The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-09
|MAGE'S SUNDAY SERMON:
ELOQUENT DISCOURSE.
"The Prodigai's Return"

i n will arise and 60 TO my father"
H., IL.
4 nothing like hunger to take the
|, n n man. A hungry man can
[er with prn nor hand nor foot.
bo"n many an army defeated not
for lack of ammunition as for lack
II was tha; fact that took the fire
a,s voung man OF the text. Storm
kurp will wear out any mans lie IN
hunger makes quick work. The
LII cry ever heard on earth ts the
Srcn5 A traveller tells us that in
r. there are trees which bear fruit
yrry much like the long bean OF our
H. cnIled .he carob. Once In awhile
I reduced 20 destitution, would eat
knbs. but generally the carobs-the
[tnn of here in the text-were
bly 10 the swine, and they crunched
IN great avidity. But this young
In text could not even get them
k,snlins them. So one day, amid
1 iron ghs. no begins to soliloqu ~.
SThcse are no clothes for "A ricn
| 10 wear. THIS Is no kind OF busi-
III lew 10 be engaged in, feeding
fll 60 home. I'll go home. will
20 to my father.
|there arc great many people who
hrow fascination, a romance, n
I, .in, hut. Notwithstanding all that
fn and George Sand have said in
A, Ills n mean, low. contemplate
IND putting food and fodder into
nf n herd OF iniquitle5 that root
x,v An thc 4oul OF man il n very poor
pr men and women intended TO be
/laughiers of the Lord Almighty,
This Young man resolved to 20
ns n very wise thing for him to do,
hIv uuestion Is whether we will fol-
i Satan promises large wages II we
him. but he clothes his victims
/ and he pinchcs them with hunger,
they start out TO do better he sets
nll the bloodhounds OF hell. Satan
Is to-day. and he promises all lux
E,moluments II we will only serve
\. down with theeto the pit! "The
Lin Il death" Oh. the young man
wa. wise when he uttcrrd the res-
IN will arise and go 10 my father"
q of Mary. the prosecutor, "A perse-
. 10 "a Christian woman who had
her house for the Lords sake one
servants, and the prosecutor said,
that hereticY" The Christian wo-
"You open that trunk, and you
q heretic." The prosecutor opened
|. and on the top OF the linen OF the
|saw glass. He said. "There is no
kre." "Ah." she said. "YOu look
T.. and YOU will see the hereto"
H. up the mirror Of Gods word to-
hid that instead OF seeing the prod
\ text we might see ourselvcs--our
! wandering. our sin, our lost con-
! that we might be IA wise as this
y was and say. "I will arise and
father" The resolution OF this
Formed in n disgust at his present
snces. II this young man had been
Aployer set to culturing flowers, or
Wines over IN arbor, or keeping an
n the pork market. or overseeing
Arers, he would not have thought of
he-if he had had his pockets full
! II he had been able to say: Il have
Of my own. What's the use OF
back TO my fathers house? Do
{Im going back to apologize to the
4 Why, he would put ms on the
q would not have going on around
kace such conduct rs | have been
I'm. won't go home. There Is no
I'm should go home. | have plenty
1. plenty 81 pleal ant surroundings.
slld / 20 hopeY Ah, II was mis-
"a 1t vas his bggary! He had to
.ome man ccoI es aud says to me;
Won talk about the ruined state OF
Ia soulY VIII don't you speak
" nroyress bf the nineteenth
AMI talk ~ something more
bnc5p II is for this rea-
man never wants the gospel un-
li1ss no; in u famine struck State.
n shcuE come to you In your home,
arcln good. sound. robust health,
Inl0 begin to talk about medicines,
how much better this medicine is
and some other medicine than
er medicine, and talk about this
and that physician. After awhile
" d get tired, and you would say:
Eant TO hear about medicines. Why
lR to me OF physicians? l never
Bctor.' But suppose | come into
~, and | find you severely sick and
p medicines thar will cure you. and
p physician who Is skillful enough
pur ease. You say; Bring on all
Pine; bring on that physician. |
" sick, and | want help" II |
pu. ana you feel you are all right
pa all right in mind, and all right
u have need Of nothing, but sup
r persuaded you that the leprosy
pom you, the worst of all sickness.
ou say, Bring me that balm OF
bring me that divine medica-
hg me Jesus Christ"
says some one in the audience,
you know that we aro in u ruined
by sim" Well, l can prove IL in
and you may have your choice.
1t either by the statements of men
statement OF God. Which shall il
Say, Let us have the statement of
ell, He says In one place, "The
bceitful above all things and desper-
kei." He says in another place,
man that he should be clean, and
is born OF woman that he should
teous?" He says in another
Irhere H. none that doeth good
one" He says IN another place,
ne man sin entered into the world,
h by sin, and SO death passed upon
for that all had sinned. "Well,"
81 am willing TO acknowledge that,
should take the particular rescue
(ropose?" This is the reason: "Ex-
n be born again he cannot see the
of God" This Is the reason:
lone name given under heaven
whereby they may be saved. ="
are a thousand voices here ready
lowell. | am ready to accept this
he gospel. would like to have
cure. How shall | so TO work."
NJ that n mere whim, an underlined
amounts to nothing. You must
out, tremendous resolution like
Is man Of the text when he said, Il
ami 90 to my father" "0h," says
y, ''how do l know my father wants
NJ do | know II | go back / would
Li" "Oh," says some man, "you
|E where have been. You don't
|VR lar have wandered. You
falk that way TO me II you knew
dtuities have committed. What
among tho angels OF Godf
Gt horseman running with quick