The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-01
At THE TABERNACLE.
DR.. ThlMAGE breaches ON VARIOUS
KINDS OF PRoDlGALs.


KINDS OF PRoDlGALs.
Psrdoned Criminal-The Cody Sorrow
That Leadeth to Repentance.
BROOKLYN. June 2l.-Dr. Talma@e'S
sermon this morning was an appeal tc
young men. Numbers Of these come tc
the Tabernacle services, many OF them
from country homes, where they re-
ceived Christian training, which, IN the
temptations OF city life, has been cast
off. DR.. Talmase called his ser non
1.-The Homeslck Soul" and his text was
from the parable OF the prodigal son,
Luke Nv, Is, II will arise and go to my
father
ssThere is nothing like hunger to take
the energy out Of man. A hungry man
can toll neither with pen, nor hand, nor
foot. There has been many an army de-
feated. not so much Tor lack OF ammunl-
ton 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 ont any mans life in Time, but
hunger makes quick work. The most
awful CRY ever heard OF earth is the cry
for bread. A traveller tells US that ID
Asia Minor there are trees which bear
fruit looking very much like the long
bean Of our time. 1t is called the carab.
Once in a while the peorle reduced to
des;itution would eat these carabs. but
generally, the carabs, the beans spoken
Of here in the text. were thrown only 10
the swine, and they crunched them with
great avidity. But this young man OF
my text could not even get them with
ou stealing them. So one day amid the
SWINE troushs he begins to sollloQulze.
He says: '.These are no clothes TOR a
rich mans son 10 wear; this is no k!nd
OF business for Jew to be engaged in
feeding swine; I'll 60 home, IN go
home; l will arise and 60 to my father" "
know there are great many people
who try TO throw fascination, ro-
nance, a halo about sin; but notwith-
standing all that Lord Byron and
George Sand have said in regard to 1t 1t
is mean, low, contemplate business,
and putting food and fodder into the
,rouehs of herd of iniqulties that root
and Wallow in the soul OF man is very
Door business for men and women ln-
tended to be sons and daughters OF the
Lord Almighty. And when this young
man resolved to 60 home it was 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 pinohes them with
hunger, and when they start out to 40
better he sets after them all the blood
hounds of ,.erdinon. Satan comes to US
today and he promises all luxurles, all
emoluments If We will only serve him.
Liar, down with thee to the pit! 1.-The
wages of sin is DEATH" Oh, the young
man of the text was wise when he ut
tered the resolution, 81 will arise and go
to my father"
In the time OF Mary the Prosecutor,
a prosecutor came to Christion woman
who had hidden in her house for the
LORDS sake one OF Christ's servants,
and the prosecutor said, Where is that
heretlcs'' Tie Christian woman said,
:'You open that trank, and you will. see
the heretic." The prosecutor opened
the trunk, and en- the top of the linen OF
the trunk he saw a glass. He said,
There is no hereto here" ''Ah, she
said, ''you look in the glass, and you
will see the hereticn AS take up the
mirror of Gods word today would that
instead Of seeing the prodigal son of the
text We might see ourselves-our want,
our wandering, our sin, our lost condi-
tion-so that we might be as wise as
this young man was, and say, II will
arise and 60 to my father"
IN SORROW ONE LONGS FORA-FATHER.
The resolution Of this textwas formed
in disgust at his present circumstances.
If this young man had been by his en-
ployer set to culturing flowers or train
ing vines over an arbor or keeping ac-
count of the pork market or overseeing
other laborers he would not have thought
of going home. If he had had his pock-
cts full OF money, If he had been able
10 say, II have thousand dollars now
of nv own; what's the use OF my going
back to my fathers house? do You think
| am going back 10 apologize to the old
man? why he would put me on the linn
its; he would not have going on around
the old place such conduct as l have
been engaged in; won't 60 home; there
is no reason why 1 should go home; I
have plenty of money, plenty of pleas
ant surroundings, why should l 60
homes'' All! it was his pauperlsm, it
was his beegary. He had to 60 home.
Seme man comes and says to me:
.sWhy do you talk about the ruined state
ofthe human soul? why don't you speak
about the progress of the Nineteenth
century, and talk of something more ex-
hilsratinn?" 1t is for this reason: A
man never wants the gospel until he
realizes he is in a famine struck state.
Suppose should come 20 you IN your
home and you are in good, sorsd, ro-
bust health; and I should begin to talk
about medicines, and about bow much
better this medicine is than that, aud
some other medicine than some other
medicine, and talk about this ply sician
and that physician. After while you
get tired, and you would say: Il don't
want to hear about medicines. Why do
you talk to me Of physicians: l never
have DOCTOR"
But suppose I, come into your house
and I find you severely sick, AID l know
the medicines that will cure you, and l
know the physician who is skillful
enough to meet your case. You say:
'.Brjng on that medicine; bring on that
physician. ! am terribly sick, and l
want help" If came to you and YOU
feel you are all right in body, and all
right in mind, and all right in soul you
have need Of nothing; but suppose |