...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...

...thou art ever with me, and all that I have. is thine. Yet, it is meet that we rejoice; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found." Lord G. Yet, had not the elder brother some cause to be displeased, my good Mentoria ? Ment. Not the...

...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...

...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...

...was joy in Mr. Barnard's heart that day — great and deep joy, for could he not say, " This my son was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found ? " But there was greater joy still when, that very evening, he heard from the wanderer's own lips his sorrow...

...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....

...shuddering as he spake. " It is enough !" cried his mother, throwing herself on his neck! "For this, my son, was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found!" But the father felt and thought differently: he knew that it was his duty to interrogate his son ; c2 and...