Divine Love

The dreadful silence of that "certain man" has always seemed strange to me. Imagine the scene: a younger son demands of his father the portion of goods that falleth to him; while his father is still living. And we read: 4"And he divided unto them his living". That is all. We would imagine that such a father would storm and rage at the ingrate, or perhaps that he would break down in tears and sighing at the callous exhibition of this unnatural son, but no: he divided unto them his living....