Democratic messenger., 1892-08-27
THE HOMESICK SOUL.
DR.. TALMAGE DRAWS MANY LESSONS
FROM THE PRODlGAL SON.

/ OtN. RGhtNSe OlNRWo MANY IEo0ONS
FROM THE PRODlGAL SON.
The Pleasures of Sin Are but for season.
and Vile. Unworthy Pleasures at That.
Only in Righteousness Can the Human
Heart Find Any Real Satisfaction.
LONDON, Aug. 2l.-Dr. Talmage has
been preaching during the past week
every day. Besides the engagements
made in his original programme for the
week he preached i'll several towns
which he had promised 10 visit earlier
but had been unable to do so, owing to
50 much more time than he expected be.
ing taken up by his visit To Russia
whittier he went To attend the distribu.
tion of The Christian Herald relief
cargo. The canccling of these engage.
mcnts caused acute disappointment tc
the citizens, and as far as possible Dr.
Talmage has yielded TO their entreaties
10 fix later date. The audiences last
week at Leeds, Bradford. Sheffield and
Derby We're enormous, and at each place
the popular ovation in the streets was
most enthusiastic. The sermon selected
for publication this week is from the
text. Luke Nv, Is, II will arise and 70
70 my father
There is nothing like hunger to take
the energy ont of man. \ hungry
man can toll neither with pen nor hand
nor foop. There has been many an
army defeated not so much for lack of
ammunition us 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 ont 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. Ii is called the carab. Once in
awhile the peopv reduced 10 destitutiou
would eat these carabS. but generally
the carabs. the beans spoken of here in
the text. were thrown only 10 the swine
and they crunchcd them with great
avidity. Br; this Young man of my
text could not get even them without
stealing them. So one day amid the
swine troughs he begins to soliloquize.
He says. These are no clothes for a
rich mans son 10 Wear; this is no kind OF
business for jew 10 be engaged in
feeding swine; I'll 90 home; I'll 20 home;
| will arise and 90 To my father
FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN.
| know there are great many people
who try IL throw fascination. ro-
nance. Il halo about sin, but notwith-
standing all that Lord Byron and George
Sand have said in regard 10 il. il is a
mean, low. contemplate business. and
putting food and fodder into the troughs
of "A herd of iniqui,ios that root and
wallow in the soul of man Is very poor
business for men and women intended
TO bc SONS and daughters of the Lord
Almighty. And when this Young man
resolved 10 go home ii was a very wise
thing for him 10 do. and the only qIes-
tion is whether we viii follow him.
Satan promises large wages if we VIII
serve him; but he clothes his victims
with rags, and he pinches them with
hunger. and when they start out to 10
better he sets after them AL the blood
hounds of hell. Satan coiaes TO us to-
day and he promises all Injuries. all
einoluments if we will only serve him.
Liar, down with thee To the pit. The
wages of sin is death oh, the Young
man of the text was wise when he
uttered the resolution. =. will arise
and 90 to my father"
In the time of Queen Mary of Eng
land prosecutor came To- a 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 hereto. 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,
look in the glass and You will see the
hereto. As | take mp the mirror of
Gods Word today would that instead
of seeing the prodigal of the text we
might see ourselvcs-our want. our wan
dering. our sin. our lost condition-so
that we might be as wise as this Young
man was and say, Il will arise and go
TO my father
The resolution of this text was formed
IN disgust al his present circumstances.
Ii this young man had been by his en-
ploycr set 10 culturing flowers. or train
ing vines over an arbor, or keeping ac-
count Of the pork market, or overseeing
other laborcrs, he would not have
thought of going home. If he had had
his pockets full of money. if he had been
able To say: Il have thousand dollars
now of my own. What's the use of nv
going back to my fathers house: Do
you think am going back to apologize
To the old man: Why he would put me
on the limits. He would not have going
on around the old place such conduct rs
have been engaged in. / won't 90
home; there is no reason why should
20 home. have plenty of money,
plenty Of pleasant surroundings, why
should 20 homc:" All. it was his pau
perism. it was his beggary. He had to
30 home.
Is MAN IN \ LOST CONDITION:
Some man comes and says TO me:
why do You talk about the ruined
itate of the human soul: Why don't
you speak about the progress of the Nine
teenth century and talk of something
more exhilaraiinS:' 1t is for this reason:
\ man never wants the Gospel until he
realizes he is in famine struck state.
Suppose | should come to you in your
home, and you are in good, robust
health, and should begin to talk about
medicines, and about how much better
this medicine is than that, and some
other medicine than some other medi-
cine, and talk about this physician and
that physician. After awhile You
would get tired. and You would say: Il
don't want To hear about medicines.
Why do YOU talk to me of physicians:
never have doctor"
Suppose | come into your house and
find you severely sick, and | know the