The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-05-11

for sinners fixed up by hairdresser,
pomatumed and lavendered and CO.
logned and frizzled and crimped and
banged" sinners-plenty of room!
Such we meet elegantly at the door OF
our churches and we invite them into
the best seats with Chester6eldian gal
lantries; We usher them into the house
Of God and put soft ottomans under
their feet and put a gilt edged prayer
book in their hands and pass the con-
tribution box Before them with an air
CT apology. while they, the generous
souls, take out the exquisite porte
monnaie and open it,and with diamond
finger push down beyond the $40 gold
pieces and delicately pick out as an
expression of gratitude their Offering
to the Lord-of one cent! For such
sinners plenty Of room plenty of room.
But for the man who has been drink
ing until his coat is threadbare, and
his face is eryspelased, and his wife's
wedding dress Is in the pawnbroker's
shop, and his children, instead of be-
ing in school. are out begging broken
bread at the basement doors of the
city-the man. body, mind and soul on
fire with the flames that have leaped
from the scathng, scorching, blasting,
blistering consuming cup which the
drunkard takes, trembling and agon-
lied and affrighted, and presses to his
parched lips, and his cracked tongue
and his shrieking yet immoral spirit
no room
Oh, if this younger son of the par
able had not gone so far off, If he had
not dropped so low in wassail. the pro-
test would not have been so severe!
But, going clear over the precipice, as
the younger son did, the elder sos is
angry and will not go in.
Sympathy for the Fallen
Be not so hard in your criticism OF
the fallen lest thou myself also be
tempted. Do you know who that man
was who Sabbath before last stagger-
ed up and down the aisle in church,
disturbing the service until the service
had to stop until he was taken from
the room? He was a minister OF the
gospel Of Jesus Christ in sister de-
nomination, That man had preached
the gospel, that man had broken the
bread OF the holy communion for the
people. From what height to what
a depth! Oh, was glad there was no
smiling in the room when that man
was taken out, his poor wife following
him, with his hat in her hand and his
coat on her arm! 1t was as solemn to
me as two funerals-the funeral of the
body and the funeral of the soul. Be-
ware lest thou also be tempted!
An invalid went to South America
for his health and one day sat summing
himself on the beach when he saw
something crawling up the beach,
wriggling toward him, and he was af-
frighted. He thought it was wild
beast or a reptile, and he took his pis-
tol from his pocket Then he saw it
was not a wild beast. 1t was a man,
an immortal man, a man made in
Gods own image, and the poor wretch
crawled up TO the feet of the invalid
and asked for strong drink, and the
invalid took his wine flask from his
pocket and gave the poor wretch
something to drink, and then under
the stimulus he rose up and gave his
history. He had been a merchant in
Glasgow, Scotland. He had gone down
under the power of strong drink I'M
til he was so reduced in poverty that
he was living in boat just off the
beach. why" said the invalid, Il
knew a merchant in Glasgow once,
a merchant of such and such name"
And the poor wretch Strengthened
himself and said, Il am that man."
Let him that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall" ~
Again, l 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 to the returned brother was
wrong to him. He said, Il have staid
at home, and l ought to have had the
Ting, anu OuSHI u nave udu Tic JAIL
quet, and | ought to have had the
garlands." Alas for this spirit of en-
Wy and jealousy coming down through
the ages! Cain and Abel, Esau and
Jacob. Saul and David, Hannah and
Mordecai, Othello and Iago, Orlando
and Angelica, Caligula and Torqua-
tus, Caesar and Pompey Columbus and
the Spanish courtiers, Cambyses and
the brother he slew because he was
a better marksman. 'Dionysius and
Philoxenius. whom he slew because he
was a better singer. Jealousy among
painters. Closterman and Godfrey
Kneller, Hudson and Reynolds, Fran
cha, anxious to see a picture of Ra-
phael, Raphael sends him a picture.
Francia, seeing it, falls in a fit OF
jealousy, from which he dies. Jeal-
ousy among authors! How seldom
contemporaries speak of each otheri
Xenophen and Plato living at the same
time, but from their writings you
never would suppose they heard OF
each other Religious jealousies. The