The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-29

lead anyhow. This highway robber
ought TO he stopped, for it hinders L
Levites on our way up to the tempt
There, | havelost five minutes already
Go along, you beast" he shouts as h
strikes his heels into the sides OF tn
animal carrying him. and the duS
rising from the road soon hides tn
hard hearted official
a CHRISTIAN IN PRACTICE.
But third person is coming alon
this road You cannot expect him t
do anything by way of alleviation, be
cause he and the wounded man belon'
to different nations, which have abom
mated each other for centuries. Tn
wounded nan is an Israelite, and tn
stranger now coming on this scene o
suffering is a Samaritan. They belons
to nations which hated each other Will
an objurgatiou and malediction dla
bolic They had opposition temples
one on Mount GeriZim and the other OF
Mount Moriah-and l guess this Sama
ritan, when he comes up, will give tht
fallen Israelite another clip and say
"Good for you! I will just finish tn
work these bandits began, and give 20,
one more kick that will put you out o.
your misery. And here is a rag o:
your coat that they did not steal, and
will take that. What! Do you dare tt
apreal tofor mercy? Hush up! Why
your ancestors worshiped at Jerusalem
when they ought to have worshlped al
Gerizim. Now take that! and that
and thatw will say the Samaritan as he
pounds the fallen9sraelite.
No; the Samaritan rides up to the
scene of suffering, gets off 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 worshlped in
different places, but ne is man, and
that makes US brothers. God pity him
as l do" And he gets down on his
knees and begins to examine his
wounds and straighten out his limbs to
see if any Of his bones are 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! I 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 I must get you to tbs nearest
tavern" "Oh, no, says the man, Il
can't walk; let me stay here and die"
"NonSensew says the Samaritan. "You
are not going to die. I am going to
put you on this beast, and I will hold
you on till I get you to a 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 tugging and lifting puts him on
the beast, for it is astonishing how
strong the spirit Of kindness will make
one, as you have seen mother after
three weeks Of sleeplcss watching OF
her boy, down with scarlet fever, lift
that half grown boy, heavier than her
self, from couch to lounge. And SO
this sympathetic Samaritan has un-
aided put the wounded man IN the
saddle, and at slow pace the extempo-
rized ambulance is moving towards the
tavern. 'sYou feel better now, | think,
says the Samaritan to the Hebrew;
~TcS, ne says, Il DO feel better.
'"Halloo, you landlord! help me carry
this man in and make him comfort
able" That night the Samaritan sat
up with the Jew, giving him water
whenever he felt thirsty and turning
his pillow whenever it got hot, and in
the morning before the Samaritan
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 it was as much as ten
dollars here and now, considering what
it would there and then buy of food
and lodging.
GOOD MEN IN ALL COMMUNIoNs.
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, rs plainly as I now see the near
est man to this platform, see that Bible
story re-enacted, and l said aloud to
our group under the tent: zone drop
Of practical Christianity is worth more
than a templeful of ecclesiasticism,
and that good Samaritan had more re-
licion in FIVE minutes than that minis.
ter and that Levite had in lifetime,
and the most accursed thing on earth
is national prejudice, and bless God
that I live in America, where Gentle
and Jew, Protestant and Catholic can
live together without quarrel, and
where in the great national crucible
the differences Of sect and tribe and
people are being nodded into great
brotherhood, and that the question
which the LAWYER flung at Christ, and
which brought forth this incident OF
the good Samaritan-'Whols my neigh.
bor?:' is bringing forth the answer
MY neichbor is the first man I meet in
trouble and a wound close at hand
calls louder thsn temple seventeen
mile, off, though 1t covers nineteen
scres."
ON THE SITE OF JERICO.
On the evening of Dec. 6 we walked
amid the brick and morter Of that shat
tered city, and l said to myself: al
! this done by poor music blest OF God
for it was not harp, or flute, or
clapping cymbal, or an organ played
at the sound OF which the city surren
dered to destruction. but rude instru
ment making rude music biest OF God
to the demolition Of that wicked plac
which had for centuries defled the al
mighty. And said, il all this was b.
the blessing of God on poor music
what mightier things could be done b.
the blessing OF God on good music
skillful music, gospel music. If all tn
good that has already been done b.
music were subtracted from the Worlt
1 believe three-fourths of its religion
would be gone. The lullabys OF moth
ers which keep sounding on, though
the lips that sang them forty years ag
became ashes; the old hymns in 10!
cohjD ch,,rohes and c0nOtry meetinI