The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-15

didn't find people in that far city COM
ing across the street to shake hands
with him, and to slip dollars into his
pockets; oh, no! 1t was hard for the
ach got empty, and that made it the
harder. God love him, And he was
not a bad boy, either.
Boys are like horses, don't you
know-everything depends upon the
driver. OH fathers; be kind and gen.
tie and loving and tender with your
boys, and don't be angry and gruff and
unsympathetic! That boy wouldn't
beg; no, sir! He would starve first.
Listen! He went and joined himself
to citizen of that country and was
put to herd swine Oh, You see what
| hard luck he had! He had to get out
and get job, and such a job as that;
he had to feed swine. Can't you see
how it hurt him? At home he could be
wear fine clothes, and he could have
| the best in the house, especially as
| he was the youngest son and got ev
erything he wanted.
Think of him feeding swine. He
thought of his home, and how his faith
er's servants had better things to eat
| than he did, and he was so hungry
sometimes that he could eat the husks
| that he had to feed to his herd. Oh,
the bitterness Of fallen pride! Then
he came to himself-think what that
means-when we come to ourselves
it means when we let fall the shackles
of pride; when we have been down in
the dust of humiliation and have tast-
ed the bitterness of tit is then that
our spirit is humbled and We come to
ourselves. Well, he thought of the fine
breakfast at home; how they would
have nice, juicy tenderloin steak, and
saratoga chips, and nice hot cakes
n nd ~
with lump, and he was very misera-
BILE. indeed. Then he said to himself:
| 1 will go home and I will go to father
and say (you see, he had fixed up a
little speech to say to his father the
poor childD Father, I have sinned
against heaven and against thee, and
am no more worthy to be called thy
son, and that is what he did say
but 1t says that his father saw him a
long way off, and that he came down
to meet him and fell on his neck and
wept. Oh! don't you see how the poor
father felt? He fell on his neck and
welcomed him, and bade the servants
bring out the best robe for him, and
he fed him and clothed him-and put
shoes on his poor, big feet that had got
all torn with stubbing against stones,
and his father ordered them to bring
forth the fatted calf for feast, and
then, oh! what rejoicing there was.
~" Sidu tne poor little mother was
they don't say much about her, but
we all know>how she felt, poor, sweet
hearted soul, and how she had grieved
for her son. Oh! then, how they re-
Jolced and began to be merry again.
Oh! Father in Heaven we thank Thee
for the great kindness and tenderness
and love that is put into the hearts OF
fathers.
My friends, I am glad to see SC
many of you out tonight in spite OF
the rain and inclement weather
don't see what the rain means. I,
didn't begin to rain until I came tc
town, and then it has poured ever
since. I think it is a divine endorse
ment of our temperance work, don't
you? God is sending us pure water
!, lots of it: water, water, pure water
mats what we need more of. Here
? brethren, what are you going for.