The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-10-22

man who will probably soon be dead
anyhow. This highway robbery ought
TO be stopped, for it hinders US Leyites
on our way up to the temple. There, I
have lost fve minutes already! Go along,
you beastl" he shouts as he strikes his
heels into the sides OF the animal carry
ing him, and the dust rising from the
road soon hides the hard d-hearted official
Buta third person is coming along
this road. You can not expect him to
do anything by way OF alleviation. be-
cause he and the wounded man belong
to different nations which have abomin-
ated each other for centuries. The
wounded man is an Israelite, and the
stranger now coming on this scene OF
suffering is Samaritan. They belong
to nations which hated each other with
an objuration and malediction diabolic.
They had opposition temples, one on
Mount Gerizim and the other on Mount
Moriah, and guess this Samaritan when
he comes up will give the fallen Israel
ite another clip and say: Good for you!
will just finish the work these bandits
began, and give you one more kick that
will put you out Of your misery. And
here is a rag Of your coat that they did
not steal and l will take that. What!
Do you dare to appeal to me for mercy?
Hush up! why, your ancestors wor-
shipped at Jerusalem when they ought to
have worshiped at Gerizim. Now take
thatl And thatl And that" will say
the Samaritan as he pounds the fallen
Israelite.
No; the Samaritan rides up to the
scene Of suffering, gets of the beast and
steps down and looks into the face
Of the wounded man and says:
This poor fellow does not belong to my
nation, and our ancestors worshiped in
different places, but he Is man, and
that makes US brothers. God pity him,
as l dol" And he gets down on his knees
and begins to examine his wounds, and
straighten out his limbs to see II any Of
his bones were broken, and says: my
dear fellow, cheer up, you need have no
more care about yourself, for am going
to take care Of you. Let me feel Of your
pulse Let me listen to your breathing?
l have in these bottles two liquids that
will help you. The one is oil, and that
will soothe the pain OF these wounds,
and the other is wine, and your pulse Is
feeble and you feel faint and that will
stimulate you. Now must get you to
the nearest tavern" 20, no, says the
man, ~ can't walk; let me stay here
and die." "Nonsensep says the Samari-
tan, you are not going to die. am 60
ing to put you on this beast, and l will
hold you on till get you to place
where you can have soft mattress and
an easy pillow"
Now the Samaritan has got the
wounded man on his feet, and with
much Juggling and lifting, puts him on
the beast, for It is astonishing how
strong the spirit Of kindness will make
one, as you have seen q mother after
three weeks Of sleepless watching Of her
boy, down with scarlet fever, lift that
nalf-grown boy, heavier than herself,
from couch to lounge. And 80 this SYM
pathetic Samaritan has, unaided, put
the wounded man In the saddle, and at
slow pace the extemporized ambulance
Is moving toward the tavern. "You
feel better now; think" says the Sa-
maritan to the Hebrew. "Yes," he
says, ~ do feel better" 'Halloo, you
landlord help me carry this man in
and make him comfortable" That night
the Samaritan sat up with the jew, Civ
ing him water whenever he felt thirsty
and turning his pillow when it got hot,
and in the morning before the Samari-
tan started on his journey he said: Land
lord, now l am obliged to 60. Take
good care OF this man and will be
along here soon again and pay you for
all you do for him. Meanwhile here is
something to meet present expenses
The 1.-TWO pence" he gave the landlord
sounds small. but II was as much as ten
dollars here and now, considering what
It would there and then buy OF food and
lodging.
As on that December noon we sat
under the shadow Of the tavern where
this scene of mercy had occurred, and
just having passed along the road where
the tragedy had happened, could, as
plainly as now see the nearest man TO
this platform. see that Bible story re-
enacted, and said aloud TO our group
under the tent: One drop OF practical
Christianity Is worth moro than temple
full OF ecclesisstioism, and that good
Samaritan had more religion In fve
minutes than that minister and that
Levite had In lifetime, and the most
accursed thing on earth is national prof.
udice, and bless God that live In
America, where Gentle and jew,
Protestant and Catholic can live TO-
gether without quarrel, and whore, In
the great national orucible, the differ
ences Of sect, and tribe and people are
being nodded into great brotherhood,
and tho question which the lawyer flung
81 Christ, and which brought forth this
Incident OF the good Samaritan, WHO
10 my neighbour Is bringing forth the
answer, my neighbor is the FIRST man
I meet in trouble, +" and . wound close
at hand calls louder than Q temple sew
enteen miles Of, though II covers nine
teen acrea
Isaw In London the vast procession
which one day last January moved 10
st. Psul's Cathedral st the burial Of that
Christian hero, Lord Napier The day
after that at Hawarden, in conversation
on various themes, asked Mr.. Glad
stone II he did not think that many who
were under the shadow Of faise religions
might not nevertheless be at heart
really Christian. Mr.. Gladstone replied: