The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-09-08

| nothing about the moShsr IL says noInihS
about going home to her. thlnk sae was
Jeod think she had died of broken
heart at his wanderings, or perhaps he had
/ zone into dissipation from the fact he could
NOT remember a loving and sympathetic
mother. A man never gets over having losV
his mother. Nothing said about her here,
but he is homesiok FOR his tanners mousse;
He thought he would just like to 90 and
walk around the oil place. de thought ne
would inst like to 90 aud see if things were
as they used to be.
Many man, after having been off for
long while, has gone home and knoc6e1 at
the door and a stranger mas come. IL Is inc
Old homestead but a stranger comes TO tae
door. He finds out father IL gone mother
{ zone and brothers and siSt9rs all gone. 1
think this young man Of the text said to him
sell, "Pernaps father may be dead Still
ne starts 10 ind out. He is honesIc&. Are
there any here today honeslcI for God,
homesic.l for even?
Will tell you Of two proliyals, the one
that rot lack an the other that did not get
back. In RlchnOnd there is n very prosper
ous and beautiful nome in many respects
[ A vounr man wanderet OH from Ulat no me-
He wan Tered very farlntO sin. Ihey heard
OF INN often, but he was always on tae
wrouy track. lie would not 20 nome. Az
the DOOR OF that beautiful nome one nlEn5
there was great cutlery. he young man
OF the house ran down ami opened tne door
to see what was the matter. 1t was NIT
ulrht. The rest OF the family were asleep.
There were the wife an children OF t17s
/ protigal young man. Inc TACT WAS ne nai
/ come home and driven them OUT
de saI4: "Ou5 of this house. Away with
7 these chillren. 1 VIII dash their Grams out.
/ on INTO the stornsm lhe mother gathered
/ them No and tied The next morning the
brother, a young man who had stali az
home, @enJ out to tini this prodlsAt oFo0hsr
and SON aud he came where he was anu sd
! the Young man wandering up ami down III
front OF the plaza wnere ne hat been stay
/ ing. and the young man who mad kept nus IN
I te 5ritv sail to tbs older brother: "here,
/ what does tais mean? WHAT is the matter
/ with you? Why DO you acJ IN this way? ne
/ proliLal loo1el at MIN and sail: Nv no am
! j? Whom do YOU take me TO pe!
! he sail: you are my brother. NO.
am not. | am brute. Have you seen any
+ thin o. uly wife and children? Are they
dead, drove them ont last night in the
storm. lam brute, John, do you think
there is any help for me? Do you think l
will ever get over this life of dssipation~
He said, John, there is Just one thing that
viii stop this " The pro1igal ran his finger
across his throat and said; THAT will stop
it, and III stop it before night. Oh, my
brain; | can stand it no longerr That prod
igal never got home. But will tell you Of
proii cal that did get home.
In this country two young men started
from their fathers house ana went down to
Portsmouth. The father could not pursue
his childr1ns for some reason he could not
leave hom-, and 50 he wrote a letter down
to Mr.. Griffin, saving: "Mr. Griffin, wish
you would go and see my two sons They
have arrived in Portsmouth, and they are
going to take snip and going away from
home. | wish You would persua ie them
back" Mr.. Griffin went and he tried
to persuade them back He persuaded
one to go. He went with very easy
persuasion, because he was very homesick
already. The other young man said: 81
will not 90. | have had enough of home.
III never go home" "Well," said Mr..
Griffin, ''then if you won't 20 home I'll get
you respectable position on a respectable
ship" NO, you woa't' said the prodigal
"no, you won't am going as common
sailor; that will plague my father most, AMI
what will do most TO tantalizs and worry
him will please me best
Years passed on and Mr.. Griffin was
seated in his study one day wnen message
came to Nun saying there was a young man
IN irons on a snip at the dock-a young man
condemned TO death-who wished TO see this
clergyman. Mr.. Griffin went down TO the
dock and went on shp board. The young
man said to him, You don't know me, do
yOu" Mo- he said, # don't know your
"Why, don't you remember tnst young man
J
wouldn't go:" "On, ves,n s7ii Mr.. Griffin;
'are you that man" eyes, [ am that man."
said the other. 81 would like to have YOU
pray for me. | have committed murder and
l must die, but L don't want to so out Of this
world until some one prays for me. You
ara my fathers friend and l would like to
have you pray for me.n
Mr. Griffin went from judicial authority
to judicial authority to get that young
mans pardon. He sept not night nor day.
He went from influential persons to indu-
entail persons until III some way he got tlat
young mans pardon. He came down on
the DOCK and as he arrived on the dock
with the pardon the father came. He hal
heard that his son under disguised name
had been committing crime an was going
to be put to death. SO Mr. Griffin and the
father went on ships deck, and at the very
moment Mr. Griffin offered the pardon to
the yonng man the old father threw his
arms around the sons neck ami the son said:
"Father, | have done very wrong and L am
very sorry. | wish had never broken your
heart. | am very sorry" ooh" said the
father, don't mention it. 1t don't make any
difference now. 1t is all over. l forgive you,
my son." and he kissed him and he kissed
him AMI he kissed him.
lo-uay l OFF, you the pardon OF the Cos
pel-full pardol, free parion. | do not
care what your crime has been. Though
you say you nave committed Il crime against
God, against your own soul, against your
fellow man, against your family, against
the day OF judgment, against the cross Of
Christ-whatsVer your crime has been, hero
is pardon, full parton, AMI the very mo-
menU you cake that pardon your heavenly
Father throws his arms about you and says:
MY son, l forgive you. 1t is all right.
You are as much in My favor now as if you
had never snnel." On, there is JOY on
earta and joy IN heaveni Who will take
the Fathers embrace?
African Elephants.