The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-18
STORY OF the pRODlGAL


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found ia the fgft~snth chapter II
Lake lie said Ia part. a. ielloss
We have sa this chapter. ihFwe
PARALLELS she parahGc II he les~t
ahesp. the parable Of The igsa esssss
and the parable of the loaf boy
The tires and socoaa psrahl.s
she's us she seckiae love of God and
ths last parable gives var the risr aud
growth of repentance In the human
heart
Last evening ~e talked about
the seeking love ~ God. this evening
we take tho other side of the anes-
ton and talk about thc rise and
growth OF repentance Ia ghe human
heart This IN brought about in
special way In the parable Of the Loaf
boy II takes. we notice. oniy one
verse ~ tell us about bis going into
The far country bat II takes many
verses TO tell us about his going back
home. The first thing ! want us 10
said unto his father. Father. give
me the potion Of goods that falleth
TO me. and not many days after the
younger son gathered all together.
and took his journey into far
country There comes a time In the
| life of every one of us when we go
into that far country OF sin, OF mis-
appropriation. We might stop and
ask ourselves why we do this Why
| did this boy do this? The answer Is
| in this: He wanted TO throw off the
restraints of law and discipline Of
his fathers home. There Is this
| temptation to all OF us--ue want to
| be free. Those meteors in the heavens
| that burn out are those stars that
| throw off the restraint of law. We
have that high perogative of being
! free II we want to be free, If We are
content TO abide by the consequences
| Of that freedom.
| Another thing that led the young
| man into the far country was the
fascination of sin. There is no doubt
| but that sin in it's beginning is fas-
cinating but there is no doubt but
| that it is hideous in the end. The far
! country looked so beautiful to this
! young man just like beautiful
flower in the morning, but we don't
see the canker worm in it that is to
sap it's life. There in that far coun-
! try this young man can enjoy all
!; the pleasures of sin. Now let us stop
| and see what this far country means
unto this young man and what II
means unto us What does it mean
in the end? First it means separation
from God the man who wants to in
duIge his lusts can't expect TO TAXI
God with him, right here you hav'
to part company with God. God viii
not go with you 1t means more thai
this. 1t means famine and want. N
sooner had the young man reached
the far country, than he lost all hi
had-even his good name, he haG
inherited from his father. Many q
young man is not content to waste
his fathers property alone but must
drag down that, fathers good name.
mo one administered to the young
man in his wants. Many went with
him when he had a little money, but
now they have left him. Famine and
want is what the far country means.
| We little understand 1t at first but
the time will soon come when we Will
understand il. We thought these
things would satisfy but they do not.
The far country means more than
separation from God and famine and
want: it also means a base servitude.
The Young man went and hired him
self to a man, who kept swine, to
feed swine and he would faln nave
eaten of the husks that the swine
did eat. We little realize the power
and degradation of sin. Little did
this young man think he would come
to this We are minded OF the story
of that strong man in the Old Tesla
ment, whom God gave a great mis-
sion He went OFT into the far coun-
try. God sent the Phillistines upon
him and they sent him down 10 GAIA
and Sampson did grind in base servl-
tude in the prison house OF GAIA
This is an awful picture and yet It
is true picture of what sin viii dc
for man. \ Young man may say
i
No. But the time will come, II you
continue in your sins when sin vii
become your master and YOU vii
grind iu the prison house like Samp
son. No man can hold himself ul
aud say. other men may do his hu'
will not when sin has once taStcn
ed lbs iron folters upon US We can
shake h. off
Let us notice another iuiuE lh'
awakening. one ul the =addcsi thius'
is. this youus man iidut rcalihc the
lawful daus,r Hi sin. som" yvat'
laEu There were SOME youus men in
q boat soine down thv FiS"r '0N7ft.
Niagara Fails Thry hvsau ta ap
lproach thv dan~eg unr The ONES
upon tha shore saw the danger sud
called so .hr fuuus meu fho rapids
Iane below Fou rhr said. We