Levi H. Dowling

“ And after many days he found himself and said unto himself, My father is a man of wealth; he has a score of servants who are bountifully fed while I, his son, am starving in the fields among the swine.
10. I do not hope to be received again as son, but I will rise and go straight to my father's house, and I will make confession of my waywardness;
11. And I will say, My father, I am come again; I am profligate, and I have lost my wealth in ways of sin; I am not worthy to be called your son. ”

“ And it is well to show our gladness when your brother, who is near and dear to us, and who we thought was dead, returns to us alive.
29. He may have been a profligate; may have consorted with gay courtesans and thieves, yet he is still your brother and our son. ”