Evening journal., 1916-01-22

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himself years OF remorse and shame il
ne had gone home.
But he took his journey 10 fai
country and there wasted his sub
stance in riotous living. That is the
saddcst thing about sin You SOW
one sin and YOU reap a whole harvest
of sin. The tendency isnot to stop until
YOU gG 10 the limit The devil gives
you the cream first and gradually YOU
get down to the skinned milk ana
Il gets skinner and skinner the.
rarther YOU 30 down AT last you
each the dregs. He had his fortune
his hand. therefore. he wasted II
II he had had his fortune in his heart
he could not have wasted il. when
he had spent all. there arose mighty
famine in that land: and Ire hegan toI
BE- I'm want" There is true old
,dage that says. "Willful waste makes
Nooful want" The bltterest kind OF
povelty lis soul poverty. There are
many to-day who are rich in purse
out are poor in spirit they are spirit
ially poor
Now in his distress he went and
hired himself to a citizen in that Tar
country. and he sent him into the
field TO feed swine The devil always
5as plenty OF swine to feed. and plen-
~ of poor fools to feed them. When
asked a man one evening II ne
would not accept Christ, he said, Il
lm not going to make fool OF my
self" said. "My friend, God does
not want YOU TO make a fool OF your
eslf. he wants you 10 ston making
fool OF Yourself All these years You
nave been serving the devil for moth
ing and boarding yourself while do
ing il. Have you not worked Tor
Satan mighty cheap, You give the
ievii your time. he wastes ~ you
-lvev him your money. nc squanders
Il: YOU give him your reputation
and he furnishes Il; you give him
your soul and he damns it, Where
are all his gay associates now Wheh
he begins 10 be i'm want they all left
him. As long has he had plenty
OF money they clapped him on the
back and called him Good Fellow,
but whom his money was gone his
companions were gone. The very ones
that YOU fear will ridicule you II
gou come out in to the Christian life
will be the quickest to turn their
backs on you and desert you when
YOU are in need Of help. Where is the
music now? The only music he hears
IS the grunt. grunt OF the hogs.
Ny friends. are you here tonight
who. I'M the days gone by, we're a
Christian and experienced the Joys Of
salvation? You were at one time IN
The Fathers home and had the assur-
ance you we're saved. You turned
your back on God and have drifted in
a far country. The pleasures OF sin
did not last. Soon they were all gone
and YOU had nothing left but bitter
ness and regret You have been
among the swine of sin. You have
heen feeding upon the husls, ] would
that YOU might realize your pitiable
condition tonight You are away
from God lost. lost.
II was not only the consciousness
of his miserable state, but also the
realization Of his fathers love that
awakened his senses. "ln my fathers
house is bread enough and to spare
and here am perishing with hun'
GER" You never made creator mis-
take than when you thought that you
would find pleasure and satisfaction
in The far country Of sin. The Joy
and the feasting are in the Fathers
house. There is enough TO supply all
your needs and to spare
NV children we're playing upon the
orean beach. digging in the sand.
when the tide was out. Margaret said
10 Arthur Brother, do you think
there will be enough water to ill that
big hole that I have dug2' Then the
tide came stealing in. II hhcd the
hole and passed on, not noticing II
was there Are YOU wondering
whether God is able TO save you and
keep yuug Jesus says. that In the
Fathers house there is bread enough
that there is an abundance: there Is
bread enough and TO spare, My God
shall supply your every need accord
ing TO his riches and glory and glory
hv Christ Jesus II was these tive
facts. his desperate condition and the
fathers love that brought that son e
himself Jesus here implies that h'
had been really out OF his mind. h'
says. Il viii arise and 60 to my iath
cr." That Is conversion.
When he was yet a great way OF
his father saw him. Love can see
long way. imagine that az the fam
ily worship that morning the father
when he arose from his knees. ha'
said. "M0ther. I believe our boy Il