...friends, drink, yea drink abundantly, oh beloved. It is meet that we should make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost and is found ;" By this, I perceived that there was even yet a secret that I had not learned ; for by the father's...

...home-affections, to his father's love ? " It is meet that we should make merry and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again : was lost, and is found." Prayer. O God, my Father, let me so deeply feel mine own unworthiness, that the knowledge of the sins...

...heaven is not only admitted there as lawfully forgiven, but cordially welcomed : " For this my son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." This forgiveness is an echo on earth to the absolution that is pronounced from the throne. The echo is an...

...-as a long-lost wanderer, and that his return will fill the church with the exulting cry, " This our brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." Hisheartis softened, and he begins to say, " I will arise and go to my Father ;" " This people shall...

...you are always with me, and all that I have is aa yours. But it was right to feast and be joyful ; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; was lost, and is found. 16 AND Jesus said also to his disciples, A certain rich man had a steward, who, he was told, was 2...

...that which was lost. And it may be yours to exclaim in holy triumph over all difficulties, " This my brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found !" IV. Observe that his efforts, in the first instance, were directed in behalf of his own relatives....

...reproof to the murmuring Pharisees. " It was meet that we should make merry and be glad : for this thy brother was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." Let the Publicans and Sinners have been ever so bad, their coming to Jesus was a happy •sign, as...

...restoration is to them ' as life from the dead,' and with mingled tenderness and joy they say, ' This, my brother, was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found.' " These dispositions, and the prayers and labours flowing out of them, have, in many instances, been...

...with me, and all that I have is thine ; 45. It is proper that we should feast and be glad; for thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found. 46. The righteous rejoice when a wayward sinner repents and turns from the evil of his ways. CHAPTER...

...me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." THERE are two classes of sins. There are some sins by which man crushes, wounds, malevolently injures...