The Red Cloud chief., 1885-01-16
III law OF LOVE.

I0" OF LO'o.
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Act o,t,. Good tmarit.n We Can L,N.
our Neighbour a, Ourselves.
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thar i - inn o>-,h." to !pN" Our neigh
hor ~ ourselves. and in tho parable 81
H.. rood samaritan orr Lord /, teach
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thu l"h:- ~" Iar@'.>' question /" be-
answered j.: Dad III" Samaritan "Nrm-
rIf, the yal.p Did ne lYy, hi rr gl-
,..r,o a,-. Lard c,, ~,
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''G" thou AID do hL'".~". Inc h">'
question = Wh"'H'r ia" c'-t = a lar
cl-r. ilu"~ IL" incident cover the rTHc-
tIcai everyday Demand ~ ia rI."5 II
seems :" 10 30. II H." Samaritan Aad
h.n-..t i.i."n among tAl.''~. and "c.n
ioi Tor dead - cruel Villains. Lee could
have wished a brother man l." a" III:
what tac Samaritan did 10 NOR. II"
a.! iu,j what n would have dom" f."
him,'l II i Ia, had been all" i" do II. IL
saved the man, in - far a. the man
could be- saved: h" could have don" 70
mere than Tat for himself. Before
asking the next question. II - proper -
notr that i""s IN 'hrI>is III" means
conduct, and not merely tn" emotion
which prompts il. Low" !. IN Hi
teaching, always u love n WORK, au &c
tivity expressing r.-h' f'"!.u%. Il !
not Il metaphysical! condition wEIc!l !
meant ~ loving "ir n"I%hbpr - our
: Ives. A.! debate i shut out winch re-
!a.cS 10 the power. dominance" ~ un!-
versatility Of scl.-iovr. We MAJ love
ourselves NOR hours III ia" day than ""
love or ~r"i1hho". "" may do more
acts from >"lf-iovr than from u"i-hhor
love. This i the natural ORDER. since
>clf-car" requires most If our time. vet
We may interrupt ard sacrifice >clf-carr
la care for or ne. ghbor.
The thur! practical question j Nhrth-
or the good Samaritan had Il comparI-
lively easy task. or 4 comparatively
difficult one. Tn" story j. told hy our
| o-I with Il many elements If difficult
II ~ We can rl>i!v conceive al. The
fact tlat the priest and Levitt" passed
hy on the other si& and ,ritrhrir roun-
TRUMAN in hi- blood. indicates that tn"
task al rel levin" HIM WAS = y,ry dist
grccablc one. No chance i left T. doUh'
this. Il ualy a priest OF a lcyitc hal
PISSED hy. there III @ht hayn lcrn some
shadow of doubt. The iac' that :wo
Ct thu wuGld II mans Own ryuI"1.
mon. TOO. ~ refined feeling and habits.
and therefore ~ education ",!aW'cd To
perceive distress. and H." it", tsat IA"
wt~ thor coUn:rvmln. t,i,ir brother in
Abraham. in;nr>ino> the view OF tn"
daa-r, cable character of The task. Also.
IL Samaritan and the jew wcr" cl"-
mics, II they had been personal ne
mes the case could hardly haze been
wor in This characteristic. Tn" "a
marian had. IN order 20 ob.v the lIw.
10 >uccn- and relieve hi c"un.:y> enc
my; and - bitter was the hostility that
L. most jews and >arar.tau>. i no:
al. the quarrel was personal. Tn.
Samaritan did for his enemy what he
wog,d nave done fer himself n Ike CIR
oum>tarcr>. I &c had been able.
There remains the practical question
whether the act uf the Samaritan Wa
s. abnormal and >trar-r a 20 belong
io q fairy land az IA" heavenly world.
u We think ~ !. - ! ,ur, -ha:nan act.
hcyo.d tie powc~ of men not m.racu-
Inu>lv helped - III il? We r:::sr no
guy>,.oa about r.Ac. u- d.,ray.,.: only
the urac,.-..l one aiuu; common i,,,n~.
n.i The Samaritan do something more
than a human AMI manly qc- lyin~
within lie sphere ~ hrmla-;v3 Ts,
oU-> ION ! ne whether ",ca h.1i..aily
ID n he dii. ba, whether in dong 80
h. seems t. - u h. acting su!, r.a.i--
a,ig. Man. tin. - -. too rarely dom.
WI ich arc Still al,1rp;ae~ human. ha.-
in. indeed. = sweet ta.o- Of hrna.:..
about them. VIVA, II" Samaritan did
has been o;:cn do@c in til world. Most
mra. ii no: Al. believe tla. & i nor