...returning son, is a beautiful illustration of the great principle of the Gospel of Christ. He says, This my son was dead, and is alive again, was lost and is found. No. The Father gently rebuked his elder son, saying of his younger son — "This thy brother was dead...

...wandering boy when yet a great way off; falling on his neck, embracing, kissing him, exclaiming, " This, my son, was dead and is alive again, was lost, and is found ;" — lost to the angels; for there is joy in heaven over one repenting sinner. Our noble faculties,...

...that did never see himself in the devil's snare, did never see himself in Christ's bosom. " This my xvii. 8. Trees pl .. With whom we all had our conversation in time past." " But now are (so many of us as believe) returned...

...through all the heavenly court, saying, " It is meet we should make merry and be glad, for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." Luke xv. 32. And again, " I will save him from going down into the pit, for I have found a ransom."...

...his feet, and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and be merry ; for this my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." This is not a stranger, an alien, who, attracted by the excellency of this great householder, and by...

...father saw him, and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke xv. 20. This my son was dead, and is alive again : — was LOST — and is FOUND ! ! ! HERE is a fulness of encouragement for every poor wandering outcast sinner to repent to his Father...

...children, when the discipline under which he will place them shall have accomplished its design. '1 have chastised you only with a view to correct the...for there is room ; "This, my son, was dead and is alive, was lost and is found !" ' [fat that moment this reclaimed child should ha»e the feelings of...

...discipline under which he will place them shall have accomplished its desigu. 'I have chastised yon the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." Thus far Dav alive, was lost and is found !" ' Ifat that moment this reclaimed child should have the feelings of...

...our heavenly Father to say to his penitent children, when the discipline under which he will place them shall have accomplished its design. 'I have chastised...which was in you. You feel and deplore your error. Yon are fitted to partake of tr^ie happiness. Come, then, for there is room ; "This, my son, was dead...

...on his neck and kissed him ; he called on all about him to rejoice with him, for, said he, This my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found. So likewise I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that...