The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-30

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haps father may be dead" Still. he
starts TO find him out. lie is homesicl.
Are there any here to-day homesick for
God, homcsick for Heaven?
a sailor. after having been long on
the sea. returned 10 his fathers house,
and his mother tried To persuade him
not TO go away again. She said: Now,
You had better stay at home; don't 90
away; we don't want you 20 GO. You
Will have IL great deal better here"
But II made him angry. The night be-
fore he went away again TO sea he heard
ms mother praying in the next room,
anu that made him more angry. lie
went far out on the sea and "A storm
came up, and he was ordered To "a very
! pcrilous duty, and he ran up the rat
lines, and amid the shrouds Of the ship
/ he heard the voice that he had heard i'm
the next room. He tried 10 whistle il
off; he tried 10 rally his courage. but he
could not silence that voice he had
heard in the next room. and there. in
the storm and the darkness, he said:
ON. Lord, what wretch have been,
what a wretch | am! Help me inst
| now. Lord God And thought in this
emblagc to-day there may bc some
who may have the memory OF fathers
petition or mothers prayer pressing
nightly upon the soul. and that this
hour they may make the same rcsou-
ton | find in my text. saying: Il will
arise and 20 20 my father
\ lad nj Liverpool went out to ba the.
went out into the sea, went out too far.
got beyond his depth and he Heated far
away. y ship bound for Dublin came
along and tool; him on board Sailors
are generally very generous fellows
and one gave him cap. and another
gave him jacket and another gave
him shoes \ gentleman, passing along
on the beach at Liverpool found the (
lads clothes and tool; them nome. and /.
the father was lcarthrokcn. The mother I.
was hcartnr,,>cn ut the loss Of their /
child. They had heard nothing from
him ia" after day, and they ordered the .
usual muuraluE Tor the sad event; but .
the lad took ship from Dublin and a.
rived in Liverpool the very day the gar
nents arrived Ne knocked at the door
and the father was ovcrioycd. and the
mother was uvcrioycJ az the return of /
their lost. son. On, my friends, have
you wadcd ont too deep? Have You
wadcd down into sin? Have Won wadcd
from the shore? Nin YOU come back?
When ypU come back. will YOU come in
the rags Of your sin. or win YOU come
robed in the Saviour'S righteousness?
believe the latter Go home TO Your
God to-day. lie is waiting for YOU. GO
homel .. ..
But remar,> the characteristic OF this
resolution was, il was Immediately put
into execution.
The context says he arose and came
10 his father The trouble in 800 times
ont OF Il thousand is that our resolu-
lions amount 10 nothing, because we
make them Cor some distant time. II
| resolve 20 become Christian next
year, that amounts 20 nothing nj all.
If resolve 10 become = Christian to-
morrow. that amounts to nothing at
all. II ! resolve after 60 home to-day
10 yield my heart 10 God, that amounts
To nothing nj all. the. only kind of p
resolution that amounts 10 anything is {
Che resolution that i Immediately put J
into execution. There i "A man who
had the typhoid sever. lie said; ION! /
If could get over this terrible distress; J
IL this fever would depart, IL could hc !
70 health, would all the rest /
Of my life serve God" ,
The fever departed. He got we'll l
enough 20 walk around the block lie !
got well enough 10 attend 20 business /
He is well to-day-as we'll as lac ever
was Where j. the broken VOW? There 1
il "A man yykD said lopp ntn. uIf : rpulJ &,
i've 20 the year 1892. 10y that tiuc will 7
have my business matters a. arranged, :
and l will have time - attend 20 rcli- {.
yion, and | will be good, thorough. O
Christian. The year 1892 y
has come. January, February, March. n
April, May, June and Luiy-fui.y half /
he year gone, Where is your broken .
row? oh says some one "Ill attend n
o that when | can get my character u
iNcd up, when can get over my evil n
habits; ! am now given 20 strong drink" d
VI, says the man: Il am given 70 un-
or, says the man: Il am V,
yivento dishonesty. When / get over p
ny preSent habits, then I'll be thor u
ugh Christian My brother, YOU will /,
.et worse and worse until Christ takes ;,
on in hand. Not the righteous. sim g,
lers Jesus came 20 call"
Oh. but YOU say: Il agree with YOU Il
m all that, but / must put il of a little si
onger," DO YOU know there were many IL
Who came just as near as you are 10 the ~
iing,iom of ood and never entered IL? c,
was AT East Hampton, Long Island.
nd went into the cemetery To look
round, and IN that cemetery there are