...tender parent, flung with the reproaches of his child, endeavoured to obviate the charge of injuftice and partiality, in the following words : " Son, thou...this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; " was loft, and is found ! " Lord George. Yet had not the elder brother fome caufe to be difpleafed, my good...

...reproaches of his child, endeavoured to obviate the charge of injuftice and partiality in the followiaj words : " Son, thou art ever with me, and all that...this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; was loft, and is found !" Lord G orge. Yet had not the elder brother fome caufe to be difpleafed, my good...

...all that I have is 32 ' thine. Yet it was right that we should be joyful and glad, for this thy ä brother was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found." Then Jesus said also to his disriples, " A certain rich man had a The unjust steward, who was accused...

...or vindicate his conduct, he says, It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found. We are told in the fourth chapter, and eighteenth verse of the book of Job, and the Temanite introduceth...

...and wonder; all imagined that there was joy in heaven on the occasion; that angels sang ' This our brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found!'— the pastor closed the solemn scene with ascriptions of praise to the great Shepherd : the interesting...

...the father in the parable, that upon this occasion " we should make merry and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; was lost, and is found." Some interpreters are of opinion, that the parable of the Lord of the vineyard, paying all his labourers...

...declaration of their heavenly Father—" It was meet that " we should make merry and be glad ; for this thy " brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, " and is found ?" Beholding, therefore, the sad consequences of departing from our Father's house, let us take up...

...rejoicings, through all the heavenly court, saying, It is meet we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost and is found. Luke xv. 32. And again, "Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom." Job xxxiii....

...pours in upon them. The fatted calf is killed, they eat, drink, and are merry : for, say they, Our brother was dead, and is alive again ,- was lost and is found a. To a house that fears God, what pleasure must it afford, to see this or that member of it, that...

...with feelings little less lively than those of the father in the parable, " It is meet that we should rejoice, for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again —was lost, and is found." Imagine, lastly, the youth himself exulting, like another of bis ag«, at his return to his home —...