The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
~, rhMAGE'S RETURN FOR a
SERMON TEXT.
-s Ts,t Being Chosen from I"H'
H. kill: Bring Hither the '"'''
raj, and XIII It"-A Touching "''
c,,rse on the Vicissitudes OF Hh''

Rpoox,yS, N. Y, Nov. 1l.-Rev' pr'
Tolmacc having concluded ms ro"n"'
,he-world tour, has selected as I'll. ' tha
;ect for to-day's discourse through WIG
ness; ''Home Again.
In all ages of the world it has oeen
customary to celebrate joyful eVen'S
WV festivitv-the signing of treaties
tbe proclamation of peace, the 'hr's,'
,n,s the marriage. However mncn
on other days of the year our ''p'o
NAV have stinted supply, on Ih"hNN-
giving day there must be some,", ,,s
borntcous, And all the comf"rtao''
homes of Christeudom have az SOME
time celebrated joyful events ny o"n
suet and festivity' A. 81,
: Something has happened IN 'he o''
homestead greater than anything '!"'
has ever happened before. iaVor'',
son. whom the world supposed "o"l"
become a vagabond and o"''a" lo'
ever, has got tired Of sightseeing al"
has returned to his fathers house.
The world said he never would come
hocL The old man always SAID ms
,on vould come. He had been looking
for him day after day and year af'e'
wear He knew he would come pack
Now, having returned to his tather
house, the father proclaims cele
brotion There is a calf in the pao
dock that has been kept up ana icy
to utmost capacity, so as to be rca"'
for some occasion Of JOY that m'gh
come along. All! there never VIII. ~
a g,ander day on the old HOMESTEAD
than this day. Let the butchers q
their work, and let the housekeepe'
bring into the table the smoking mea'
The musicians will take their place.
and the gay groups will move up an
down the floor. All the friends an
neighbors are gathered in, ana ekV'
supply is sent out to the table OF ~
servants. The father presides at u
y table and says grace, and thanks &c
that his long absent boy is home aga''
Oh! how they missed him; how ga
thew are to have him back. One broth'
indeed stands pouting at the oa'
4 door, and says: This is great az
about nothing; this bad boy sho"
have been chastened instead OF greete
h veal Is too good for him. But u
!, father says, Nothing is too goo
It nothing is good enough" There s.
p the young man, glad at the hearty J
4. ception, but shadow OF sorrow Il
i TING across his brow at the RENE
" brance of the trouble he had seen. !
ready now. Let the covers lift Mus
He was dead and he is alive again!
WAS lost and he Is found! BY sr'
bold imagery does the Bible set fol
the merrymaking when a soul con
home to God.
First Of all, there is the new G.
J vert's Joy. It is no tame thing 10
l come Christian. The most trem
dous moment in mans life is WI
Z he surrenders himself to God. !
:orandest time on the fathers ho'
= stead is when the boy comes ba
Among the great throng who, IN
y parlors Of my church, professed CHI
one night was young man. who n
morning rang my doorbell and 81
"Sir, can not contain myself with
.ioy ! feel; l came here this morn
- to express it. have found more
/, IN Ave minutes in serving God thai
all the years Of my prodigality' al
came to say So"
You have seen, perhaps, a man
! ming for his physical liberty, and
officers of the law after him; and
!. saw him escape or afterward
~ heard the Judge had pardoned
and how great was the glee OF
80 rescued man; but 1t is a very t
ip. thing that compared with the rum
D. for ones everlasting life-the ter
sh OF the law after him, and Christ
- ,ina in to pardon and bless and re
! and save. You remember John
~ wan, in his great story, tells how
Pilgrim put his fingers to his ears
ran, CRYING, 'Life, life, eternal |
Ri "A moor car driver, after having ha
struggle to support his family
nr wears, suddenly was Informed tf
IF large inheritance was his, and
W. was 10y amounting to bewildern
's,tt that is a small thing comp
wssA- the experience OF one whe
has put in his hands the title de-
the Joys, the raptures, the splendo
heaven, and he can truly say
mansions are mine, its temples
mine, its songs are mine, its q
- mine!"
. Oh, 1t is no tame thing to peco'