The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-06-09


?etrs they may after! WAIte cor" M Wit J.
. iE tight OF t!ts' plarc Wh"r. hn noE -tqnyl.
tei' ypn plainly ii:ai u roaring rt:stct
ins; bCIth',"E sinner i got 80 i-pui-iva /
mo rs that higher iIi-' uiutt 5rrlailol. Ih
I former may r"pent; ti'n latter never get
4 over hi- i''at-ais II. T,Ia y"Gh.rr bro n.
Of the parable "a.G" h!cl. bat tnr o..nio
brother -tanI- oCtsi'is -n.tr,'.y o,1liyipu
to his oTn s!"iiHGucar!"4 tnd t"ii:,i-. pro
; nCun":n-: his oya ruipG.u r.. o.. .3oy
rnuFli e;t>'T il u TO h! !t'in others lhaI t.
blame nar-..i.,-'. .sA.n h.a.u" Eve. i.v
| blamed iha s'fVcat. ~" senior lrnt:l"
blamed tAe ,u.t .4s'r pr.thr-. anI l:JHe .
, thcm hia t bru rty"
Again, the senior brother OF my text
stands for ali tiIoss who are faithless
about the reformation OF the dissipatcd
| md ths dissolutc. In the very tones OF his
| vocc you can hear the fact that he has no
aith that the reformation Of the younger
| 'on Is gan!ine. His entire manner seems
% say: That boy has come back for more
money. He got q third Of the property.
Now he has como 6ac. for another third.
10 will never be contented to stay on the
afm. io Will fall away. I would go in,
90, nud rejOic3 With the others il thought
his thing wa l.snuine, but 1t is n sham.
Thet boy Is Il coutirme1 inebrlate and de-
oauchee." Alas, my friends, for the In
,redulty IN tic church OF Christ in regard
% the reclamation o; the recreHnt! You
'ay man has bccn strong drtnker.
;ay, ''Yes. but he has reformed" "Oh."
you say, With luSubrious face. II
nope you are not mistaken: | hope you
are not mistaken" You say, "DOn't re-
oicc too much over his conversion. for
soon he vii, be- unconvertcl. | fear.
Don't make too hi2s party for that re-
| turned proiiyal or striko the timbrel too
oui, and II you Kill! calf XIII the ole that
| g OIL the commons and not the one that
| II
| That Is the reas0u wily moro proiiyais do
aot come homo to their fathers house. 1t
| 8 the rank inlllaity In the church of God
| on this subject.
There is not house on tho streets OF
heaven that ha7 not in it prolisal that
| -et1rned a2i stad home. There could be
| lnrolled hSfo.s voa II sccoll OF 10000
| laneS-the n1mea Of proiig.ils who came
oaek forever reformed. Who was John
| 'unyan? A returned prodSal. WAC was
Richard Baxter? A returned prOdigal.
Who was George WhiteAeld, the tlunderer?
returned prodigal.
Aud could go ont in al. the aisles OF
This church to-day and tlni on either side
those who, o1ce far Gstray for many years,
have been faithful, and the- eternal saliva
sion Is as slro IS though they had been ten
years in heaven. Aud yet sone 0: you
have not enough faith In their return!
You do not know how to shake hands
With prodigai; You do not know how to
pray for him; You do not know how to !
greet him. He wants to sail into the warm |
gulf stream OF Christian sympathy. You |
are the iceberg against which he strikes |
and shivers. You say he has been prod
igal. know 1t, but you are the sour, un-
responsive, cenaorous, sGturnina, cranky |
elder brother, aud IL you are going to
heaven one would think some people
would be tempted to 50 to perdition to get
away from YOU
Plenty Of room fer elegant sinners, for
sinners In velvet or satiu and lace, for SIM
ners high salarled for kid gtoYei and pat
ent leathered sinners, for sinners fixel up
by hairire ser pomatumed aud lavendered
and coloGnel aud frlzz!ed aud crimpel and
banged" sinner5-plenty of room.
Such we meet elegantly at the door OF
our churches, and We invite them into tho
best seats with Chesterneldian gaIIantries;
weusher thon into the house OF God and
put soft ottomans under their feet and put
q gild edged prayer book In their hands
ami pass the contribution box before them
with an air OF apology, while they, the
generous souls take out the equ5ite porte
monnaic and open 1t and with diamonded
finger push down beyond the SO gold
pieces and delicately PICK ont ns an ex-
preston OF gratitude their Offering to the
Lord-of one cent? For such sinners plenty
OF room, plenty OF room!
|
my text stands for the spirit OF envy and ,
jealousy. The senior brother thought that
all the honor they did to tho returned
brother was wrong to him. He said, 81 7
havo 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." 7
Alas, for this spirit OF envy and jealousy !
coming down through the ages! Cain and l
Abel, Esau and Jacob. Saul aud David, 4
Haman and Mordecai, Orthelo aud IngO, | 7
Orlando and Angelica, Caligula and Tor
luatns, Cesar and Pompey, Colu mbus and
he Spanish courtiers, Cambyses and the
brother be slew because he was q better
Dionysius and Phiioxenius,
whom be slew because he was n better
singer. Jealousy among painters rs-Clos-
erman and Geoffrey KneIer, Hudson and
Francia, anxious to see a picture
II Raphael, Raphael sends him u picture.
7rancia, seeing 1t, falls 10 q fit OF jealousy :,
rom which he dies. =
Jealousy among authors. How seldom :
speak Of each other. Xeno-
,hon and Plato living at the same time,
tut from their writings you never would |
uppose they heard OF each other.
Religious jealousie5. The Mohammelans
'raying for rain during a drought no rain
oming. Then the Christians begin to pray
or rain, and the rain comes. Then the
Iohammedans met together to account fosI
his, and they resolved that G ol was so
yell pleased with their prayers lie kept the
rought on so rs to keep them praying but
ha. the Christians began to pIay and the
,ord was so disgusted with their prayers
hat He sent rain right away so He would
OF hear any more OF their suppieatlons. =
n, this accursed spirit of envy and jeal. III
usy! Let US stamp it OUT from all our ~
carts. 4
A wrestler was so envious OF Theogene3, -,
be prince OF wresters,' that he could not -,
9 consoled In any way, and after Tneog- M
nes died and a statue WAS lifted to him in n,
public place his envious antagonist Won't -,
ut every night and wrestIed with the L..
:atue until one night he threw 1t, aud II 81
III on him and crushed him to death. SO .,
'alousy Is not only absurd, but it is -
Hing to the body and it is killing to the Il
)ul. -,
How seldom 1t is you find one merchant b]
,eGxinS we'll OF q merchant in tue same @
ne Of business. How seldom It is you Gelr bl
physician speaking well Of a physician on r.
le same block. "a
Oh, my friends, the world is largo enough
Z ali OF us Let.us rejoice ut tho success d
others. The next best thing to owning 10
garden ourselves is to look over the fence n.
ID admire the flowers. f.
The next best thing to riding in fine n,
uipage Is to stand on the streets and ad. n.
ire the Orancinp Suar rbo veyt heat sr