Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-05-24

son Is genuine. his rILIES II I'll
. TO say: That boy has come back for .no.e
money. H got a third o. the property.
Now he has come back for another third.
He will never he cOntented % stay on the
! farm. He will fall away. would % in.
too. ard rejoice with the ot1ersff thought
this thing was genuine, but II Il i sham.
That boy is a coufr-1et ine1riate aud de-
baucaee." Alas. my friendz. for the in
credulity in the church ~ Christ in regard
70 the reclamation % the recreant' You
say Is man has been a strong drlnker.
saw. sYa@. but n. has r~eformei.' "Ol."
I YOU say. with a la.uhri0us face, 4
hope YOU are not mistaken; | hope yol
are not mistaken You say, "Doa't re-
| ioice too much over his conversions. for
soon be will be- unconverte3. ! fear.
Don't make toe biz q party for thaS re-
turned p-olicai or strike the ttnorei too
| loud. and IL YOU Kill q cali Kill the one thar
Is en- the ommon aud DOT the oaa that
has been luxuriatinc III the paddock.
That Is the reason WIN more proiIgais d
| no. cone home II their fathers house. II
Is the rank in0de.itv ii the church Ct Col
on tli. subject.
There i. not a house on the streets ~
heaven that has not in it II ~prodiSal that
returned and stai1 home. There could be-
uuroliei before vou- y scroll o. 100. 90
names-tAe names Of prodigais who came
back forever reformed. Who was John
Bunyan? returned protigal. Who was
Richard Baxter: 4 returned prodisal.
Who was George WhitefIeld, the thunderer?
4 returned prodigal.
Aud 1 could go ont in all the aisles OF
this church today anil find on either side
those who. once far astray fo- many Eear-,
have been faithful, and their eternal saliva
ton is as sure as though they had been tea
wear. in heaven. Aud yet some O. you
have not enough faith in their return.
You "a not know how TO shake hands
with Il proligal; you 10 not know how y
So. So - 49,. - a., mot Epn " " : =
greet him. H. wants y sail into the Wara
.ult str-am Of Christian sympathy. lou
are the iceberg against which he strikes
and shivprs. You say be has been a prod
ical. know it, but you are the sour, ia-
RESPONSIVE, censorious. saturnine, cranky
elder brother, and il you are going To
heaven one would think some pecpie
would h~eternpted to - to perdition to get
away from you.
Plenty Of room for elegant sinners, for
sinners in velvet or satin and lace, for sin
ners high salaried, for kid GIoved AMI pat
ent leather-d sinners, fo- sinners fx-d up
by hairdre-@er, ponatumed and lavendere1
and colognel and frizzled and crinped and
banged" sinners-plentv Of room,
Such we meet elegantly ut the door OF
our churches, and we invite them into the
best seats with Chesterieldian eallantries;
Weusher them into the house OF God and
put soft Ottomans under their feet aud put
Il Gid edged prayer book in their hands
an pass the contribution box before them
with an air Of apology, while they, the
generous souls take out the equisite porte
monnaie and open it and with dianonded
finger push down beyond the so gold
pieces and aelicatelv pick out as an cN-
preston Of gratitude their Offering to the
Lord-of one cent, For such sinners plenty
Of room, plenty of room
Again remark that the senior brother of
my text stands for the spirit OF envy and
jealousy. The senior brother thought that
all the honor they did 10 the returned
brother was a wrong to hun. He said. Il
have staid at home, and | ought to have
had the ring, and | ought to have had the
banquet, and | ought to have had the gar
lands
Alas. for this spirit OF envy and jealousy
!, coming down through the agesl Cain and
Abel, Esau and Jacob, Saul and David.
Hannah and MOrdecai, Orthello and Iaco,
Orlando and Angelica, Caliguia and Tor
quatus. Caesar and Pompey, Columbus and
the Spanish courtiers, Cambvses and the
, brother be slew because be was a better
marhsman, Dionysius and Philoxenius,
whom he slew because he was II better
singer. Jealousy among painters-Clos-
terman and Godfrey kuelier, Hudson and
Reynolds, Francih. anxious to see a picture
of Raphael, Raphael sends him n picture.
r Frencia, seeing it, fails in a III Of jealousy
: from which he dies.
jealousy among authors. How seldom
contemporaries speak ofearh other. Nsno-
I. ilnn and Plato living at the same time,
! hat from their writings you never Would
suppose they heard OF each other.
Religious ioaloueies. The M~Ohammelans
praying for rain during Il drought: no rain
coming. Then the Christians begin 70 pray
: for rain, and the rain comes. Then the
! MohammetanS met together to account III
this. and they resolved that Go1 WAS 80
!. We'll pleased with their prayers ne kept the
r drou-ht on 50 a to keep them praying. but
= th0. the Christians began to pray and the
Lord was so Aiscustei with their prayers
r that II" sent rain right away - He womb
NOT hear any more Of their sUppiicationS.
Oh. this accursod spirit Of envy and jtal
! ou-y' Let us stamp it out from all oul
hearts.
! A wrestler was 50 e~nvious Of Theocenes.
r the prince Of wrcstIers. that he could no.
be 6onsoied in any way. aud after Tneog.
! enes died and a statue was lifted to him in
a public place his envious antagonist wen,
out every night and -restled with TIE
statue until one night he threw it, and il
r fell on him and crushed him t. death. )
I jealousy is not only absurd, hat it i
killing to the body. ar i is killing 10 til,
soul.
: How seldom ii is You dnl one merchan
II speaking we'll OF n merchant in the sam.
u line Of business. How seldom tits Won hea
r q physician speaking well Of a physician 81
: the same block.
}: oh. my friends, the world is large enouc'
! for ali Of u. Let US rejoice at the success
q u others. The next best thing to ovnin.
y 4 garden ourselves is to look over the fenrt
and admire the flowers.
< The next best thing to riding in an
eqaipase IS = stand on the streets aud al
e mire the prancing span. The next hes
thing TO having a banquet given to our
4 selves il having a banquet given to on
prodisat brother that has come home T.
n his fathers house.
q All. the face Of this pouting elder son il
2 put before u in order that We nigh
better 81" the radiant and forcivinc fac,
Y u the Father. Contrasts are mighty. Tn,
{ artist in sketchlnc the field 81 Waterio4
:" years after the battle Put n doy4 in n.
mouth Of the cannon. Raphael in ore q
1 his cartoon. besid. the face OF a wr.tal
F.! put the face y a happy and innocent enid
Is And 50 the sour face Of this iraseitl
|, and discustei elder brother il hr0ucb
= out in order that in the contrast 70.
a might batter understand che torciyin.
aad radiant face % God. That I. n.
al meaning % tt-tAat Col i ready 70 tax.
= back ANYBODY TIA; i sorry. to tase hin
r riear'oa'k. - taxi hic? back forever an.
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