Milford chronicle., 1891-06-26
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR.. TALMAeE PREACHED ON VARI-
Gus KINDS OF PRooleALs.

me SfeW 1hat was Almost SAVeu-Ihe
PariOned Criminal-The Cody Sorrow
That Leadeth to Repentance.
BROOKLYN. June 2i.-Dr. Talmage's ser
mon this morning was an appeal to young
men. Numbers Of these come to the Tab
ernacle services. many Of them from com.
try homes, where they received Christian
training, which, in the temptations OF city
life, has been'cast off Dr. Talmage called
his sermon 1.-THE Homesick Soul " and his
text was from the parable of the prodigal
son, Luke XIV. IS ~ will arise and 90 to
my father
There is nothing like hunger TO take the
energy out Of a man. A hungry man can
toll neither with pen, nor hand, nor foot,
There has been many an army defeated,
not so much for lack Of ammunition as for
lack Of bread. 1t was that fact that took
the fire out Of this young man Of the text.
Storm and exposure will wear out any
mans life in time. but hunger makes quick
work. The most awful cry ever heard on
earth is the cry for bread A traveller tells
us that in Asia Minor there are trees which
bear fruit looking very much like the long
bean Of our time. It is called the carab.
Once in while the people reduced to
restitution would eat these carabs, but
generally the carabs. the beans spoken of
here in the text, were thrown only TO the
swine and they crunched them with great
avidity But this young man of my text
could not even get them without stealing
them. So one day amid the swine troughs
he begins to soliloquize He says "These
are no clothes for rich mans son to wear;
this Is no kind of business for a Jew to be
engaged in-feeding swine. I'll go home, /
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father
! l know there are great many people /
/ who try 10 throw fascination, romance, /
a halo about sin; but Notwithstanding all /
! that Lord Byron and George Sand have .
said in regard TO it it is Il mean. low, con-
temptible business, and putting food and
fodder into the trOughs of a herd of iniqui-
ties that root and wallOw in the soul of
man is very poor business for men and
women intended to be sons and daughters
Of the Lord Almighty And when this
young man resolved to go home it was a
very wise thing for him to do, and the
only question is whether we will follow
him.
Satan promises large wages if we will
serve him, but he clothes his victims with
rags, and he pinches them with hunger,
and when they start out to do better he
sets after them all the bloodhounds of per
dition. Satan comes to US today and lie
promises all luxuries, all emoluments if
we will only serve him. Liar, down with
thee to the pit! THE wages Of sin is
DEATH Oh, the young man of the text
was wise when he uttered the resolution,
81 will arise and 90 TO my father"
In the time Of Mary the Prosecutor, a
prosecutor came to a Christian woman who
had hidden in her house for the Lords
sake one of Christ's servants, and the per |
secutor said, Where is that heretic2 The
Christian woman said, you open that
trunk, and you will see the hereto" The =
prosecutor opened the trunk. and on the !
top Of the linen of the trunk be saw a glass I
He said 'There is no hereto here" "Ah," y
she said. you look in the glass, and you I
will see the hereticP' As | take up the
mirror of Gods word today would that in 4
stead Of seeing the prodigal son of the text !
we might see Ourseves-our want, our u
wandering, our sin. our lost condition--so
that we might be as wise as this young St
man was, and say, II will arise and go to i
my father" a
IN SORROW ONE LONGS FOR FATHER u
The resolution of this text was formed d
in disgust at his present circumstances. II g
this young man bad been by his employer a
set to culturng flowers or training vines a.
over an arbor or keeping account Of the ID
pork market or overseeing other laborers d
be would not have thought of going home. ST
II he had had his pockets full of money, if p'
be had been able to say, 81 have a thousand al
dollars now of my own; what's the use of I'll
ny going back to my fathers house? do 70
you think | am going back to apologize to 10
he old manf why he would put me on the 81
limits; he would not have going on around 70
he old place such conduct as have been ut
ngaged in; | won't go home; there is no na
eason why | should go home; / have ln
'lenty OF money, plenty Of pleasant sur I'll
Oundings, why should l go homer Ahl WI
WAS his pauperism. it was his beggary pc
lie had to go home. mi
Some man comes and says to me: "Why th
o you talk about the ruined state of the IN
uman soul? why don't you speak about m!
he progress of the Nineteenth century,
nd talk Of something more exhilarating?'
is for this reason: A man never wants we
he gospel until he realizes he is in fam be.
le struck state. Suppose / should come A
, you in your home and you are ia good, toe
lund, robust health, and / should begin vel
} talk about medicines and about how cal
,uch better this medicine is than that, Otl
nd some other medicine than some other ing
ledicine, and talk about this physician the
nd that physician. After a while you the
II tired, and you would say; ~ don't WI
ant to hear about medicines. Why do
IA talk to me Of physiciansi | never aft
ave doctor" mo
But suppose come into your house and too
find you severely sick. and know the erp
edicines that will cure you, and know He
10 physician who is sldllful enough TO wa.
Get your case. You say: Bring on that joy
edicine; bring on that physician. | am my
rribly sick. and want help" If | came Ha
you and you feel you are all right in you
dy. and all right in mind and all right hac
soul you have need Of nothing; but sup con
sc have persuaded you that the con
lrosy Of sin is upon you. the worst Of all | be
;kness; oh, then you say; Bring me that tod
i'm of the gospel; bring me that divine b
edicament; bring me Jesus Christ" it :
But says some one in the audience, The
low do yoH prove that we are in q ruined his
ndition by sing Well, can prove it in and
o ways, and yOu may have your choice. that
an prove it by the statements of men or eau
the statement of God. Which shall it If /
You all say, Let US have the state yeal
mt Of God. " Well, he says in one place, resn
he heart is deceitful above all thingsand that
'perately wicked He says IN another solv
zee, "What is man that he should be Chr
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It he should be rlghteousF' lie says in my
other place. "There is none that doeth at 81
ID. no, not one. He says in another amo
zee, AS by one man sin entereth into is il,
world. and death by sin, and SO III
Ith passed upon all men. for that feve
have sinned." Well" you say, Il am this
ling to acknowledge that, but why depa
,uld take the particular rescue that won
proposep This is the reason, "Ex. The
t a man be born again be cannot see the to W
IgdOm OF Cot This is the reason, enou
here Is one name given under heaven to b.
ong men whereby they may be saved " he e'
m there area Thousand voices here ready fheI
NY We'll ! am ready to accept shis eoul'
p Of the Gospel would like TO have VIII
divine cure, how shall 30 70 worlIr' and
me saw that a mere wlim. an upde. and
d longing amounts 10 nothing Yon Chri
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