The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-04-16
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THk
NOTED DIVINE
Subject; The Prodisal,s Return

TExr. Il vii arise and 80 TO ny father.
Luke Ky. IS
There i nothing ike hanger to take The
energy out u . man. A hungry man car
toll neither with pen nor hand nor foot
There has besn many an army defeated not
50 much for lack OF ammunition az for lack
OF bread Il was tha; fact that took the fire
out OF this Young mAn OF the text. Storm
and exposure viii wear out any mans life in
time. tut hunger makes quick work The
mos awful cry ever heard on earth is the
CRY for bread. A traveller tells Us that in
Asa Minor there are tres which bear fruit
looking very much like the long bean OF our
tine II Is called he caroh. Once in awhile
the people. reduced TO restitution. would eat
these carohS. but generally the earohs-.he
beans spoken of here in the text-were
thrown only 10 the swine. and thsy crunche.i
them with great ayiiity. But this young
man ef nv teIt could not even get them
without stealing them. So one day. amid
ne swine iroa-hs, he begins 70 soliloqu "a.
he says: These ar no clothes for a rien
mans sou 10 EeAr. This is no kind Of busl-
hess ior Jew to BE- engaged in, ding
SWINE. I'll - hone. I'll 80 home. / VIII
arse anu 20 T. nv father"
l Know there arr great many people who
ny 70 throw fascination, a romance, a
halo, a7o1i sln. but, Notwithstanding all that
- eA--A NsE14 - NalA nave sad IN
regard to i, It'll mean, low contenptible
business, aad putting food and fodder into
the troushs 81 hsri 81 iniquities that root
ana SaIlow II the soul OF man is verv. poor
business Tor men and women intended 10 be I
sons and daughters Of the Lord Almighty
tnl WAen this young nan resolved 10 90
nome II was very wise thing for him to do. 4
ana me only question Is whether We will fo.- 4
ioN Mn Satan promises large wages If We 4
VIII serve him, but he clothes his victims I
with rags, and he pinchHs them with hunger. 4
ana when they start out - do better he sets /
after them all the blooihounds Of hell. Satan
comes to u to-day and he promises all lux
urles and enoiuments if We will only serve
him. Liar, down with thee to the pitt The
wages OF sln l. death" Oh, the young man
OF the text was wise when he utterrd the res
olutlon, Il will arise and go to nv father
IN the time OF Mary, the prosecutor, q perse-
cutor came 10 Christian woman who had
nidden ID her house for the Lords sake one
on Ohrlst servants and the prosecutor said.
hhere IS that hereticl' The Christian vo-
nan nan said, You open that trunk. and vou I
VIII see the hereto The prosecutor opened
me trunk. and on the top Of the linen of the
-runk he ss glass He said, "There is no
lefetlc mere. "Ah." she said. fYou look
4 the glass, and you will see the hereto
As l take up the mirror Of Gods word to- I
Jay would that instead OF seeing the prod
gal OF the text We might see Ourselyes-9ur 5
want, our wandering, our sin, our lost con- {
ltlon. so that We mig It be as wise as this I
Dung man was and say. 81 will ariss and I
o to my father" The resolution of this b
ext was formed in disgust at his present
circumstances. II this young man hal been $
ms employer set TO culturing flowers, or n
d4ulus vines over ~ arb0r or keeping an a
ttJunI OF the pork market or overseeing s.
-Aer iaoorers, he would not have thought Of "
ping home-if he had had his pockets fun d
money;lf he had been able TO say; II have I
IOVD now OF my own. What's the use of h
J going back TO my fathers house? Do z
~ think m going back to a. =. oize TO theSof
d man? Why, he would On,
nits. He would not have
e old place such conduct