...father enters among his children. Laying his hand solemnly on the head of Laurens, he said, " This, my son, was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." They understood his inference unspoken, and kneeling upon the green turf, joined the holy man, in fervent...

...guilty since he had left us. The good old man embraced me with tears in his eyes, crying, " This my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." Nevertheless, when I said, " Now, uncle, that you are returned, I feel assured that all will be well...

...longed to embrace the poor wanderer, and mingle bis tears with those of his child, saying, " This my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found : " but these fond hopes were disappointed. Nugent left the vessel in which he sailed, in opposition...

...on 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." If then our repentance be as early as it is sincere, He who hath a " feeling for our infirmities," will...

...joy and congratulation. The eye of God himself rests upon it with approbation and delight. " This nry Son was dead and is alive "again, was lost and is found !" — It is already in good measure turned to God and converted : already it manifests not only repentance,...

...father saw him, and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Luke 15, 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 return to his Father...

...providence protected my boy in a world full of danger, and has made my ' heart sing for joy,' because ' my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found.' " WOMAN DEFENDED. " A WOMAN," some wiseacres say, " In talk will pass the live-long day ; Like water-springs,...

...envying his entertainment, let us rather break forth into songs of joy and gladness, saying, " This my son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." This is the benevolence of the spirits in heaven ; for they tune their harps afresh when a sinner is...

...And with what end, my brethren? Our Saviour's words best make known the heavenly estimate : " This my son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found !" Mankind has valued, and justly valued, those minds, which have been most inquisitive about the secret...

...son William, aged 1 1 years. When I took him by the hand, I repeated the following passage, " This my son was dead and is alive again ; was lost and is found." July 5th. Attended the early prayer meeting. I have just heard that my beloved ministering brother...