The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-18
REV. SAM c. GILMAN PROVIDES
SOME GOOD SUNDAY READING
REPENTANCE Is GOOD BUT NECESSITY FOX II SHOULD BE AVOID
ED-sT0RY PRoDIGAL AND APTNEss
LIFE PRESENT DAY-MUCH
DAY RUBBING WITH

given below. lt contains very
clearly put interesting argument.
At the Presbyterian church, on
Sunday. the Rev. Sam. G. Gilman said
in part:
The parable of the prodiga son
has ever been a popular theme with
the preachers. The prodigal son has
ever been held up as terrible ex-
ample. In the story of this dissolute
youth there is much to serve as a
warning 10 all those who grow tired
OF the old home. and who fainA would
leave il for something better. Tn
der ordinary circumstances, there
was nothing wrong in the younger
son leaving home. Rather 1t was
somewhat 10 his credit 1t is mex
orable and part of the pathos of life
that there comes a time when we
must sever the home ties; time
when We must leave the spot where
our lives were nurtured But that
which seems pathetic at first turns
out 10 he eminently fitting, and very
necessary. II would never do 10
stay around and be a burden OH the
old folks forever. After a while the
Old folks will have grown older. and
will hardly be able 60 take care Of
themselves. let alone provide for Us
any longer. So IL becomes necessary
that We SHALL so out and build new
homes for ourselves, not only that
We may i able to fill our place prop
erly in life. but that We may be able
best of all. To take care of the old
folks. when the declining years
have come The trouble with the
Young son was that he went away in
the wrong spirit The old man had
got 10 be back number and didn't
know anything any more. There
was too much restraint about the old
place Nothing doing lie wanted
10 gel away where there was life. and
where he could bo his own master.
The trouble with the younger son
was. he was living in the supposedly
wise period Between twenty and
thirty Is the supposedly wise period
\ person knows more then than al
any other time during the rest of life.
We imagine that we are very wise
between twenty aud thirty From
then on we begin to find as the Dutch
man says. that we don't know any
Thing AT all That is to say people
can tell us a few things We begin To
grew wise in the true sense OF the
term. As a rule. people grow wise
as they grow older. but there are ex-
ceptions 10 every rule Some people
imagine that life lies in keeping
Young. that beauty lies In being
Young. Big mistake. The most
beautiful person is not the young
persons. but the old person, the per
son who grows old beautifully
gracefully. 1t is natural To grow old.
and one of the most mournful sights
is that of an old person trying 10 he
yonng-trying To be frivolous at fifty
five and sixty. | was on the train.
the other day, and an ancient looking
female entered the car. She looked
as though she had passed through
| don't know how many winters. and
the winters are long and severe In
Nevada She had rugged herself up
like gay young creature, and was
heading for the Saturday night dance
AZ the skating rink. Some one else
came into the car. and said Hello,
Going TO the dance?" Yes" she re-
piled. and nodding over where | sat.
she continued. That's the fellow that
gives rs the dickens. He's too good
for this world but he don't look
good 10 me. Say | believe lie 5
mean. | think he came out here. To
get away from his meanness. Never
until then did realize the full mean
ing of Robert Burns lines when he
said. oh would the power some
giftie gle us. TO see ourselves as
others see us. Poor creature. One
could only have feeling OF pity, oil
sorrow for such a person. What Is
The use of denouncing the preacher
He Is but the servant OF the God oil
righteousness. and when the church
puts the ban on this and that sort OF
thing, when II declares for instance,
that dancing and card playing
should not be INDUCED in, he has no
choice but to base his attitude To-
ward such things accordingly. To say
nothing of doing so as matter ol
principle. He must do this II he Is
going 10 be true to the VOWS which
he took when he became minister
The young son knew it all, and the
old home was too pent up Tor such
superior being; he needed the whole
wide world in which to spread him
self. So he asked his father to give
him his portion of the goods that fell
to him. and the father granted his re-
quest, and the younger son took his
Journey into the far on country
Some think that the father didn't dc
Just the right thing; that he was toe
easy, too indulgent; that he ought
not to have let the young son have
his way; and they have pointed onl
helpful lessons showing how many
Young people have gone to their ruin
because their parents let them have
their own way But the younger son
asked for that which custom gave
him the right, and the father, after
all. followed the wiser course; his
course was not very much different
from that OF God the Almight,