Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-06


ono more Kick that will put you out OF your
misery. And here Is u 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
worshipped ut Jerusalem when they ought
to have worshipped at Gcrizim. Now take
that. And that. And that will say the
samaritan as he pounds the fallen Israclite
NO; the Samaritan rides UP to the scene
OF suffering, gets or tie 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
worshippcd in different places. but he is a
man, and that makes us brothers. God
pity him. as do" And he gets down on
his knees and begins to examine his wounds
and straighten out his limbs to see II any Of
MS bones are broken. and says: my dear
ieiiow. chcer up. you necu nave 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
III pottles two liquids that will help you.
Inc one is oil, and that will suoth the pain
OF these wounds, and the other is wine, and
your pulse is feeble and you feel faint. and
'hat Will stimulate you. Now must get
you 10 the nearest tavern" "Oh. no." says
the man II can't walk; let me stay here and
dlc 'Nonsense." says the Samaritan;
You are not going to die. l am going to
put you on this beast, and | will hold you
on tlll get you to place where you Gun
nave soft mattress and an easy pillow.
Now the Samaritan has got the wounded
man on his feet, and with much Juggling
ana lifting, puts him on the beast for it is
astonishing how strong the spirit of kind
ness Will mako one, as you have seen
mother after three weeks of sleepless
watching OF her boy. down with scarlet
1eNer. lift that half-grown boy, heavier
than herself, from couch to lounge. And so
TINS 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" "1Ielloly. 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 when
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 1 will be along
mere soon again and pay you for all you do
for him. Meanwhile here is something to
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 under
the shadow OF the tavern where this scene
passed along the road where the tragedy
had happened, could, as plainly as ! now
see the nearest man to this platform, see
that Bible story re-enacted. and I said
aloud to our group under the tent: "Onc
drop of practical Christianity is worth
more than temple full Of ecclesiasticism,
and that good Samaritan had moro religion
IN 1--WE minutes than that minister and that
Levite had in a lifetime, and the most
accursed thing on earth is national preju-
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 peo-
| pie, are being moulded into great brother
| hood, and that the question 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 in trouble" and wound close at
hand calls louder than u temple seventeen
| miles off, though it covers nineteen acres. :"
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 Ha-
| warden, in conversation on various themes,
| asked Mr.. Gladstone If he did not think
that many who were under the shadow Of
false religions might not nevertheless be at
heart really Christian. "Mr Gladstone re-
piled: Eyes; my old friend, Lord Napier.
| who was yesterday buried, after he returned
from his Abyssinian campaign. visited us
here at Hnwarden. and walking in this park,
| where we are now walking. he told me q
very beautiful incident. He said: After
the war in Africa was over We were on the
march. and we had u soldier with broken
| leg who was not strong enough to go along
with us, and we did not dare to 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 u woman who was
said to be 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 we'll we will pay you very large
| ly,' and then we offered her five times that
which would ordinarily he offered, hoping
by the excess OF pay to secure for him great
| kindness. Tho woman replied: II will not
take care of him for the money you offer.
do not want your money. But leave him
here, and will take caro- of him for the
sake of the love of Cod" Mr.. Gladstone
turned to me and said: "Dr. Talmage, don t
you think that though she belonged to a
race OF savages. that was pure religion?''
And 1 answered: Il do; l do" May God
multiply all the world over the number OF
good Samaritans.''
In Philadelphia young woman was dy-
ing. She was q Greck. Sunken into the
depths OF deprayity 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 60
to tell her Of the Christ Of Mary Magdalenf
! 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: II will go and will
go now" She went and sat down by the
dying girl and told of the Christ who came ia
seek and 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, just
before she breathed her last, she said to the
angel of mercy bending over her pillow;
''W0'Ald you kiss me?" II will" said the
, Christian woman, as she put upon her cheek
the last salutation before in the heavenly
world, think. God gave her the welcoming
kiss. That was religion! Yes, that was
| religion. Good SaMaritans along every
street. and along every road, US well as this
ono on the road to Jericho.
But our procession of sig ht- seers Is again
in line, and here we pass through q deep ra
vine, and cry to the dragoman; ''David,
what place do you call this?" ana he replied