The Penn's Grove record., 1900-05-11

N - NY
joice too much over his conversion, for
% he will be ~unconverted. I fear.
Don't make too big q party for that re-
turned prodigal or strike the timbrel too
loud, and II you kill a calf kill the n that
Is on the commons and not the n that
has been l~uxuriating la the paddock"
That Is ther reason why moro prodigals do
Is the rank in1delity in the church Of God
on this subject.
There Is not a house on the streets OF
heaven that has not in 1t q prodigal that
returned and staid home. There could be
unrolled before o q scroll OF 100 1000
names-the names OF prodiRals who came
back forever reformed. Who was John
Bunyan9 A returned prod1gal. Who Was
Richard Baxter? A returned prodigal.
Who was George WhiteGeld, the ~thunderer2
A returned prodigal.
And I could go out In all the aisles OF
this church to-day and find on either side
those who, once far astray for many years,
have been faithful, and their eternal saliva
ton IL as sure as though they had been tea
years In heaven. Aud yet some OF you
have not enough faith In their rsturnl
You do not know how to shake hanis
with a prodigal; you do not know how to
pray for him; yon do not know how to
greet him. Hs wants to sail into b warn
gulf stream OF Christian sympathy. You
are the iceberg against which he strikes
and shivers. You say he has been a prof.
igal. know 1t, but you are the sour, un-
1sponslve, cousorious' satulnino yLauay
eiuor psotner, unu - you are golns -
noaxou one wvulu an.nA somo po1pao
Woulu De toMpteu - 10 - pelu'tion ~ sot
way from you.
Plenty OF room Tor elegant sinners. Tor
10 velver or satin ana lace, Ior SIN
nefS nlgn salafled, ZOE KID giovel aad pat
emit leathered sinners. for sinners fixed up
by hairdresser. pomatumed and iavenaered
anu cologned ana frizzl0a and crimped
banged sinners-plenty OF room!
Sncn we meet elegantly az tne aoor OF
our churches, ana We invite them into the
pest seats WITH Cnesternetdtan gailantries
weusher them into the house OF God ana
put SOFT ottomans under tneir teet q put
q g!io edged prayer DOCK IN tnelf q
AMI pass the contribution box before them
with an air OF apology, while they. tne
generous souls,taKe out lne equisite porte.
monnato ~ open IL ana Win dlanOnded
HnRer push down Deyond the VIZ gold
pieces ana deiicately PICK out as an ex-
preston OF gratitude their Offering 70 the
Lord-ot one cent? For such sinners plenty
OF room, plenty OF rooml
Be not SO hard In your criticism OF the
fallen lest thou thyself also be- tempted.
Do Won know who that man was who. Sab.
bath before last, staggered up and down
the aisle In n church distnrhino tha sarv
ice nntiI the service had r. stnn nntil 10
wa taken from the room? He was a min.
lister OF the gospel OF Jesus Christ in a sis.
ter denominationl That man had preached
the GOSPEL: that man had broken he bread
Of the Holy Communion for the uaopIe
From what q haiohth 70 what : danthi
Nh + wac Glad thara wna M a%niiino In
az rocm whor trat $500 tanan ~
his poor wife following him with his hat
In her hand and his coat on her arm. n
was a. solemn "a mo ns two fnnernls--the
funeral OF the BODY and the funeral Of the
soul. Beware lest thou also be temptedi
An invalid went to South America for his
health and one dav sat %s1nninr himself on
the beach when he saw Something crawl.
inc mn the beach wripclinp toward him
and he was n ffrfphted' he thouoht IL was
q wild beast or 4 reptile. and he took hie
pistol from his rocket. Then he saw u
was not q wild beast II was q man nm
immortal man. a man made in Gods own
image. and the Door wretch crawlad mn "a
the feet Of the invalid and asked for stronp
drink and the invalid took his wine fasi
from his nocket and pave fba moor wratch
something to drink. and then. under the
stimulne ha rnea nm and oava hia historv
He had been a merchant In Glasgow he
had gone down under the power OF strong
drink until he was SO reduced In poverty
that he was living in a boat just of the
beach. why" said the invalid, II knew
a merchant In Glasgow once, 9 merchant
OF such and such u NAME" And the pool
wretch Strengthened himself and said. 81
am thai mani" Let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall"
Again remark that the senior brother OF
my text stands for the spirit OF enyY and
Jealousy. The senior brother thought that
ell the honor they did to the returned
brother was a wrong to him. He said, 81
have staid at home. and l ought to have
had the ring, and ought to have had the
banquet, and I ought to have had the gar.
lands"
Alas. for this spirit OF envy and iealousv
coming down through the acasI Gain and
| Abel. Esan and Jacob Sarl and David
Hannah and Mordacai Orthallo and Toro
| Orlando and An0alica Galionia and Tor'
nnatns Gaasar and Pnmnav 4 mhna and
fha Snnnish conrs;1ra r., \ vsas and +ha
hrotber ha elaw haca,sa 10 wos : hat+as
markaman nionvsins ana ph;,nvonira
whom Ia s,aw hacamaa no MOS : hatta,
s,ncar JoaIorsv amnra ra;"tass U,oa
ra-ma 80 noaG.a, Vnan H. ~,
paanaIda rsa".Ia 1919 uu ! ~
10y noaus. Iauy.a. auA.vus = 500 q piclure
=. asapnao, napuae ,a, nou !. ! na nt 9 p.S.uro.
Saauo.a, s1olls =, ioils ~ 2 I. ~ loatousy
ir9m WHICH ne ules.
1oaIousy aHoae 1utnoIs; HOW seloom
C0uL6mD QIdII6S SO96k OF each 0rQ0f. A0n0-