Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-20

cEOOScu. Dbl IL seems TOO Da1 TO leave
this man in this condition. Perhaps
had better try to stsunch this bleeding
and give him little stimrlant. But, no!
The ceremony at Jerusalem is of more
Importance than taking care of the
wounds of man who will prob
bly, soon be dead, anyhow. Thi:
highway robbery ought to be stopped
for it binders US Levites on our
way up to the temple. There, have
lost five 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-HEARTED OFFICIAL.
But third person is coming along
this road. You cannot expect him to do
anything by way of alienation, because
he and the wounded man belong TO DIFF
ferent nations which have abominated
each other for centuries. The wounded
man is al Israelite, and .he stranger
now coming on this scene of suffering Is
q Samaritan. They belonged to nations
which hated each other with an objurga-
ton and malediction diaboIical. They
had opposition temples, one on Mount
Gerizim and the other on Mount
Moriah, and l guess this Samaritan when
he comes up will give the fallen Israelite
another clip and say: "Good for you.
will finish the work these bandits began +,
and give you one more kick that will put
you out of your misery. And here Is rag
OF your coat that they did not steal and
will take that. What? Do you dare to
appeal to me for mercy2 Hush up.
Why, your ancestors worshipped at
Jerusalem when they ought to have
worshipped at Gerizim. Now take thatl
And thatl And that!' will say the Sa-
marian 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 do!'
And he gets down on his knees aud be-
gins TO examine his wounds, and
straighten out his limbs to see il any of
his bones are broken, and says: "My
dear fellow, cheer up, you need have NO
more care about yourself, for am going
o,ake care of you. Let me feel of your
pulse! Let me listen TO your breathngi
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 aud you feel
faint, aud that will stimulate you. Now
l must get you to the nearest tavern. -
'Oh, no. says the man, "Iycan't
walk; let me stay here and die. - "Non-
sense!' says the Samaritan. tYou are
not going to die. l am going to put you
on this beast, aud will hold you on till
l get you to place where you can have
q soft mattress aud 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 II is astonishing how strong
the spirit of kindness will make one, as
you have seen u mother after three weeks
of sleepless watching of her boy, down
with scarle. fever, lit that half grown
boy, heavier thnn herself, from couch to
lounge. And so this sympathetic Sam
aritan 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, l think, says the Samaritan TO
the Hebrew. eyes, he says, az do
feel better. - .'Halloo, you landlord
help me carry this man in and make
him omfortable. That night the
Samaritan sat up with the Jew, giving
him water whenever he felt thirsty and
turning his pillow when It got hot. and
IN the morning before the Samaritan
started on his journey, he said: "Land-
lord, now 1 am Obliged to go. 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 some
thing to meet present expenses. The
''two pence'' he gave the landlord
sounds small. but it was as much as $40
here and now, considering what 1t would
there and then buy of
FOOD AND LODGING.
As on that Decein Der noon we sat un-
der the shadow of the tavern where this
scene of mercy had occurred, and just
having passed along the road where the
tragedy had happened, 1 could, as
plainly as l now see the nearest man to
this platform, see that Bible story re-
and I said aloud to our group
under the tent: One drop of practical
Is worth more than a temple |
'ull of ecclesiasticism, aud that good |
Samaritan had more religion in FIVE min |
ties than that minister and that Levite |
had In lifetime, and the most accursed |
hing on earth Is national prejudice, and |
bless God that live in America, where |
ientile and Jew, Protestant and Cath
lilo can live together without quarrel, |
md where, in the great national crucible
he differences of sect, and tribe, and
people are being moulded into a great
and that the question
which the lawyer flung at Christ, and
which brought forth this incident of the
:ood Samaritan, "wbo ia my neigh
'or?' Is bringing forth the answer "My
eighbor is the first man 1 meet in
and a wound close at hand
alls louder than temple seventeen
niles off, though it covers nineteen
ores.
l saw in London the vast procession
Thich one day last January moved to St.
PAUL . cathedral at the burial of that
'hristian hero, Lord Napier. The day
fter at Hawarden, IN conversation on
arious themes, asked Mr.. Gladstons if
g did not think that many who were
nder the shadow of false religions might
OF nevertheless be at heart really Chris
ian. Mr.. Gladstone replied: eyes;
~ old friend, Lord Napier, who was
esterday buried, after he returned from
Is Abyssinian campaign, Wis ted US here
Hawarden and, walking in this park
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