The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-11
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:. 81 will arise and go to my 1
+ father. Luke 1918. f. c.
+ AS these words are being writ I
I ten the spell of the Thanksgiving {
, time is upon US. And Thanks I
+ giving is a great homecoming I
+ time. Everybody who can will I
, + gather about "The Old Folks at I
+ Home" Faces will light I'D 4
with the joys of loving. Hearts 1.
will grow sadly and sweetly =
+ tender as they sense the vacant +
= chair of some loved one. There I.
twill be bitter-sweet in the old +
+ home, it may be. But the +
svoices of them that sing shall +
= prevail above the voices of them 4
+ that weep; and the day will be 4
= one Of sweet memories and bless-+
+ ed associations. All, it is good +
+ to go to the Fathers house! +
= That is what the poor lad in the I.
= Masters parable at last realized.+
" And, then, he resolved: 81 will +
*arise and go to my father" +
= 1t may chance that the eye of +
: some other wandering boy" is +
: reading these lines. May they +
. waken in you, my friend, the i'm i.
+ pulse to turn again home! May 1.
= be you are not "prodigal." You +
. are not spending your substance i
= in riotous living. No! But may +
= be you are out of touch with =
= the old home. It's so easy, in the j.
1" ENDORSEMENTS of life, to get So +
= The dear old folks never hear Z.
= your football save as they hear, =
i in memory, the patter of child !.
= ish feet. They hear not your 1.
:: voice. They see not your face. j.
= They feel no touch of your hand. j.
i And, in the quiet of the evening of +
= life they go slipping away alone! 1.
= Say! dear fellow! Will you not T.
: gladden. their hearts by going to +
:: them, or if no more is possible, T.
= by writing to them? Do it now +
I: But there are more prodigal =
! sons who have gone away from !!
: their Heavenly Fathers house. j.
! They used to be in His house. 1.
+ They kept holy day. They wor- 1. :
+ SHIPPED. They worked. They 1. :
; loved God. They took sweet + :
: counsel with His people, their = =
. VI GULL GIL. ANU all OF lIOQ s n 6
! paths dropped fairness for then. i. !
! But that is all changed now. + +
: They have wasted ALL Theirs "
souls are hungry and their spirits4 h
Sin is having its + !,
own way with them. Would + =
that they might come to them /. y
selves! Would that the home 1. "
going spirit of this sweet time + y
might wake the spiritual and real + :,
purpose to get back to God, their 1! " "
Father! Do they feel far from = =,
Cod Do they feel impure and + h
sinful? Well, that's the way + =,
this boy of the parable felt. And j. 10 10
he Vent to his father. There j. %
is the place for the poor sinners 1. i O
to go. For "like father pitt f. ~ ~
eth his children, so the Lord pit + 4
ieth them that fear Him; for {. W y,
He knoweth our frame. He red. hl
membereth that we are dust" + -, ~
And eff we confess our sins, He + h,
is faithful and just to forgive us + A. A.
our sins and to cleanse US from 1.
all unrighteousness." 4 W
There's no place where earth's + ~
sorrows + NJ
Are more felt than up in + III H.
heaven; + w w
There's no place where earth's + No NJ,
failings + az tIO
Have such kindly Judgment + an an
given" + on