasa. al4 have
shown yoa what = hard TINS he lad down
t. the Wilderness. s2d what a FsFy great
mistake Il was foE hiln 20 ieaye 80 beaUtl-
RI home f0E sach a mAserabls desert.
bal he did not always stay IN the wilder
naos, he came back after = while We do
not rcd tl-<E his ulOSksr came - ssree- him.
suDpcse shs ~as deal Sho Woaid have
been tbs first % come out The father
would have given the second kiss 70 the Te-
turning proiigal, the mother the hrst 1t
may have been FOR tie l4ck of her example
sad prayers that he became d prodigeL
Sometimes the hatber docs rot know how
70 manage tae children OF the household
The chief work CONES upon the mother
Indeed no one ever gets over the calamity
Of losing 3 mother Ia early life. Still this
yogng man was not angreeted When hs
ca-Ele hack
HE VAS RAGGED AND wRKTCHED.
However well appareled We may be in
! the morning when we start oct u jour
Dsy, before night, what with. the dust and
the iostling, We have lost all CLEANLINESS Of
appearance. But this prodlgal, when be
started from the swine trough, was ragged
and wretched, and his appearance. sitter be
had gone through days Of jOurneying and
exposure, yOu can more easily imagine
ttan describe. AS the people see this prod
/ igal coming Oh komeward, they wonder
! who be IS. They sag: Il wonder what
| prison he has broken out Of ! wonder
/ what lazAretto be has escaped from. ]
wonder with what plague he viii sulite the
| air" Although these people may have
| been well acquainted with the family, yet
! they do not imagine that this is the very
| yonng man who went of only little while
ago with quick step, and ruddy check, and
beautiful apparel The young man,
think, walks very fast. He looks rs though
he were intent upon something very i'm
! potant. The people stop. They look at
| him. They wonder whore be came from
They wonder where be is going TO.
You have heard of son who went Oft tc
sea and never returncd. All the people IN
the neighborhOod thought the son would
never return, bat the parents came 10 nc
such conclusion. They would go by the
hour and day aud sit upon the beach, look
ipg OF upon the water expecting TO see Tho
sail that would bring home the long absent
boy. And 50 / think this father Of my tex
sat under the vine looking out toward th'
road on which his son had departed; be-
the father has changed very much sine,
we saw him last. His hair has becom,
white, his cheeks ere furrowed, Lis hear
is broken. What is all his bountiful tablt
10 him when his son may bc lacking bread
What is all the splendor OF the wGrGrob'
OF that homestead when the son may no
have a decent coatY What a-e ell the sheer
on that hillside 70 that father when his Pc
lamb is gones Still he sits and watches
looking out on the road. aud one day ht
beholds a foot traveller. He sees him rist
above the hill; first the head and aftc
awhile the entire body; and IS soon as h'
gets fair glance Of him he knows il is hi:
recreant son. He forgets the crutch, anC
the cane, and the stiffness Of the joints
and bounds away. think the people al
around were amazed. They said: 1T !,
only . footpad. 1t is only some old tram
Of the road. Don't go out TO meet him
The father knew better.
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