The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-11

Ihat l. the reason wAN more nroilgal- IN
not come home 20 their fathers house. IL
Il the raak tnadesity Ia the caurca o, doi
on this subject.
There - not house on thu streets 81,
heavea that has no. ia Il a prNilgal that
returned aad staid home. There could ba
unrollei before you a scroll OF 10000
names-the nanes ot pr0iiSAls who cane
back forever reformed. Who was John
Bunyanf A returned prodisal. Wac wss
Richard Baxter returned psotigal
Who WAS George whlteaeld. the hunderes'
returned proiical
Aud could 20 out In all the aisles OF
,als church to-day AMI dui on either side
those who. once FAR astray for mauv years,
have been faithful. and their eternal saliva
tion is "a sure as though they had heea ten
years Ia heaven. Aud yet sone o. yoa
have no; enough faith In their return
You 10 not know how 10 shake hands
with proilgsl; you DO not kuow how 70
pray FOR him: you 40 not know how u
greet hlm. Il wants % sail into tue wlrn
gulf stream % CArlstian synpathy. lou
ars the Iceberg against whicA he strike,
aud shivers. Iou say he has hsen prod
igsL know it, but you are thu sour. un'
responsive. censOrious, saturnlne, crtakY
elder brother, aud ~ you are golns 10
heaven oae woula thlnk some. people
would be tempted 20 60 10 pssiition TO GET
away from you.
Plenty OF room for eleyan; SINNERS. Tor
sinners In velvet or satin aud lace. Tor SIN
ners high salariei. for XIII gioyei N 4 nat
ent leathered sinners. Tor SINNERS nXHl up
by hair Ire ,ser, pomntdmed anl lavsnderet
and colognei and triEzlei aud crlmpe ani
banged" sinuers-plenty OF room,
Such we meet elegantly at the io,r OF
our churches, and we invite them into the
best seats with Che,terheltlan callantrles;
weusher them into ths hOgse ot God aud
put soft ottomans under their feet and put
"a gid edged prayer book Ia theic hanis
an pass the contribution box before them
with al air OF apology. while they, tho
generous souls. take out the eQuislta porte.
monnale and open IL and with dtamondsi
finger push down beyond the slo gold.
pieces aud delicatey pick ont a. An ex.
preston OF gratitude their Offering 20 tho
Lord-ot one ceutl For such sinners plenty
OF room, plenty OF rooml
Be- not 40 hard In your criticism ~ the
fallen lest thou thyselt also be tempted.
Do you know who that nan was who, sab
bath before last, staggered up aud down
the aisle in a church, disturbing the serv
ice until the service bad to stop until he
was taken from the room2 lie was "A min
ister OF the gospel ot Jesus Christ IN "A sis.
ter denominatiOni That man had preached
the gospel; that man had broken the broad
OF the Holy Communion for the people
From what "A helghth to what depth
Oh, was glad there was no smiling In
tho room when that man was taken out,
his poor wife following him with his hat
In her hand aud his coat on her arm. II
was "a solemn 20 mo a. two funerals the
funeral OF the body and the funeral OF tue
soul. Beware lest thou also be tempted!
An invalid went TO South America Tor his
health aud one day sat summing himself on
the beach when he saw something crawl.
III.
and he was aifrightei. He thought Il was
a wild beast or reptile, and he took his
pistol from hls pocket. Then he saw 4.
was not "a wild beast. IL was n man, au
immortal man, "a man made In Gods own
image and the poor wretch crawled up O.
the feet OF the invalid aud asked for strong
drink aud the invalid took his wine nask
| from his pocket and gave the poor wretch
something 70 drink, AMI then, under the
stimulus. he rose up and gave his history
He had been "a merchant In glasgow. III
! had gone down under the power OF strong
! drink until he was go reduced In poverty
that he was living ia n boat Just on TIA,
beach. why" said the invalid, 81 knew
merchant In Glasgow once, merchant
| OF such and such "A name" And the pooi
wretch straightensd himself and said. 81
am that mani" Let him that thinketh hC
| standeth take heed lest he fall"
AgaiuI remark that the senior brother OF
my text stands for the spirit OF envy and
! jealousy. The senior brother thought thai
ell the honor they did TO the returned
! brother was a wrong 60 htm. He said. 81
have staid at home, md | ought 10 have
| had the ring. and | ought 20 have had the
! banquet, and | ought 20 have had the gar
lands"
| Alas, for this spirit o. envy and jealous,
coming down through tho ages Caln and
| Abel. Esau and Jacob. Saul and David
| Haman aud Mordecai, Ortheilo aud Iago,
| Orlando and Angelica Calgula aud Tor.
! quatus. CBsar aud Pompey. Columbu. AMI
the spanish cOurtiers, Clmbyse, aod the
| brother he slew because he was "A better
| marksman, Dionysius aad Philoxenius
whom he slew because he wa. ~ better
singer. Jealousy among painters Clos
! termRn and Gsofrey Kneller. HudSDn anl
/ Reynolds Francii. anxious TO ses picture
/ 81 Raphael. Raphael ssnds him "a picture.
! Francia, seeing Il, falls 10 lit OF j3iloIsy
! from which he dies.
Jealousy among authors. How seldom
| contemporaries speak OF each O'ner. NsnO-
! phon aud Plato living at the same time
! but from their writings you never would
| suppose they heard OF each other.
Religious jealOusies. TIE Mohammelnna
| praying for rain during a drought. no rain
! coming. Then the Christians begin 70 praJ
| for rain, and the rain comes. Then th'
/ Mohammedans met together 20 account foi
/ this, and they resolved that OBJ was ~
well piensed with thelrprayers he kept the
/ drought on 30 ~ to keep them praying but
tina. the Christians began 70 pray aud the
| Lord was so disguste1 with their prayer.
! that He sent rain right away so He would
/ not hear any more Of their supplicntions.
/ Oh, this accur-ei spirit % envy aud ieal
ousy! Let us stamp II out from all oJl
/ hearts
| ,y,as,to, ma. an a,yfova ~ srtao,.,o.
/ the prince OF wrestlcrs. that hs could not
/ be consOlsd In any way, au | after Thsog
! enes died and "A statue was lifte % lim la
/ public place his enviDus antagonist went
/ out every night and 7rsstlei with tIo
statue until one night be threw IL. hni a
! fell on him and crushed him o death. y,
! jealousy IL not only absurd. but n 4
/ killing 10 tAs body and Il Il kiiling 10 th'
/ soul.
Oh. my friends. the world IL large enough
I for all OF us, Lat us rejoice al ths success.
/ of others. The next BEST thing 20 ownlng
| "a garden Ourselves Il % took over the fence
| and admire the lowers.
The next best thing % riding in hn,
| equipags Is % stand on the streets anl nd
mir- the pranciny span. Tho next best
| thing % having q banquet given 20 our
selves IL havlng a banquet given 10 OuI
| prOdigal brother that las come home q
| hls fathers house.
/ Al, the face % tbls poutlng elder son IL
/ put before ~ in order that we might
/ better see the radiant AID iOrglylng face
/ % the Father. CJntrssts ARE mighty. Tue
/ artist ia .kstcbing tbs dsii ~ Watefio.
/ years after the battle put = dove la ths
/ mouth % the cannon. Rtphasi Ia one Oi
/ his cartoons beside the face % wretch
/ put the face ~ a happy and lnnOcsnt chilli.
Aud 80 the sour face % this irasclbls
I and dlsgustsi ellsr brother Il brought
I out ia order tIat IN the contrast vs.
/ might better understand the ior2lying
I and radiant iaee % ODD. Tbat T. th.
/ meaning % it--tIat Col is ready 90 ta<e
/ back anybody thAt {. sorry, 90 take him
| clear back, 90 take him back forever and
| iureNar and lnrnHas q. ~. him ha.k WIN