By George Matthew Adams

In the Bible there is a story of a young man who thought that his home was not good enough for him. So he went away.

He sought thrills, veneered pleasures, and "easy money" — without working for it. It is said that he fed upon the husks of the swine-herd.

But the young man soon tired - as all such do. He wanted to hear again the voices of home, and to eat home cooking, and to have a happy bed to sleep in. And so he decided to go back. "I will arise and go to my father," he said.

His pride had been broken. He was ragged and discouraged. But he was not so far gone that he was unable to decide to face things definitely anew.

As he neared his home, a thrill that he had never known before came over him. His father ran to meet him with outstretched arms. And so glad was the father to see him that he ordered the finest dinner and celebration that he could think up. "For," said he, "my boy, whom I thought was dead, is alive!"

Some of the other members of the family didn't seem to like the idea of taking him back. But not the father. Which goes to prove that there is great father love as well as mother love, in the big world.

But the lesson in the story, to me, is this: Here was a young man who had made a great mistake - but who still retained the courage to face life anew.

Daily must we mend and re-construct. Regrets are vain, indeed. But the holy desire to be right within our hearts is what counts.

Each of us must decide for himself - to arise!

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