Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-06

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day by Dr. Talmage. II runs up and
down the whole gamut of glorious invi-
tauon. His text was Luke 1915. Il viii
arise and go TO nay father"
There is nothing like hunger to take
the energy out of a man. A hungry
man can toll neither with pen nor hand
nor foot. There has been many am
army defeated. not so much for lack OF
ammunition as for want of bread. IL
was that that took the fire out OF this
Young man of the text. Storm and eX-
posure viii wear out any mans life III
time. but hunger makes quick work.
The most awful cry ever heard on earth
is The CRY for bread A traveller tells
us that in Asia Minor there are trees
which bear fruit looking very much
like the long bean OF our time. IL Is
called the carob. Once i'm a while the
people. reduced 20 desperation, would
eat these carobs. but generally the car
obs. the beans spoken OF here in the
text we're thrown only 20 the swine,
and they crmched them with great
avidity. But This young man OF my
text could not even get them without
stealing them. So one day, amid the
swine troughs. he
BEGINS TO SOLILOQCIZE.
He SAYS: These are no clothes for
rich mans son TO wear, this is no kind
of business for jew to be engaged IN,
feeding swine, I'm so home, I'm go
home: viii arise,and 20 TO my father
/ know there are q great many people
who Try TO throw a fascination, a rO-
nance. a halo about sin; but n0Jwith-
standing all that Lord Byron and
George sand have said i'm regard 90 it,
il is mean. low. contemplate business
and putting food and fodder into The
UOughs of herd of iniQuiues that root
and wallOw in the soul of q man lis
very Door business Tor men and women
intending 90 Doe sons and daughters OF
the Lord Almighty, and when this
Young man resolved to so home it WIS
u very wise thing for him TO do. and the
only question Is. whether we Will fol-
low him. Satan promises large wages
if we viii serve him, but he clothes his
victims with rags, and he pinches them
with hunger. and when they start out
TO do better he sets after them all the
blOodhOuuds OF he'll Satan comes to
us to-day and Die promises an Injuries
and em0,uuenJs IL we VIII serve him.
Liar down with thee 10 the pit, The
wages of sin is death" Oh, The young
man of The text was wise when he ut
tered the resolution. 81 Will arise and
go TO- my father I'm the time of Nary
the perescutor. q prosecutor same TO
Christian woman who had hidden in
her house
FOR THE LORDS SAKE
one Of Christs servants, and the per-
secutor said. Where is that heretic?'
The Christian woman said: You open
that trunk and Won viii see the hereto"
The prosecutor opened the trunk and
ON the top of the linen he saw glass
He said; There is no hereto here.
"Ah" she said "you look i'm the glass
and YOU viii see the hereto.
AS I take up the mirror of Gods
Word to-day / would that. instead OF
seeing the prOligal of the text, We
might see Ourselvcs-Our want. our
wandering. our sin. our lost condition.
so that we might DE as wise as this
Young man was and say: "I Will arise
and go 20 my father. The resolution
OF this text was formed i'm disgust
at his present circumstances III this
Young man had been by his employer
set 90 Cultering flowers or training
vines over am arbOr or keeping am ac-
count of the pork market. or oversee
ing other lab0rers me would not have
thought of going home III he had had
his pockets fun of money, il he had
been able 90 say. "I have a thousand
dollars now OF my own. what tine use
or COINS back To- my fathers house.
Do YOU think I'm going back TO
APOLOGIZE TO THE OLD NAN?
why. ne would put on the limits; ne
would not have going ON around tine
old place such conduct as [ have been
engaged i'm I won't go home. there is
mo- reason why I should go home. I
have plenty OF money plenty of pleas
amt surroundings; why should / so
home?" ALL 10 was his pauperism it
was his beggary He had TO go home.
Some man comes and SAYS to me. "Why
do YOU talk about the ruined state OF
the human soul2 why don't YOU speak
ABOUT the progress of the nineteenth
century. and talk of something more
eXhiIaratlng2" Tic is for this reason. A
man never wants the Gospel until he
realizes he is I'm q famine-strUck state.
Suppose I should come 90 you I'm Your
home. and Won are in good. sound. ro-
bust health. and I should begin to talk
about medicines and about how much
better this medicine is than that. and
some other medicine than some other
medicine. and talk about this physician
and that physician After awhile YOU
would get tired and YOU would say.
"I don't want 90 hear about medicines.
Why DO YOU talk to- me of physicians9
4 never have q doctor. But suppose
come into Your house and find You SCI
1ero.r Sick and I know the medicines
that Vi'l cure YOU. and I know the ply
s,cian who is skillful enough 10 meet
your ease You say. Bring on an that
medicine bring ON that physician. I
Cm terribly sick. and Z want help.
IT ] come to YOU and YOU feel YOU
are an right I'm body. and an right i'm
mind and an right iu soul. YOU have
need OF u0rhing. but suppose I have
persuaded You that the leDrosy of sin
is upon YOU. The worst of an sickness.
On, chen YOU say. Bring me that balm
Of the Gospel. bring me that divine
meticament bring me Jesus Christ. 8"
"BuC' says some one I'M The audience.
"how do YOU know that we are i'm q
ruined condition by sin Wen. can
prove it In two ways and you may have
your choice. I can prove &c either by
The statements ot men or by the state
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