The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-07
THE PRoDIGAL SON.
Sermon Preached by Rev. Il. L. Hub

Most OF you recognize In moment
that / have taken my text from the
scriptures where is recorded the doom
of the ''prodigal Son" Thought it was
well to begin our revival with some
words to the unconverted about the
young man away from home, and
away from his fathers house. He felt,
Il have burden about me-" He was
worried about the restraints OF home.
You know IL we have any decency we
want to behave ourselves in the pres
ence of father and mother. Many
times we get tired OF home, anxious to
lay out our own life. This man want
ed to go away and be his own boss
and have good time without having
father or mother around. He went to
his father and said: Father, would
like to set out for myself; / think IL l
had chance l could do very well.
wish you would give me what you in
tend to give me-"
Maybe he was afraid his father
might lose some OF his wealth, and he
would get his share now, and bye and
bye when he got u bigger house thnn
come and live with him. 1t is 10 use
to try to keep a young man in the
church when he wants TO go to the sa-
loon; no use to try to keep him in the
church IL his heart is in the world.
Jesus said: "Where mans treasure Is
there will his heart be-" No use to
keep ayoung man around tie house,
might as well let him go. Wien he
calls mother. he realizes that 1t is hard
to say goodbye" She thinks, John
won't go to prayer meeting with me
any more" Father says: MY son. l
lam awful sorry, cannot stay here II
you will go. God bless you" | ex-
pect he thought: my boy won't get
half as much there as he might have
here.n IL q man wants To go to far
land. let him do it. A little taste will
sometimes satisfy some people. II
you keep them from it they will break
the lines until they get there. On a
train there was n lady and her little
boy. He was troublesome. She got
tired and told the nurse to let him have
all he wanted, while she took nap.
The little rascal scratched the nur-
SEES hands because she restrained him,
After whilea wasp Lit on the window.
He grabbed it, that made the wasp
mad, and ii stung him. His screams
woke the mother and she said, Hes
| got more than he wanted this time,
when anybody wants TO run away
from This world TO he othe.' let hinge"
When he wants to live beyond his means
iel nan S..n4e laLLer saiu, ldUnt know
what to do with John. think the best
thing 10 do is to give him his portion"
After the young man got his nj oney
| he felt his importance. Do you know
that feeling? He couldn't get u hat high
enough for him then. When he found
he had a lot of bank stock, and lots of
other things which his father had turn
ed over to him. he was anxious To
leave home. He collected everything
together and said, "Father, there is a
splendid chance atDuluth or Oklaha-
ina. | think | will go away. i can
make 10 per cent or all my money
there" His father tried TO persuade
him not TO leave home, but his mind
Was made up, and he said: NO, no, !
am going away" He said good bye
He will go where he won't hear the old
| man pray any more; where he can do
as he plenses where he can satisfy all
tho cravings Of his nature, where he
can hang around the street corners and
saloons.
Is it not strange that the devil has
so many charms for young men? He
went where there were no home or di-
vinefestraints. But he found out that
the fool and his money are soon part
ed. No wonder he soon found that
out. He entered country where
every man stole that which belonged
to every other man. He believed men
to be honest he trusted them; they
soon got all he had. Young men, you
cannot truet men who scon and mock
at righteousness.
This is the kind of company he got
into right away. When his money was
all gone his friends forsook him. All
that his father and mother had given
| hin, Nuara tTnnn HE mora lie mana
His money gone Poor fellow got
hungry. That will generally awake a
young man. There is no love among
such companions as those. They will
stick together while his money holds
out, then he maysink. They will have
nothing to do with him after they have
gotten all his money. Only place fof
him then is the Jail or the almshouse.
all the benevolent world Is turned
away from him. His money all gone
his clothes ragged; and the lnndlady
kicks him out His eyes black, his
nose red. and his countenance bad. lie
left those who loved him at home.
want you to see what sin will bring a
man to. He went outin the country
and got job feeding mans hogs,
He was Il jew, and had gotten down
mat low WiIlyou !"
d / preached Mt Brandywine church
last week, at the revival. There came
in to the door u man whom / recog
nized. That man | have known to
stand at his mothers back door and
:, beg for bread. That man had been
helped into comfortable position
while was pastor there. That pool
fellow gOts down every tlIne they
pick him up. You say; why speak
OF this maiiy' Why, he is your boy,
, or your neighbours boy. The mothers
. heart is broken. Her boy in the gut
teri This youth looks back, he stop
! ped for moment. He said: II waf
raised in n palace, am living among
hogs. l slept on n bed of marble
now in a hog pen. | once had all that
was going, now nothing. was once
IN purple and fine linen now n dirty
out cast. am despised beggar
He came to himself. He said; "Oh
, me: this is not l. l think | want u
, see my fathers house. Yes, am my
, fathers own son. In my fathers
! kitchen there is plenty and to spare
OH If | could only wake you up
There are lots of people who go thai
far and say it is conversion. they show
! it by their lives, and go to the devil nj
: last. This poor fellow said; u an
: here, but thisis not my fathers house
| am q poor wretch sinned Hgains
heaven and father. | have broker
mothers hearth will go to my father,
and home he went. II will leave my
wages with that man. | won't have
amy settlement with him."
} There was not much to his account
Brother, II You walt till YOU have I
2 settlement you won't get to heaven
/ Look here, brother, you can't settle witt