The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-07-13
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able Of the "Proaisal Son " Luke.
fifteenth chapter. beginning at the
eleventh verse, and said In part
Your attention Is invited to the
parable commonly known an the
parable OF the prodieal son but what
II choose To call the parable of the
lost boy. We have In this fifteenth
chapter OF Luke three parallels; The
lost sheep. the lost coin and third Is
the parable of the lost boy, The sheep
and the money might have been lost
Through careiessness. but certainly
the boy was lost as the result OF his
own willfulness. He desired TO take
no doubt. against the will of his ia
ther: and we see the results that fol-
lowed his life,
Again. | would say concerning
this parable that | consider 1t as
historical, | have always treated
this parable as such. | believe that
there was such young man; that
he did just what has been recorded
here concerning him, and that Jesus
Christ uses 1t to illustrate a great
fact of the gospel, and therefore, 1t
is my purpose tonight just simply
follow the young man; to see what
he was called upon to face and en-
I, h. Of zi tn W. on
he turned from those sins, and then
see the attitude of the father toward
him.
In the first place, as we study
the parable We come to the conclus-
ion that this was good home,
Everything leads us to believe that
it was a home, not In city or town,
but rather a home out In the coun-
try And l would say, by way OF
lpassing, that the best place young
man was ever permitted to live anc
grow to young manhood was in the
country, and | regret that in thi.
dav parents are leaving the farms
to go into the towns and cities, and
the result is that young men VINO
might have grown up to be strong
and noble young men, blessing TO
society and to the church are being
lost. The best place young man
was ever permitted to live was IN
the country and on the farm, but
there is a tendency on the part of
young men themselves to leave the
old home in the country to seek
position in the city.
"Not only was this country
home. but it was evidently a home
of some wealth. and of culture as
Iwell as a religious home. \ young
man cannot appreciate what these
things mean until he leaves the
home and gets beyond their infIu-
ience and blessing.
Then, again. we notice that TINS
Young man wanted 10 get away from
this home. He was I'm the best home
- any young man ever lived in, yet he
' concluded 90 go out into the world
. he wanted to be- free and iudepend-
lcnt. hence he says to his father give
me my part of the inheritance aud
let ms brother have mis- part and let
lus DO as we please with &c. We find
THAT the father divided DIS fortune
gave the young man hI- part.
, land We find him gathsuus alI to-
- .grther and lu sbor. time leaving
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