...off, his father saw him, and " had compassion on him, and fell, on his '" neck, and kissed him. And he said to his *' servants, Bring forth the best robe,...and bring hither the fatted " calf and kill it, and let us cat and be merry." What an affecting picture is this of the tenderness of the good old man !...

...But when he it-* s yet a great way off', his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said unto...and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it -, and let us eat, and be merry : ,|pr this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found....

...feed upon the satisfacr tion Christ made for sin, and upon the fruits of his own implanted grace. " But the Father said to his servants, Bring forth the...and bring hither the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry," Luke xv. 22, 23. And the Saviour says, " I am come into my garden, my sister,...

...father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son, make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose and...ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring here the fatted calf and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry, for this my son was dead, and is alive...

...him. And the son said unto him, ' Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no worthy to be called thy son.' But the father said...And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let pi eat and be merry : for this my sou was dead, aud is alive again ; he was lost, and is found.'...

...parable, no sooner has the penitent made the acknowledgment of his sinfulness and unworthiness, than " the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best...and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry." In these few words we have a summary picture of the spiritual-natural man,...

...Father saw him, and had " compassion on him, and ran, and fell on his neck, " and kissed him — And said to his servants, bring forth " the best robe,...bring hither " the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be mer?* ry. For this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he " was lost, and is found....

...believe? It is likely you can remember something like that which is described in the words of Luke : ' And he arose, and came to his father : but when he was...us eat and be merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive again, he was lost, and is found.' What would you have thought or said of this prodigal, if...

...hysteric laugh broke from Mrs Beauchamp,) — " and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. * * * "And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and...again; he was lost, and is found : and they began"— The death-like silence in which my trembling voice was listened to, was broken by the sound of a slight...

...him. " And the son said unto him, Father, I " have sinned against heaven and before " thee, and am no more worthy to be called " thy son. But the Father...eat and be merry. For this my son was " dead, and is alive again, he was lost, and " is found." Every circumstance here mentioned shows in the clearest...