Excerpt from The Prodigal Son: Four Discourses The following Sermons were preached in the ordinary course of my ministry. They make no claim to originality of treatment, but are the result of an attempt to realize, as a life-history, the parable of the Prodigal Son. They appeal not so much to reason as to consciousness 3 and He who has all the hearts of the human in His keeping, has willed that some of them should be touched by these home-pictures and appeals. Many who have listened to them have requested their publication, and new circumstances have risen up around me which render resistance no longer graceful. Hence, on the eve of departure over many waters, which will yet fail to sever me from the love of my country and of my friends, I leave this modest memorial, with the bless ing of a full heart; and with the prayer that the Divine Spirit, who honoured the preaching of these Sermons, may, make the printing of them yet more powerful for good. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.