Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-03-18
DR.. IAlMAGE'S SERMON.
The Noted Washington Divine's
Sunday Subject.
"INNlTED TO BANQUET"

TE1r. "Brirs hither the fa,sei calf ana
Kill 1t. Luke XIV, q.
In all ages CT the world i, has been custom
ary to celebrate ioyful events ty testivi'y.
The signing Of treaties, the proclamation .
peace, the inauguration Of presidents, tie
coronation Of kings. the Christmas the mar
riage. However much on other DAYS Of the
year cur table may have stinte! supply. on
| Than ksgivinS Day there must be something
| honnteous. AMI all the comfortable homes
OF Chrisiendom have at some time ceie-
1iVitys Something has appsasd paeasdds an MI
| homestead greater than anything that has |
| ever happened before. favorite son whom |
| the world supposed would become vaca- |
| bond and outlaw forever has got tired OF |
| sightseeing and has returned to MS fathers I
| home. The world said he would never come |
! back. The Old man always said his son |
| would come back He had been looking for |
him day after day and year after year. He
| knew he would come back. Now having re-
| turned 10 his fathers house the father pro-
| claims celehratlou. There Is in the pad dock
calf that has been kept W and fei 70 ut
most capacity, to- be ready Tor some
occasion 81 joy that might come along. All.
there never would be Il srander day on the
Old homestead than this day! Let the butch
ers do their work. and the housekeepers
bring into the .ble the smoking meat. The
musicians will take their places, and the gay
| groups VIII move UP and down the floor.
All thu friends ana neighbors gathered
in and an extra supply Is sent ont 20 the
table Of the servants The father presldes at
the table ana says grace. and thanks God
that his long absent Toy is home again
On. how they missed him, how glad they are
to have him h-ca,
One bro.her stands poutins At he back
door and says: This Is great ado about
nothing. This bal boy should have been
chastisel instead u Ereetei Veal i, too
good for him. Bu the father says Moth
ing is good enough. There sits the young
man. glad at the hearty reception but \
shadow Of sorrow fitting across his brow AZ
1 the remembrance Of the trouble he had seen.
All really now Let the covers lift. Music
He was dead and he is alive again. He was
I lost and he is found! BY such bold Imagery
! does the Bible set forth the merrvInaking
l when a soul comes home to God
: First OF all, there Is the new convert ; Joy.
1t is no tame thing to become IA Christian
I The most tremendous moment in man :
life is when he surrenders himself to God.
The grandest time on the father ; homestead
z is when the boy comes back Among the
great throng who III the parlors Ct our church
a professed Christ one night was young man
. who next morning rang my door bell and
L said: "Sir, | cannot contain myself with the
l. Joy feel. l came here this morning to ex-
press it. | have found more JOY in five
r minutes in serving God than in all the years
. of my prodIga ity. and | came TO say So
You have seen per1haaah.a pl1 2aa onsaers of 'n'
& law after fin1,, and you saw him escape, o.
= afterward you hear the judge had pardonef
q. him. and how great was the glee o. that res
cued man; but it, very tame thinV, 'ha',
III / compared with the running Tor one ever
lasting life. the terrors Of the law after hin
and Christ coming in to pardon ana bles
- and rescue and save.
You remember John Bunyan in his Srea
is story tells how the pilgrim put his fingers I
. his ears and ran. crying: Lille. lie. 1erna
- Hfe!' A poor driver some time agt
to after wears having had 10 struggle to SUI
:. port his family. suddenly was informed thu
10 a large Inheritance was his. and there was
o. iov amounting to bewiderment. but that
a small thing compared with the exnerienf
lp- OF one when he has put in his hands the tlt
;a] deed to the JOYS. the raptures, the spiendo
'"A Of heaven, ana he can truly say, Its ma
he sOns are mine. it, temples ara mine, !
songs are mine, its God is mine On, II
we no tame thing to become Il Christian. 1t
ms a -merrymaking 1t is the killing q I
fatted cal; II is jubilee. You kno" q
ate Bible never compares 1t 7" funeral. .
always compares it 10 something delightft
It is more apt to be compared u hAnqu
than ANYTHING else. 1t Is com aret IN I
Bible 10 water trIgt. flashing water 10 t
morning Gsrate nreworked, mountn
lsh tran-fi figured morning
| wish | cQul.! to-day take all the Bible 8
tc" rres,ions about pardon. ant peace ana IL
,s a amt c, mfort. ana hope, and heaven. q
twist them into on garland ana IHt II
unit the brow Of the humhlest child o. G3a
| ass
now wear il forever. son ni God. dauGh
the Of the Lord God Almighty. on the 10y
the new conver, On. the clainess 81
'oh- Christian service! You have seen sol
as times mani III a religious assembly get
and give hi experience We'll, fAui 9
uay hisexItrieuce. He arose III The pre-.
O: two churches. the church on earsh ana
church in heaven. and he said, Now thi
par rnv exIerirnce-sor Yet always
gle, j'ltl.,, vot ,o.sese5ne ali thing II
per- na0rle in th- house knew he Joys OF
Christian religion. they would alI pass
DRY, intn,h, kingdom Of God the next nom
bis When Daniel Sandeman was dylnG ol q
era his attendant said. Have you ID
uho l"oh." he replied. since Ifonnd the l.
w. have never had any tain except sin
ser they said 70 him. Would you hke = s"i
evol ri n, 80 .t-a last irh+ the love
ron Jesus came rushin. into nv sell TX"
-,lrces 81 tn sea ani | fai - crt
Stop. Lord. i i enough s..E. =.
hon. enough on the JOYS - 'als u i7sIa
nci9G JG-, ra.s over from = =. 'aFhe
see, III which Won are indul-in- l@f- -
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