He waited and waited for his
boy to return, but he did not come home. At last he could wait no
longer, so he saddled his horse and rode to the place where his son had
sold the grain. He found that he had been there and got the money for
his grain; then he began to fear that his boy had been murdered and
robbed. At last, with the aid of a detective, they tracked him to a
gambling den, where they found that he had gambled away the whole of his
money. In hopes of winning it back again, he then had sold his team, and
lost that money too. He had fallen among thieves, and like the man who
was going to Jericho, they stripped him, and then they cared no more
about him. What could he do? He was ashamed to go home to meet his
father, and he fled. The father knew what it all meant. He knew the boy
thought he would be very angry with him. He was grieved to think that
his boy should have such feelings toward him. That is just exactly like
the sinner. He thinks because he has sinned, God will have nothing to do
with him. But what did that father do? Did he say, "Let the boy go"? No;
he went after him. He arranged his business, and started after the boy.
That man went from town to town, from city to city. He would get the
ministers to let him preach, and at the close he would tell his story.
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