Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-23

and give him o little stimulaut. But, no!
The ceremony at Jerusalem is OF more
importance than taking care OF tne
wounds of man who will prob
bly, soon be dead, anyhow. ms
highway robbery ought to be stopped
for it binders US Levites on our
way up to the temple. There, nave
lost five minutes already. Go alons'
you beast!' he shouts as he sir Kes MS
heels into the sides Of the animal carry
ing him and the dust rising from the
road soon hides
THE HkRD-uEAKTEp OFFICIAL.
But third person is coming siouS
this road. You cannot expect him to DO
ANYTHING by way of alienation, because
he and the wounded man belong to dit
terent nations which have abominsted
each other for centuries. The woundeo
man is an Israelite, and the stranger
now coming on this scene OF suffering Is
n Samaritan. They belonged TO nations
which hated each other with an ob1urga-
ton and maiediction diabolicGl. They
had opposition temples, Gus OH MOUTH
Gerizim and the other on Mount
Moriah, and l guess this samaritan when
he comes up will give the fallen lsraellte
another clip and say: ''Good for you.
will finish the work these bandits began,
md p,ye rou one more kick that will put
YOU out of your misery. And here is rag
of your cont that :hey did not steal AMI !
will take that. What? Do you dare 10
appeal to me for mercyr Hush up.
Wby. YOUR ancestors worshipped ut
Jerusalem when they ought TO have
worshipped at GerIz!m. Now take thati
And that! And that!' will say the Sa-
marian as be pounds the fallen l5raellte'
No; the Samaritan rides up to the
| scene OF suffering, gets OF the beast anu
| steps down and looks into the face OF the
| wounded man and says: inns poor
fellow does not belong to my nation. and
| our ancestors worshIped in different
| places, but he is q man and that makes
us brothers. God pity him, rs do!
And he gets down on his knees and be-
gins 10 examine his wounds, and
Strengthen out his limbs to see if any OF
| his bones are broken, and says: MY
dear fellow, cheer up, you need have II"
more care about yourself. for am going
otake care of you. Let me feel OF your
! pulsed Let re listen 10 your breathing!
have in these bottles two lGuiis thst
will help you. The one is oil, and that
WILL sooTHE THE PAIN
| of these wounds, ami the other Is VINE,
aud your pulse is feeble and you feel
faint, aad that will stimu!ats you. NOW
must get you TO the nearest tavern.
.Oh. no. says the man, 81 can t
walk; let me stay here and die. Non
sense!'' says the Samaritan. on are
not going to die. AIN going to put you
on this beast, and will hold you on iii
| get you to a place where you can have
Il soft mattress AMI an easy PILLOW.
Now the Samaritan has got the
wounded man on his feet, and with much
Juggling AMI lifting, puts him on the
beast, for 1t is astonishing how strong
the spirit of kindness will make one, as
YOU have seen a mother after three weeks
of sleepless watching of her boy, down
with srarle: fever, lit that haif- grown
boy heavier than herself, from coucn tC
lounge. Aud so this sympathetic Sam
, aritan has, unaided, put the Wouuaeo
man in the saddle, and at slow pace the
extsnporized ambulance is moving
toward the tavern. 'Nou feel bette
now. l think" says the Samaritan t
the Hebrew. eyes, he says, ~ DE-
! feel better" 'Halloo, you landlord
, help me carry this man In and maxi
! HIM comfortable. - That night tn
Samaritan sat up with the Jew, givin;
him water whenever he felt thirsty sn'
turning his pillow when 1t got hot, AM
, IN the morning before the Samaritan
I | started on his journey, he said: 'Land
I lord now 1 am obliged to 20. Tax
good care of this man and l will be alon
? here soon again and pay you for oil 20
I do for him. Meanwhile here is some
? thing to meet present expenses. In
= 1.-TWO peuce'' he gave the landlor
r sounds small. but it was us much as 81
here and now, considering what 1t woul
there aud then buy of
4 FOOD AND LODGING.
y As on that December noon we sat un
= der the shadow OF the tavern whers thi
o scene OF mercy had occurred, and Ju:
n having passed along the road where IN
d tragedy had happened, could,
+, MAINLY .. now ses the nearest man
- this platform, see that Bible story re
a enacted, ana l said aloud to our grou
under the tent: One drop Of practic,
I Christianity Is worth more than tempt
a full of ecclesiasticism, and that goo
q Samaritan had more religion in i've min
II utes than that minister and that Levi
had in q lifetime, and the most accurse
n thing on earth is national prejudice, an
n | bless God that live in America, whel
IA Gentle and jew, Protestant anil Cath
n ollie can live together without Quarre
II the differences of sect, and tribe, Ill
Ie people are being moulded into gre'
: brotherhood, and that the questic
Ia which the lawyer flung ct Christ, nj
a which brought forth this incident of II
" good Samaritan, "Who is my neigt
% borP" is bringing forth the answer 'A
~ neiehbor is the first man l meet
to trouble" and wound close at har
Is calls louder than a temple seventies
Ia miles OF, though IL covers ninete'
is acres.
Of Isaw 10 London the vast processit
- which one day last January moved to 5
se Paul cathedral at the burial OF til
l. Christian hero, Lord Napier. The d;
to after at Hawarden, IN conversation
Ut various themes, asked Mr.. Glsdstons
r. he did not think that many who we
l. under the shadow of false religions m g
70 not nevertheless be ut heart really Chri
OF tiau. MIR. Gladstone replisd: eye
l. my old friend, Lord Napier, who VI
yesterday buried, after he returned fro
mis- Abyssinian cam paign, Wis ted US he
no at Hawarden and, walking in this pa
v where We are now walking, he told me
IN AVERY BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.
n He said: After the war in Africa "
lit over we were on the march, and we h
D. q soldier with a broken leg who was I