...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...

...jumped up, as if suddenly inspired with new vigour, and cried out, with a tremulous voice, " Yes, ' My son was dead and is alive again ; was lost, and is found.' Come, let us be going; I think we can walk to London to-night. Haste, Haste! little maid. Here, give...

...banquet, which our Father has spread, that there may be joy throughout His household, for this His " son was dead and is alive again, was lost, and is found ?" * Jer. xii. 7 ; xxxi. 3, 20 ; Rom. xi. 28, 29. PASSING THROUGH. (From the tecond number of the Journal...

...scene of " lamentation, and mourning, and woe," resounded with songs of joy and gratitude. " This, my son, was dead, and is alive again, was lost and is found." What a striking illustration is this of that beautiful promise ?" 7 trill саше you to pas» under...

...beating with unspeakable joy, and while the son was overwhelmed with anguish, he exclaimed, "This my son, was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." From this parable we are made acquainted with thefact that man is incapable of performing anything...

...to Christ, from that very moment he is saved. When the prodigal returned, his father said, " This my son was dead, and is alive again ; — was lost, and is found." The occasion on which our Saviour uttered the text, reveals the same truth. He entered and passed through...

...get for answer from the glad Father's lips, as He points to regenerated and reconciled man, " This my son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." To restore the lost, to revive the dead, is the design of the Gospel, is the end of the Lord. This...

...than the proud Spartan mother upon her warrior-son, reaping the fruits of war, and may say—" This my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found." *° Some of you believe not, I mean yours is not the faith which influences the life, the heart, the...

...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,...

...filled this young man's mother's heart when she heard the " good news from a far country/' that this her son was dead, and is alive again, — -was lost, and is found. From this let us learn to pray always and not faint ; let us learn to set our hearts on hardened ones,...