Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-01
Samaritan as ne POUNDS the fallen Ts-

NO. che samaritan rides up to the
scene OF suffering, gets off the beast and
steps ooWn and looks into the face of tho
wounded man and says: "This moor FOL-
low does not belong to my nation and
our ancestors worshipcd in different
places, but he is man, and that makes
US brothers. God pity him. as I do',,
ana he gets down on his knees and he
! gins TO examine his wounds. and STRAIGHT
eEs out his limbs to see if any of his
| zones are broken, and says: ''My dear
lelloW, cheer up. You need have no
more care abont yourself. for am going
10 take care of you. Let me feel of your
/ pulse! Let me listen to your breathing!
l nave IN these bottles two liquids that
] VIII help you. The one is oil and that
will soothe the pain of these wounds
ana 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 ssOh, no!'' saws the
man. Il can't walk Let me STAY here
ana die. NONSENSE says the Samar-
| tan. You are not going 10 die. am
| gong TO put you on this beast, and I
| VIII hold you on till get you to place
! where you can have soft mattress and
an N sosy P W. Sam. r;t,n J.. 49, :.
wounded man on his feet, and with much
| Juggling and lifting puts him on the
| DeaSt, Tor 1t is astonishing how strong
the spirit OF kindness will make one, as
! you nave seen mother after three weeks
OF sleepless watching of her boy, down
with scarlet fever. lift that half-grown
boy, heavier than herself, from couch to
| lounge. And so this sympathetic Sa-
! marian has, unaided, put the wounded
man in the saddle, and at slow pace the
| eXtemporized ambulance is moving to-
/ ward the tavern. you feel better now,
think" says the Samaritan to the He
! Drew. Yes, he says, II do feel bet
ter "Halloo, you landlord help me
/ carry this man in and make him COM
/ Portable That night the Samaritan
/ sat up with the jew, giving him water
when he was thirsty, and turning his
! pillow whenever it 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 will be along here soon
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.
AS on that December noon we sat UNI
J 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 | could, as plainly
! as | now see the nearest man on this
7 platform, see that Bible story re-enacted,
! and | said aloud to our group under the
/ tent: One drop Of practical Christianity
30, FL r
/ clesiasticism and that good samaritan
had more religion in five minutes than
! that minister and that Levite had in a
/ lifetime. and the most accursed thing on
! earth is national prejudice, and | bless
I God that | live in America, whore Gen
/ tile and jew, Protestant and Catholic,
| can live together without quarrel.
! | saw in London the vast procession
| which one day last January moved to st.
Pauls Cathedral at the burial of that
! Christian hero, Lord Napier The day
/ after, at Hawarden. i'll conversation on
various themes. / asked Mr.. Gladstone il
! he did not think that many who were
under the shadow of false religions
might not neverthel less be at heart really
Christian Mr. Gladstone replied: Ives:
my old friend Lord Napier, who was
buried yesterday, after he returned from
his Abyssnian campaign, visited us here
| at HaWarden. and walking in this park
where we are now walking he told me Il
| very beautifui incident. lie said: After
! the war III Africa was over we were on
the march. and we had a soldier with d
broken leg who was not strong enough
TO go along with us, and we did rot dare
| to leave him to be taken care OF by say
!, ages: but we found we were compelled
to leave him. and we Went into the house
4 of 4 woman who was said to be very
kind woman, though Of the race OF saw
ages and we said, Here is u sick man,
and If YOU will take care of him until he
gets we'll we will pay you very largely;
/ and then we offered her five times that
which would ordinarily be offered, hoping
! by the excess OF pay to secure for him
! great kindness. The woman replied:
Il will not take care of him for the
money YOU offer | do not want your
money. But leave him here and Will
| take care oil him for the sake OF the love
OF God. - Mr.. Gladstone turned to
me and said s'Dr. Talmage, don't you
/ think shat though she belonged to race
! of sa9ages that was pure religion" ana
answered. Il do: / do May God
! mult;pIy ali the world over the number
If GOOD Samartans! Good Samarltans
i along every street and along every road.
as well as this one on the road toJerlcho,
Rut our procession OF sightseers IS
again in line. and here we pass through
a fleeD rayine. and | cry to the drago-
man: David. what place do you call
thiso" and he replied: This is the
brook Cherith. where Elijah was fed by
| tho ravens And in that answer he