The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-18

nimseli 10 MAKE SOAnelnlnB Oh HIMSELF
who, of his own preference. does good
instead of evil. makes a much better
man than person who lets some
body decide for him That Is where
the great advantage lies in being a
free. moral agent. have no DOUBT
that when that father let his son go
out into the world, he told him all
about the evil that was in the world.
He warned him. He told him of
surety what would happen. il he gave
himself up to unrighteous ways of
living. Maybe he accompanied him
for a little way on the journey.
went a piece so to speak. and
finally. when they parted. he gave
his boy his blessing, and then stood
and watched him till he had gone out
of his sight All. that must have
been a sorry day for the old father
as he walked slowly back 10 the old
home. his younger son gone out of
his sight-out of his life. Have you
ever learned what IL Is 10 have some
one go out of your sight-out OF your
life-some one whom yon dearly
loved some one that had become
very part of your life II So. then
YOU Will know how this father fell
that day And then you will know
how God. the Almighty Father. felt
when man sinned and fell. and went
ont Of his life. whe yon and
wandered away. and went ont of Ills
life.
The younger son gathered all to-
gether. and took his journey into a
-
there he began 10 show the far
country what a wonderful fellow he
was; what a superior fellow. aud the
far country at once took him in. 1t
began To use him for an easy mark.
can see the saloon keepers and the
gamblers and the harlots all swarm
ing around him. all Shaping him ON
the back and calling him fine fell
Iowa clever fellow. and I can see
him in the midst of the yultures.
can see him throwing his money
right and left. and shouting. Every
body come MP aud have drink
That's what happens To Us whenever
We journey into the far country.
where the vultures are gathered to-
gether. and where We endeayor 10
play the prodilhl acr; that's the way
the yultures bunco US, and am very
sure that's the way the yultures
hnncoed the prodiga son back there
in those early days. And he kept this
npnntil he had wasted his substance
in riotions living" until he had
snent all and awoke one morning.
broke lust as some fellows now
DAYS wake up broke some morning,
Ia IA al a Ia IN.
boree. Money gone. Nriends gone.
Companions gone-the saloon Keeper,
the gambler. the harlOt-all gone.
Maybe his clothes are gone. lie hasn
got any hat left, or coat left, or shoes
left. He has TO get out search
warrant To find enough to cover MS
nal,edness. We are told that when
the prodigal son had spent all, there
arose mighty famine in that land.
and IL this isn't a famine ! don't
know what Is.
And he began to he in want.
OF course he did. Did ever man
go ON a spree and not wind up with
being in want Snort on eiolhes'
short ON something to eat; short on
something to drink. Haven't you
had some blear-eyed. bloated. shaking
victim of a debauoh come up 10 you
and pitifully beg for quarter or
dimee II YOU had seen him few
DAYS before You would have thought
he WIS L. II. Hartman or John ID.
Rockefeller. The world was his, ana
he knew more than any body else IN
| H. Now. he is the most humble, sup
| plant creature that ever erawied.
Did you ever notice. by the way, how
proud. how big headed some people
are Just before going on spree. and
how humble they are afterward2
II is before taking and after study
that Is certainly worth observing.
They know 1t all before. and abso-
lutely nothing Immediately after
wards. You cannot tell them any
/ thing before: they are meekness and
/ humility and penitenoe. and good in
tentions and know not what in the
DAYS that mark the SOLDERING up
period The prodigal son, after he
had spent all and began to be in
want. became very humble; but he
had lust little pride left-he was
ashamed To go back home, al first;
SO he went and joined himself to a
1 I'll zen Ill iud' NphAhA N'tAN - -
zen sent him out into the field to feed
swine My! that was a come down,
wasn't it, But that's the way the
most of these gay boys finish up who
know II all. and who go out into the
world 10 have a good time. and to
demonstrate their superior qualities
over others Lots OF fellows think
they can go through the world aud
F. live on, their wits They laugh at
the man who tolls at some arduons,
honest means of livelihood They
say. Not for me. And they get un
some sort of fake. some Kind of
scheme that will not call for hard
work, and that will bring them in a
LOT of money; and they wear good
clothes. and apparently do thrive and
! seem to be much cleverer than other