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

IN arise and so TO my iather.
hing like hunger to take the
"A man. A hungry man can
sith pen nor hand nor foot.
ln many an army defeated not
|nck OF ammunition IA for lack
was that fact that took the fire
|spung man OF the text. Storm
will wear out any mans life In
niger makes quick work. The
ry ever heard on earth IL the
A traveller tells US that in
here are trees which bear fruit
much like the long bean OF our
lled .he carob. Once in awhile
duced 10 destitutioD, would eat
but generally the carobs-the
OF here in the text-were
o the swine, and they crunched
Feat avldity. But this young
ext could not even get them
ing them. SO one day, amid
chs. no begins TO soliloqu ~.
hese are no clothes for n ricn
year. This is no kind OF busi-
Nv 20 be engaged IN. feeding
home. I'll go home. l will
b my father.
l. are n great many people who
fascination, a romance, n
but. Notwithstanding all that
hi George Sand have said in
Is mean. low, contemplate
putting food and fodder into
n herd of iuiqultles that root
the eoul of man Is n very poor
len and women intended to be
IRhters OF the Lord Almighty,
young man resolved to 20
very wise thing for him 20 do.
&auestion is whether we will fol-
I'm promises large wages N we
m, but he clothes his victims
4 he pinchcs them with hunger,
N start out TO do better he sets
1.-THE bloodhounds OF hell. Satan
b-dny, and he promises all lux
kluments II we will only serve
pwn with theeto the pit! "Tho
Death oh, the young man
wise when he uttorrd tho res
ll nrise and go TO my father"
Mary. the prosecutor. a perse-
n Christian woman who had
house for the Lords sake one
Sants, and the prosecutor said,
Id hereticy" The Christian wo-
pu open that trunk, and You
retic." The prosecutor opened
on the top Of the linen OF the
\ glass. He said. "rhere Is no
"Ah" she said. "You look
Il YOU will see the heretic."
the mirror OF Gods word to-
hat instead OF seeing the prod
ID we might see ourselves-our
nderine, our sin, our lost con-
I'd we might be IA wise as this
MAS and say. "I will arise and
|1ther." The resolution OF this
meiin a disgust ut his present
ccnIF III this young man had been
= set TO culturing flowers, or
4 over IN arbor, or keeping an
G pork market. or overseeing
" ne would not have thought OF
Eit he had had his pockets full
The had been able to say: Il have
|of my own. What's the use OF
back TO my fathers house? Do
I'm going bick TO apologize TO the
WHY, he would put me on the
would not have going on around
20 such conduct rs | have been
| won't go home. There IL no
| should go home. have plenty
,lenty OF Pleaant surroundings.
4 | 20 hotpe?' All, II was his
1t vas his bggary! He had TO
.om1'man cdi es aud says to me;
,ou talk about the ruined state OF
n soul2 WI. don't you speak
, progress OF the nineteenth
mi talk u something more
,,9n Ii is for this rea-
,au neverwants the gospel un-
'zrs he. In n famine struck State.
shoy come TO you In your home,
rem good. sound. robust health,
u begin TO talk about medicines,
low much better this medicine il
and some other medicine than
medicine, and talk about this
nj that physician. After awhile
get tired, and you would say:
mt TO hear about medicines. Why
70 me Of physicians2 l never
tor But suppose | come into
AMI | find you severely sick and
medicines that will cure you, and
physician who Is skillful enough
IT case, You say; Bring on all
ne; bring on that physician. l
sick, and / want help" m
/. and you feel you are all right
Il all right in mind, and all right
have need OF nothing. but sup
persuaded you that the leprosy
On you, the worst OF all sickness.
~ say, Bring me that balm OF
bring me that divine medica-
me Jesus Christ"
ays some one in the audience,
on know that we aro in ruined
by sin" Well, can prove it in
lnd You may have your choice. |
either by the statements OF men
atement Of God. Which shall il
y, Let us have the statement of
!, lie says in one place, "The
eitinl above all things and desper-
ei' He says in another place,
lan that he should be clean, and
born OF woman that he should
'ousI He says in another
here is none that doeth good
Z. He says In another place.
man sin entered into the world,
y sin, and SO death passed upon
that all had sinned." "Well,"
am willing to acknowledge that.
uld take the particular rescue
poseT' This Is the reason: "Ex-
p born again he cannot see the
God. " This is the reason:
pc name given under heaven
, whereby they may be saved"
lre a thousand voices here ready
Wen. am ready to accept this
, gospel. | would like to have
cure. How shall | so TO work."
that a mere whim, an underlined
nouhts to nothing. You must
u, "a tremendous resolution like
man OF the text when he said, II
NJ 90 to my father" "Oh," saws
how do | know my father wants
10 know II | go back | would
" "Oh," says some man, 'you
where l have been. You don't
lar l have wandered. You
'ik that way to me II you knew
titles l have committed. What
Ter among tho angels OF God2
horsemnn running with nulck