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Show YOUR HilRO BROTHER, SUBJECT OF A SERMON Interesting- Discourse Is Delivered Deliv-ered by tho Rev. Francis Bnrgctte Short. "Your Third Brother," was thc-sub-,jccl; of an 'interosliiifi' acrrnon prrachorl at tho' First Methodist church Sundnj' evening- by tho Row .Francis Burctto Short. Ho based hia discourse on Luke, xv, .12, "This man rccciveth pinners and oatcth with them." 11c spoko in part as follows: What a. charge! WJiat an Impudent charge to bo made by those that rnadn It! what right had hypocritical and self-opfnlonatcd self-opfnlonatcd scribes and pharlaoeH to mako such a charge against him who camo to brt and to prove himself a trim brother? Tho charge la Impudent, but It ia true. Tho chargo vcrllv bulges with diabolism, hut It contains tho world's hope. The powers of Iniquity sometimes overstep tho border lino of prudence and discretion. Glvo the devil a chance aftd tlmo enough, and ho will hang himself. Ilf.ar the chargo: "This man rocclveth sinners and cateth. with them." This man! Ych, let us remember that he was a man our brother man. Tho third brothor of tho prodigal son parable, and tho manly brother of that parable, waa u mnn. JQclng a man and acting like a man. accounts for his hold upon men. Manliness Is always winsome Tho sinner sin-ner Is nover afraid of goodness, it always al-ways wins him. Rut ho does shun hypocrisy. hy-pocrisy. Ho hates mero formalism. Ho spurns cant. Your third brother loft his homo for a far country, but his mission was In search of his brother. In that Journey he made manifest his manliness. His courago nono could question. Ho could cloanso tho temnlo and defy "tho whlted sepulchres." He was mindful of tho rights of others. Tho poor and tho outcast were as wnlcomo to hl3 circle and helpfulness as tho rich and the religiously re-ligiously formal. He was sympathetic ajid tender. Here we must surrender. Oh, how he could fool for tho sorrowing! How he could weep for thn sinful! IIo was a willing sacrltlco for tho sinner. Boundless Bound-less love and free. Yes, ho was a. man the God-man. Your return to the father home. he. will welcome. wel-come. Over yoqr sins and sorrows he still pleads. Ills profligacy. Is In his lovo for sinners, and his selfishness is manifest mani-fest In his desire to brine: them all homo to God. Yoiir third brother, what do you think of him? "Whnt will you do with him? Ho will receive you tonight. The beat friend to havo Is Jesus, your third brother In tho prodigal son partible. parti-ble. Accept him tonight. |