Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-12-01
REV. DIR. TAIN e.
THE BROOKLYN DIEINES
SUNDAY SERMON.

Tex. Bring h!,hnr the fa'tei cal! and
XIII H."-Luka XIV, ~.
In all ages ot TIE world II has haen Gus
sonnary 10 celebrate joyful events ~ f@s'iV-
tty-.hn signing o. treaties, the r'oe!ana-
ton ~ peace. the Christmas. tho marriage.
however much on other days Of the year
our table nav have stintet supply. on
THANKSGIVING there nus. be SOMETHING
tounteous. And all the comfortable homes
.. Chrs,"nion have AT soIa-tine ce'e-
tra'ei ~joy'ul. events by hanqle. AMI 'e-
t.vtfv
something mas happened IN the Old home
stead greater than anything that has ever
happened before. A favori.e SON. whom the
worlt supposed would become a vaSaoond
and OUTLAW forever. has got tired OF si2ne-
seeing and has returned 10 his fathers
house. The wo;ld said he never would
como bnr.. The old man always said his
son would come. He had been looking for
him day after day and year after year. he
knew he would come back. Now. having
returned 70 hts fathers house. the father
proclaims celebration. There Is q cali In
the paddock that has been kept up and led
TO utmost capacity, SO as TO be ready Tor
zone occasion OF Joy that might come along.
All. there never will be a grander day On
the old homestead than this day. Let the
butchers DO their work and the housekeepers
bring into tho table the smoking meat. The
musicians will take their places. and the gay
gfaups will move up and down the floor.
All the friends and neighhors are gathered
in. and extra supply is sent out to the table
ofthe servants. The father, presides at the
table. an SAYS grace, and thanks God that
his long absent bow is home hgain. Oh. how
thew missed him How GLAD they are to
have him back One brother indeed stands
poutinc Mt the back door and says: This
il a great ado about nothing. This bad boy
should have been chastened instead OF
greeted. Veal ia too good for him But
The father says Nothing is too good.
Nothing is good enough" There sits the
youag man, glad Mt the hearty reception,
but 4 shadow OF sorrow fitting across his
brow At the remembrance Of the trouble he
hal sen. All ready now. Let the covers
lit. Music. He was dead. and, he Is alive
again, He was lost. and he Is found! By
such ola Imagery docs the Bible set forth
the rnerrymaking whep a soul comes homo
TO Got.
First OF all. there is the new converts joy.
II Is no tame thing to become a Christian
The most tremendous moment In a mans
lie is when he surrenders himself to God.
The crandest time on the fathers homestead
Is whenthe bov comes back. Among the
great thronG who. in the parlors OF my
church. professei Christ one night was q
vounc man, who next morning rang my
doorbell and said "Sir, / cannot contain
myself with the jov l feel. I came here this
morning to express II. have found moro
10y in five minutes in serving God than in
all III" years Of my prodfgaiity, and came
TO say so"
yon have seen perhaps a man running for
his physical liberty and the officers Of the
law after him, and you saw him escape, or
afterward YOU heard the Judge had pardoned
him and how great was the glee Of that req
cuei man, But II is q very tame thing that
compared with the running for ones ever
lasting life-the terrors Of the law after MIN
AMI Christ coming in TO pardon and bless
AMI rescue and save. You remember John
Bunyan. in his great story. tells how the pill
grim pat his fingers in his ears and ran. cry
inc. Lie, life. eternal life" A poor car
driver. after having had to struggle to sup
port his family for years. suddenly was IN
formed that n large inheritance was his, and
there was JOY amounting 10 bewilderment.
but that is a small thing compared with the
ex"er.ence OF one when he has put in his
hands the title deed to the joys, the raptures,
thu -p'en Tors ~ heaven, and he can truly
SAY. Its mansions are mine its temples ars
MN us songs are mine ITS God Ia mine y
on. il Is no tametning 10 become a Chris
tran. 1T nerrylnaking. 1t Is the killing
Of ~" fatt"' calf. II is jubilee. You know
the Bih!r never compares 1t TO q funeral, but
always compares II 10 something bright. II
is moro apt 70 he compared TO q banquet
than anything else. II is compared In the
Blale 10 III" water fright. flashing water
10 th~ morning. rosente. fire worked, noun
IAN transit urrh morning. I wish I could
A. ~ NAFf 'AN' ga Wv iith' IN b1oo'
pardon AN! peace and life and comfort ant
hop AMI heaven, and twist them into one
garland. ana put il on the brow Of the hum
hle-t r5iti of God in all this land, and cry
Wear II. wear 1t now. wear 1t forever. sor
o. Go E.. iaIcht"r OF the Lord God might
Or. n. Joy of the new convert Oh, tn,
g~lg.ueSs Of the Christian service +"
NOu.have seen sometimes q man In O re.
liciou- assembly get up and give his expe-
r;"nrc. Well. Paul gave his experience
H ro-" in the presence of two churches
N" "hlrfrh on earth and the church IL
l,avn nj he said, Now. this is my ex
Ir.ncr. sorrowful. yet always rejoicing
roar. Vet making many rich having moth
lnr. vt possessing all things II all the
pope MO read this sermon knew tho JOY
oi 'hr Christian religion. they would al
y - ~ r into the kingdom OF God the mex
moaru:. When Daniel Sandeman was dy
in- Of rnolera, his attendant said, .'Hav
you mu,h PAIN ION" he replied. 'sinc
lfoun1 he Lord I have never had any pal
except sin. Then they aaid "a lin
"Woult you like 70 sent message to you
friends" Yes. I would. Tell them tina
only las, night the love OF Jesus came rush.
inc into my -oul like the surSes OF the sea.
enough, Stop, Lord-enoughr y" Oh
n" Joys OF this Christian religion
Just pass over from those tame joys il
which YOU arc iniulcing-joys o. thE
~wor!d-lnto the raptures OF the gospel Tn
world cannot satisfy you you have iounc
out-Ai.xander longing for other worlds &c
conquer ana Yet drowned in his own bottle
Byron whipped by iisquietudes around thu
world. Foltaire curslnE has own soul Will
all the streets 0: Paris were appiauding him
Henry H. consuming with hatred agains
poor Thomas a Beckett. all Illustrations c
the fact that this world canno, make a ma
happy The very man who poisoned th
pommel OF the saddle on which Quae
Eilzaheth rode shouted in the street, go
Save the Queen One moment the worl
applauis. ana the next momen, the wor.
mathematics
toh. come over into this greater Joy. thi
sublime so!ace. this magnificent heatitude
The night after the battleo shiloh Their
were thousands OF wounded on the aeli, an
the a~mbulances had not cone. One Chris
,ian soldier. lying there a-dyinS under Ia
starlight. began 10 sing
There is a land OF pure delich,A
And when we came 10 the next line Their
We're scores 0: voices united
Where saints immortal retn
The soag was caught up al ovsx the Tel