Telegram-herald., 1891-06-22


DANCER OF PaocRAsrfsATIoS.
OH b1aE you say. Il asres NTH yon on
al that. bat | must pal it OF little
loHger." ID yca know there were many
who came just Is near a. you are 10 the
I kiagdom 0f God and never entered Hs l
was ~ East Hampton aud / went into the
esnaslery % look around, aud ia thai
I eefnetery there are twelve graves side by
side-the graves Of sailors. This crew some
years ego ia . ship went into the breakers
1t AGaasaosett. about three miles away
My brother, then preaching at East Hamp-
ton, bad been AT the burial These men Of
| the crew game very hear being saved.
The people from Anaagansett saw the
vessel. and they shot rockets, aud they seut
ropes from the shore. aud these poor fel
| lows got into the boat, and they pulled
| nightly for the shore, but just before they
| got ~ tie shore the rops snapped aud the
boat cGpslzod aad they were lost. their
bodies afterward washed up on the beach
| Oh. what a solemn day il was-l have
been todd Of X by ray brother-when these
twelve men lay at tho foot Of the pulpit
| and Lie read over them the funeral seryicel
| They came very near shore-within shout
ing distance OF the shore-yet did not ar
| rive on solid land. There are some men
| who come almost 10 the shore of Gods
mercy, but not quite, not quite. To be
| only almost saved is not to be saved at all
will tell you OF two prodigals, the one
that got back and the other that did not
| get back In Virginia there Is q very pros
porous and beautiful homo In many re-
| spects. "A young man wandered of from
that home. lie wandered very far into sin.
| They heard of him often, but he was al
! ways on the wrong track. lie would not
| go home. At the door Of that beautiful
home one night there was a great oGtcry.
| The young man Of the house ran down and
opened the door 10 SEQ what was the mat
| ter. IL was midnight. The rest of the
family were asleep. There wore the wife
| and the childrcn OF this prodigal young
, man. The fact was he had come home and
driven them out. He said: ''Out Of this
house. Away with these children. will
| dash their brains out. Out into the
Storm
The mother gathered them up and fed
| The next morning the brother. the young
man who had stayed ut home, went out to
| find this pro<ligal brother and son. and he
| came where he was, aud saw the young
man wandering up and down In from: of
| the place where he had been staying, and
| the young man who had kept his integrity
| said to the older brother: Here W hat does
| all this mean3 What is the matter with
| you? Why DO you act in this way9" The
| prodigal looked at him and said: "Who am
| /, Who do you take me to bes" lie said,
| "You are my brother" mo, am not;
am brute. Have you seen anything Of
| my wife and children9 Are they deads /
| drove them out last night in the storm. l
| am a brute. John, do you think there Is
any help for mes Do you think will ever
| get over this life of dissipation" He said,
| Brother there is just one thing that will
stop this" The prodigal ran his finger
] across his throat and said: "Tbat will stop
it. and I'll stop it before night. Oh! my
brain; l can stand it no longer" That
| prodigal never got home. But will tell
you of prodigal tina. did get home.
TWO RAN AWAY. BUT ONE RETURNED.
In England two young men started from
their fathers house and went down to
Portsmouth. The father could not pursue
| his children; for some reason ne could no.
leave home. and so he wrote letter down
TO Mr. Griffin, saying: "Mr. Griffin, wish
| you would go and see my two sons. They
have arrived in Portsmouth, and they are
going TO take ship and going away from
home. l wish you would persuade them
back" Mr.. Griffin went and he tried to
persuade them back. He persuaded one to
| go. He went with very easy persuasion
because no WIS very bomesick already.
The other young man said II will not CO.
have had enough OF home I'll never go
home" WELL" said Mr.. Griffin. ''theu if
You won't so home I'll get you respectable
position on a respectable ship" mo you
WON'T" said the prodigal; mo you won't.
| 4 l.
plague my father most and what will do
most TO tantalize and worry him will please
me best"
Years passed on, and Mr.. Griffin was
seated in his study one day when mes
sage came to him that there was young
man in irons on n ship at the dock-a
| young man condemned to death-who
wished to see this clergyman. MIR. Griffin
went down TO the dock and went on ship
board. The young man said To him, "You
! don't know me, do your" "No," he said
II don't know you" "Why, don't you re-
member that young man you tried to per
suade to 60 home, and he wouldn't gof
"Oh, yes" said Mr.. Griffin. "Are You that
mani" "Yes, l am that man." said the
other. az would like to have you pray for
me. have committed murder, aud / must
| die, but l don't want to go out OF this
world until some one prays for me. You
are my fathers friend, and would like TO
have you pray for me-"
| Mr. Griffin went from judicial authority
70 judicial authority 10 get the young
mans pardon. He slept not night nor day
| He went FROM influential person To infu-
entail person until some way he got that
young mans pardon lie came down on
the dock, and as be arrived on the dock
| with the pardon the father came. He had
heard that hts son. under disguised name,
had been committing crime and was going
| to he put to death. So Mr.. Griffin and the
father went on the ships deck. and ut the
very moment Mr.. Griffin offered the pardon
10 the young man. the old father threw his
| arms around the sons neck and the son
said: Father, have done very wrong and
1 arm very sorry. wish I had never broken
your heart. am very sorry." "Oh" said
the father. ''dont mention n: il don't
make any difference now. II Is all over.
| forgive You. my son." and he kissed him
and kissed him and kissed bin.
Today Offer you the pardon Of the Cos
! pel--full pardon, free pardon | do not
care what your sin has been. Though Won
say you have committed q crime against
God. against -FOUR own soul. against your
fellowman. against your family. against
the day OF Judgment. against the cross OF
Christ-wb stever your crime has been,
here "a pardon. fun pardon, and the very
moment that you take that pardon your
heavenly father throws his arms around
about you and says Ny son. forgive
you II il Gll right You are az much in
my favor now As IL you had never sinned- J"
i o. there - joy on earth and Joy in heaven
I Who will take the fathers embraced
IRE MANIAC, TIE CRIMINAL AND THE
! BRIDE