The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-02
SERMON OF DRLY0NS
PREACHER SPOKE
 ON THE PARABLEs.
Three Great Services Held at First Presbyterfan Church by DastIn- Euished Divine ef LoulsvfIle.
 ChIIdren's Service Today.

Three sermons characterized by clear ness. conciseness and great power. were delivered yesterday by Dr. ! g. Lyons at the First Presbyterian Church
 At each service the church was we'll filled and last night. not only was every seat taken. but the gallery was partly filled.
 To a congregation of more than 500 men. Dr. Lyons spoke yesterday after noon. in one of he ablest sermons he has yet delivered.
 Last night he took as his text Luke xv. using the three parables of the chapter as his subject
 He presented the lesson in three pie- tvxes: First, he drew graphically and vividly that Of the lost sheep-"what man of you, having q hundred sheep. if he lose one of them. doth not leave the ninety and nine In the wilderness. and go after that which is lost. until he found 1t? and when he hath found it he iayeth it on his shoulder rejoicing" Of this picture. he said the central figure was the Good Shepherd symbolic of the Lord. and the lesson taught was of the foolishness of sin--as evidenced by the nature of sheep in following a leader, without thought of bearing or of consequences: saying also that peo- pie, like sheep, have the fatal fallacy for following blindiy without thought of direction
 The second picture was that of the l parable of the lost money. What wo- man having ten pieces of silver. If she lose one piece doth not light a candle and sweep the home and seek diligent- ly til she find it?' The special signisi- canoe attached to this picture was the sentiment connected with the piece of silver. it being not an ordinary place of money. but one of the ten pieces form ing a necklace given in those days as betrothal token. The losing of the piece of silver was serious to the wo- man and she searched diligently till she found 1t and then called in her neighborsI to rejoice with her saying: T have found that which was lost" The piece of silver in this parable rep resented the sinner and the inanimation of the silver coresponded with the indifference of the sinner to his fate the lesson especially taught being the indifference or deafness of sin. The third picture and possibly the most appealing of the trio was that of the prodigal son. Dr. Lyons depict ed the boy who left his home and went into far country where he spent his substance and was reduced to utter
 want. and at last when in desperation he came to himself he said: How many hired servants of my fathers have
 bread enough and to spare. and per-
 ish with hungeri
 T will arise and go to my father and
 will say to him: Father I have siEned against heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son. The great lesson to be learned from this picture was that of the wiifulness of sin and of the sinner.
 Dr. Lyons said that in looking at these pictures he would have his con- gregation remember that in each one was a lesson applicable to every one and to every ones life-that athrough them ran parallel lines. also there were converging lines running through--as
 in the first picture-it was one lost sheep out of one hundred In the sec second picture, there was one lost piece of silver out of ten pieces and in the last there was one lost of the two brothers. Dr. Lyons will preach at II o'clock this morning.
 At { o'clock this afternoon he will preach to the children of <the congre- gation especially but a cordial invita- ton is extended the older people.
 He will preach at S o'clock tonight and at II a. m. and s p. ID. both tomor- row and Wednesday