Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

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 / Will take that.
What! Do you dare To appeal TO me for
mercy? Hush up! Why, your ancestors
worshpped at Jerusalem when they ought
to have worshipped at Gerizim. Now take
that! And that! And that" will say the
Samaritan as he pounds the fallen lsraelite.
No; the Samaritan rides up to the scene
OF suffering, gets or the beast and steps
down and looks into the face OF the wounded
man and says: "Thls poor fellow does not
belong TO my nation, and our ancestors
worshipped in different places. but he Is
man, and that makes US brothers. God
pity him, as dol" And he gets down on
his knees and begins 20 examine his wounds.
and straighten out his limbs TO see II any OF
his bones are broken, and says; "My dear
fellow, cheer up, you. need hare 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 have in
these bottles two liquids that will help you.
The one Is oil, and that will sooth 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 L must get
you to the nearest tavern ''Oh nc" says
the man, 81 can't walk; let me stay here and
die" NONSENSE" says the Samaritan;
"You are not going to die. / am going to
put you on this beast, and / will hold you
Il
have "A 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 IL Is
astonishing how strong the spirit of kind
ness will make one, as you have seen q
mother after three weeks of sleeplcsS
watching OF her hoy, down with scarlet
fever lift that half-grown boy, heavier
than herself, from couch TO lounge. And so
this sympathetic Samaritan has, unaided,
put the wounded man in the saddle, and at
slow pace the eXtemporized ambulance Is
moving toward the tavern. "You feel bet
ter now, think" says the Samaritan to
the Hebrew. YES" he says, IL do feel
better" "IIelloly. you landlord! Help me
carry this man in and make him comfort
able" That night the Samaritan sat mp
with the jew, giving him water whenever
he felt thirsty, and turning his pillow when
1t got hot, and in the morning before the
Samaritan started on his journey, he said:
Landlord, now am obliged To go. Take
good care OF this man and l 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 IL
was as much as ten dollars here and now,
considering what IL 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 whose the tragedy
had hal pened, could, as plainly as / now
see the nearest 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 temple full OF ccclesiastlcsm,
and that good Samaritan had more religion
in five minutes than that minister and that
Levite had in a lifetime, and the mos,
I a Al. t. u
dice, and bless God that 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 poo
pie, are being moulded into great b. o her.
hood, and that the ques ion which the law
yer flung at Christ, and which brought
forth this incident Of the good Samaritan.
"Who is my neighbour" is bringing forth
the answer, "My neighbor is the first man
meet I'm trouble and "a wound close at
hand calls louder than temple seventeen
! miles OIL, though it covers nineteen acres. y
saw in London the vast procession which
one day last January moved TO ST. Paul :
cathedral at the burial OF that Christian
| hero, Lord Napier. The day after, at Ha-
warden, in conversation on various themes,
j asked MIR. Gladstone IL he did not think
| that many who were under the shadow Of
| false religions might not nevertheless be at
HtdTI really NnTlstldn. MT. NlhuslOnt It.
| piled: "lcs; my old friend, Lord Napier.
who was yesterday buried, after he returned
! from his Abyssinian campaign, visited us
| here at Hawarden, and walking In this park,
| where we are now walking, he told me a
| very beautiful incident. He said: After
! the war in Africa was over we were on the
march, and we had soldier with broken
! leg who was not strong enough to go along
| with us. and we did not dare 20 leave him
] to be taken care OF by savages, but we found
we were compelled TO leave him, and we
went into the house of woman who was
said to be a very kind woman, though OF the
race OF savages, and We said: Here Is a
| sick man, and IL you will take care OF him
| till he gets well we will pay you very large
| ly," and then we offered her five times that
which would ordinarily be offered, hoping
by the excess of pay 10 secure for him great
kindness. The woman replied: 81 will not
take care of him for the money you offer. |
do not want your money But leave him
here, and | Will take care OF him for the
sake OF the love OF Cod" Mr.. Gladstone
turned to me and said: "Dr. Talmage don {
you think that though she belonged to a
race of savages, that was pure religionT'
And l answered: II do; ! do" May God
multiply all the world over the number OF
good Saiharitans."
In Philadelphia a young woman was dy-
Ing. She was wreck Sunken into the
depths OF depravity there was no lower
depth for her to reach. Word came To the
midnight mission that she was dying in a
haunt of iniquity near by. Who would go
to tell her OF the Christ of Mary MagdalenY
This one refused, and that one refused, say
Ing, II dare not go there" A Christian
woman, her white locks typical OF her
purity OF soul, said: Il will so and will
go now She went and sat down by the
dying girl and told OF the Christ who came to
seek aud save that which was lost. First TO
the forlorn one came the tears OF repent
ance, and then the smile as though she had
begun to hope for the pardon of Him who
came to save to the uttermost. Then. .ust
before she breathed her last, she said to the
angel of mercy bending over her pillow;
Would you kiss me?" II Will" said the
Christian woman as she put upon her check
the last salutation before In the heavenly
world, think. God gave her the welcoming
kiss. That was religion Yes, that was
religion. Good Sanartans along every
street, and along every road Us well as this
one on the road to Jericho.
But our procession OF sight seers Is again
In line, and here we pass through deep ra-
vine, and i cry To the dragoman "David,
what place do you call this!" and he replied,
This Is the brook Cherlth where Elijah was
fed by the ravens" And i'm that answer he
overthrow my lifelong notions of the place
whore Elijah was waited on by the black
servants OF the sky. A brook TO me had
meant a slight dcpres 'ion OF ground with a