The Iola register., 1891-06-26
One Remedy Only for Sin.

Talmage called his sermon, yes
terday, "The Homesick Soul" and hi
text was from the Parable of tn,
Prodigal Son." Luke XIV, 10: Il vii
rise and go 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. II
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. \ 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 awhile the
people reduced to destitution 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 began to soliloquize. He
says: These are no clothes for a rich
mans son to wear: this is no kind Of
business for Jew TO be engaged in
feeding swine: I'll go home, I'll 20
nome; Will arise and 90 to my father"
Satan promises large wages if we will
serve him: but he clothes his victims
with rags, and he pinches them with
munger, and when they start out TO do
better he sets after them all the blood
hounds OF perditiOn. Satan comes to US
to-day. and he promises all luxuries. all
emoluments If we will only serve him.
Liar. down with thee to the pit. THE
wages Oh sin is death" o, the Young
man OF the text was wise when he at
tered the resolution: Il will arise and
go to my father"
In the time OF Mary. the prosecutor. a
prosecutor came to Christian woman
who had hidden in her house for the
Lords sake one of Christ's servants. and
the prosecutor said: Where Is that
heretic:" The Christian woman said:
You open that trunk and you will see
the heretic.' The prosecutor opened
the trunk, and on the top of the linen OF
the trunk he saw a glass. He said:
There is no hereto here" All" she
said, You look in the glass and YOU will
see the heretic," As | take up the mir
ror of Gods work to-day. would that in
stead of seeing the prodigal son of the
text, we might see ourseIves-our want, |
our wandering. our sin. our lost condi- !
tion, so that we might be as wise as this
young man was and say: Il will arise f.
and go TO my father"
The resolution of this text was formed 1
IN disgust at his present circumstances. /
II this young man had been set bv his |
employer 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 ne had had
his pockets full OF money. If he had been
able 10 say, I have thousand dollars
now OF my own: what's the Use of going
hack to my fathers house? Do you
think | am going back TO apologize to
the old man: Why, he would put ne
0n the limits: he would not have going
On around the old place such conduct as
have been engaged in: l won't 60
home: there Is no reason why | should
20 home: have plenty of money. plen-
Y OF pleasant surroundings. why should
go home:" All. it was his pauperism.
i was his beggary. He had TO go
home.
Some man comes and says to me:
''Wny do you talk about the ruined
state OF the human soul: Why don't
you speak about the progress of the
century. and talk of some
hing more eXhilarating:" It is for this
a man never wants the gospel
lntil he realizes that he is in famine
struck state. Suppose | should come to
rou in your home and you are in good.
sound. robust health. and | should be-
yin to talk about medicines, and about
low much better this medicine is than
hat, and some other medicine than
ome other medicine. and talk about
his physician and that physician. Aft !
r while you would 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 a Doctor" {
But suppose | come into your house and /
find you severely sick and l know the ]
medicines that will cure you and l :
rnow the physician who is skillful :
nough TO meet your case. You say: 7
Bring on that medicine. bring on that !
physician. am terribly sick and l .
Vant help" If | came to you and YOU {
eel that You are all right in body and !
u right in mind. and all light in soul. !
'ou have need of nothing: but suppose :
have persuaded YOU that the leprosy
4 sin is upon you. the worst OF all sick
less, o. then you say: Bring me that '
aim of the gospel. bring me that divine :
nedicament. bring me Jesus Christ" /!
Then there are a thousand voices I
ere ready TO say: well. am ready I
o accept this help of the gospel: l
7ould like to have this divine cure:how '
hall go TO work. Let me say that :
nere whim. an underlined longing I
TO nothing. You must have a [
tout tremendous resolution like this
oung man OF the text when he said: /!
/ will arise and go TO my father" J
o." says some man. "how do I know v
~ father wants me? How do know. I
go back. l would be received?" |
O,' says some man. you don't know c
here have been: you don't know how :
ar have wandered: you wouldn't talk :
hat way if you knew all the iniouities v
have committed" What is that iut-
er among the angels OF God? It is !.
ews, il is news! Christ has found the !
ost.
Nor angels can their JOY contain. !
But kindle with new FIRE:
The sinner lost is found. they sing, !;
And strike the sounding Tyre. e
When Napoleon talked Of going into :
taly they said: You can't get there: q
you knew what the Alps were you :,
GU wouldn't talk about ii or think of
you can't get your ammunition wagons =
yer the Alps" Then Napoleon rose in q
is stirrups. and waving his hand t. Z
7ard the mountains he said: There
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