THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA , THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1896, GOD'S LOVE. I is Freely Given Ask It. Tessons We Should Learn From the Story of the of Prodig to His Father's Home. to All Return the gal Son In his most mage chose of the pro words found ring on his | I will not of the fast You know left. You had. And that seas igality he his forgivene citem of the come ru matter before th eries out What o such a w low that house prodigal swine-tron the pods of blistered with the Even so do us when gold rings, and pearl erald ring the riche the vision @mpon a fo I know smong some means Sakes he sy That he has to exchange a fndependence for an ecclesiastic strait-jacket, When a man Becomes a Cl does not go down, Rel ligio n mul tiplies one by ten thousand. , the mmitiplyer is an infinity. Blotting out—it Dr. the ret his text the Tal urn recent sermon for h 3 subject SOrrows diamond wer lashed on 1 our father puts sion is abroad 18 ol religion be- man; that i of his that a roisteri he he starts upward. yt sent he L rd rod Heaven angels that ) fly and Christ ightest joy st adornment. laces of messenger throne t ring on his hand Imrgest liberty, highest are when , He puts upon him t fHisa lo ption. While in r cl there can Howard brought Iphia, yf the He repre sen wi mean ! ring of we ar 1 ir Adomted! vv. ers and sisters to all and Heaven Cnses are broth. good of earth the family the family I'he Father defends } at ood ave 1 Gress, us, us, in in onr royal our veins line. If children, then primces and princesses. It is only a question of time when get our coronet. Adopted! Then secrets. ‘The with then Him." Then we family inheritance, and in the day wh ur Father shall divide the Heaven, we shall take our share of the ms and palaces and temples He nceiorti let us boast no more of an earthly try. The insignia of eternal omar cont of arms. This ring tion puts upon us all honor privileg th of Charle anlcers Come crowns wcooret fore 34 Lord is Adopted! iear mans} ances. glory is of adop- all words and 5 3 NOW an take 10 Ww f hymy told that when any of of the great secret country are the mn SOCIOL his tant « ind ble. an re set upon by have only tog are in any enemies, they ive a certain signal and the m f that organization will | flock und for And when | any man belongs to this great Christian brotherhood, if Mal, in persecution, in temptation, he Bas only to show this ring of Christ's fon, nnd sll the armed cohorts of mn will come ta his rescue, further, when Christ takes a soul TROETS OF nr defense. he in a dis- | kind of trou | Hit gets in trougble, in | into His love He puts upon ita mar. ringe ring. Now, that is not a whim | of mine: (Hosea ii, 19.) “I will betroth Who | | troth thee unto thee unto Me forever; yea, I will be- Me in righteousness, judgment, and in loving kind- ness, and in mercies.” At the wedding altar bridegroom puts a ring upon the hand of the fying love and and in the bride, signi faithfulness. Trouble household, and the pictures may go, everything else may that the it is considered sncred may come upon the the carpets may go, the piano the marriage may Inst ring In Im go, thing gO goes 1s : for the the withdrawn \ casket, xX 18 opened burial hour it is hand and kept in a on an 1 sr .& vou 100K n its arch ¢ precious memories, le of that and sw Bed under id you een tl aroma of orange on the ring round fi hand, and of the ex knew that } wi wich gave go ceased to weep meaning thing when when Christ ping He He endows you fr His wealth. and the soul ceives kee puts on it ¢ moment with Christ rom that You one in 8% all y, one in affection, one in hope. earth or hell to There is no i after Christ and effect the soul are turned out their comp got of ti adrift from the power on 0 Other kings have when they th unite sent Ahasuer rsook Jo weary em, ana palace gate. 4 true forever, he that is once, loves yon « zive up y« opie give up o the beach in a stake at low fastened her to 1p took her down t sea, ‘and they water ma it, t her faith tor and to th irdle in t last were washed shouted Oh, no, ¥ from Chr riage. Battle cannot do it it auch exu for a man, my sel drove expe ise, an and and to the lip, Waves moment, just as the her soul into glor; Jesus cannot separate a soul Itis an ever! he the praises of ou ist! sting mars and storm and darkness tat Ww Ashes ¢ ist Jesus wat when | they are bee be put on rdered the R pee Lhe Put a rere Vi sanded nanaed On time hrist of for when ( Jovy thing it between united! a splendid are What is il is right my God ¢ What a glorious have God life thing $4 i is LO just take up all the and in fling them into never to rise again, talked of again. Pollution Darkness all illumined. reconciled. The prodigal home. a ring on his hand.’ Every day 1 find happy Christian peo ple. 1find some of them with no second coat, some of then in huts and tene ment houses, not one afforded them; and yet they are as happy as happy can be. They sing “Rock of Ages’ as no other people in the world sing it. They never any jewelry in their life, but one gold ring, and that was the ring of God's undying affection. Oh, how happy re- ligion Did make you gloomy Did you go with your head cast down? Ido not think you got brother. That is not the effect of religion. True religion is a joy ‘Her ways are ways of pleas. antness, and all her paths are peace!” Why, religion lightens all our bur dens. It smooths our way. Itin terprets all our sorrows. It changes the jar of earthly discord for the peal of festal bells. In front of the flaming furnace of trial it sets the forge on which scepters are hammered out Would yon not like this hour to come up from the swine- feeding and try this religion? All the joys of Illeaven wonld come out and meet you, and God would ery from the throne: ‘Put a ring on his hand,’ You are not happy. Isee lit. There is no peace, and sometimes you laugh wher you feel a great deal more like | erying, The world is a cheat. It first wears you down with its follies, then kicks you ont into darkness, It comes back from the massacre of a million souls to attempt the destrue- tion of your soul to-day. of God, but] here is the fountain that can slake the thirst. Here is the hare bor where you can drop sale anchorage, sins of one ‘ he my put them bundle, and then depths of never to be the sea, God “Pat all gone earthly comfort wore makes us! it and sad? religion, my ull No peace out | Would you not like, I ask not perfunctorily, but as one brother might talk to another—would to have a pillow of rest to put your head And would you not like, you retire at night, to feel that all well, whether you wake up to-morrow sleep the sleep ‘ould yon you not like on? when is morning at 6 o'clock, or that knows no waking? © not lil tainty you ke to exchange this awful uncer- about the future of Heaven? Lord Jesus to-day, and for a glorious Accept of the is well, If should cross the street and dash your life out, You would rise vould stand in n nrance all home nar way some peril it would not hurt you, You streets up immediately the elestinl You amid the wrong thi Ome upon § If 3 on KK There ar very near LH peop e who are y Christians, r. Bear ions to the ping as the Savi so 1 appros asked atl ent su you love J Baptisn oes no moun ) thing, say a iY peopie the Lord Jesus lieveth and is be putting And an ¥ apt any- but at be- A great He th be saved declared, { shal baptism and I apostie declared ped not stickle f« baptism, bu the fact that Yet not Jesus Churel , puts Some of you have been this subject year after year found out that this world is a poor porticn. Yon want be Christians, You have come almost into the king yt there you stop, forget be " mohasis than the Lord the Great Head of the upon it thinking on You have to dom of God; } ful of the fact t to be almost saved to at all. Oh, my after having come so near to the door of merey, if you turn back, vou will never come al After all vou have heard of the goodness of God, ify it be because you did not have a good pe ax tha is not be saved brother, all vou turn away and die, it will God's spirit will hot always strive With hardened, sell wing Ye who persist His love Zrieve May nover hear His vee again God Almighty this hour move upon your soul and bring jy back from the husks of the wilderness to the Father's house, and set you at the banquet, and “put a ring on your hand.” Man May ou A Patient Quaker, A Quaker horse chaise up a narrow lane happened to meet a young man who was algo ina single horse chaise, There not room enough for them to pass each other, unless one of them would back his carriage, which both refused. “I'll not make way for you,” said the young fellow, with an oath. “I think I am older than thou art,” said the Quaker, driving a single was “and therefore have a right to expect | thee to make way for me.”” “I won't,” resumed the first. He then pulled out a newspaper and began to read, as he sat still in his chaise. The Quaker, observing him, pulled out a pipe and some tobacco from his pocket, lighted his pipe, and sat and puffed away very | comfortably. “Friend,” said he, “when | thou hast read that paper I should gid if thou wouldst lend it to me” young man gave up the contest. ‘at aco | first-cl PROFESSIONAL CARDS IRA C. Office Service legal legal MITCHELL, ii Crider's BE and careful busine Attorney: cchange attentic . HH. WETZE]L, Attorney -at in Crider's Exchan tention given to C,H. MURRAY fice in Temple all the court Coll made, Attorney Court, 1 ect pp — — ok a Sn etsd NORMAL me . STATE: SCHOOL a t with excell ] 1 erected t of one twenty-five thousand dollars, is now finished and oc cupied Accommodations first « lass Electric light in every carpets spring beds, wardrobes, ture fourteen bath rooms, water on every floor. 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