The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-11
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
 LESSON
Thara Quarter. Lesson VII Luke N, 11-Sz. August IF, ioVo. The Parable of the I've sons.

A son in a noble and wealthy fami- fv. nhaflnx under parental restraint, or having exhausted local means oh u's rination and signing for fresh neids of voluptuous conquest inconsioera.s- lv requests an ante-mortem dlvislon Of the estate. The Indulsehe -. makes 1t. Perhaps he has no recourse, rs~.ytaI authority is at an end the snr,sn heart is callous to the appeal oi love: sin has indurated him. IMhs M ~usIeless youth, the fathers pride ana fov. has grown the grun, deIiaho " rsI +o whom the amenities of home are lnsufferable. .1, 4ha ir-
 Tr fhe shortest time possible the ih- yatuated youth tucked the spar .,.aas, ny ren,s and golden bars. his pasris p..,,ais "A ,ortable form. easily conver reiy.o IT.. .,,n If any country. in the pocK.. - .s rnoney-belt. and, strapplns
 shr,st hfs person. he went ,sn,s ~srhsns without even cerehioiiio17 farewell. a He tossed
 He wasted his substance nc.s,,aS as ,t n inc air Gas per derivallse.'t hs ,fh. farmer does his wheat WI lived ss,,arate it from the cnan a .as absolutely. He was ,li. ,nsatuation ssat.s The coincidence of the .sa .-a,srsa fliterai1y) patrimony anu ,,rsveraal and extreme famine as .setsa touch to the sorry plight ol t~A ss.eoIute spendthrift. he W-s ssss,na ras uer derivative) in tne tss. laeS ysa never. in spite of ms ma, ss efrort and extravagance. go at hts reached the glittering soas reve,inr . n,s tnst kept him company Wnile kss nneans held out. swept past ~ h,s ss,a,ilesaly and dis6ainfully when n's - rlethoric purse was at last emp. v He awoke as from a dream pennffess! s aaanai- he
 with the pertinacfty of despsl. ~f,sed fiitsrally) himselr 10 ,s., landowner. whom n ms .s,o daes Nn vrouId have dubbed a GentiIs uVs-
 u-,tt whom he would have hao ho srt.rccursa. much less receive q v~,- from him. In his despair ne ~faavas 10 the foreigner so tenaeiouslx sLms ba cannot be shaken on. su- neriatively disgusting and degrdusnhs .h fask is given hirn.~-enensive tv ss senses. repugnant to all tne iosss .Is ceremonial cleanliness ihs'iA1
 mfnd from boyhood- ..n~
 so sharp were the pangs Of munger mat he kept coveting the swine M ,neas snad---the locust pods he threw doWh NseSsra them. what humiliation, sor- rcv despair are compressed In Ine half doaen words-'And no man gave unto him . .,, Ia hroken. Seif-conseiousness self-con- trol are regained. Memory paints the ancestral home. Tho flown plessins hrsrhtens. What abundance, comfort, eare. there extends to the most an- iect meniai! The veriest scuiiion has such a superabundance that he can pose as a benefactor before the tramp.
 T will" What a battle-royal has preceded and made possible those tal- iauanfc words! Fear. shame, pride have been met and conquered nave ssynes,. is the correiate of T will arise" Confession absolute and frank. without apology or plea m abatement. shall be made. The penalty and con- seauences of apostasy. disinheritance. seryitude Instead of sonshlp. shall be assumed without syllable of com plaInt.
 n is done But how different the aeauel from that which the prodigal anticipated! He is met long before ie can reach the door where he ex-