The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-30
And that viii say the Samaritan as he


as dol' And he gets down on his knees
and begins to examine his Wounds and
straighten out his limbs to see any OF his
homes are broken, and says; My dear fellow,
cheer up, you need hnyeno more care about.
yourself, for nm 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 soothe the pnin OF these
wounds. and 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" ooh, no" says the
man, II can't walk; let me stay here aud
die. "Nonsense!" says the Samaritan
~ GU are not going to die am going to
put you on this beast, and / will hold you
on till get YOU to Il place where you can
have 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 it is as.
tonishing how strong the spirit of kindness
will make one, as You have seen mother
alter three weeks OF sleepless watching Of
her boy, down with scarlet fever, lift that
hal,-grown boy heavier than herself, from
couch to lounge And SO this sympathic
Samaritan 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, think"
says the Samaritan to the Hebrew. "Yes,"
he says. II do feel better 'Hnlloo, you
landlord! help me carry this man in and
make him comfortable" That night the
Samaritan sat up with the jew giving him
water whenever he elt thirsty and turning
his pillow when it got hot. and in the morn
ing 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 again and pay
you Tor all you do for him. Meanwhile here
is something 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 it would
there and then buy of God and lodging
As on that December noon we sat under
the shadows o this tavern where this scene
of mercy had occurred, and just having pass
ed along the road where the tragedy had
happened, l could. as plainly as now see
the nearest man to this platform. see that
Bible story re-enacted, and said aloud to
our group under the tent: One drop of
practical Christianity is worth more than q
temple full OF ecrlesiasticsm 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 God
that live in America. where gentle and Jew,
Protestant and Catholic can live together
without quarrel. and where, in the great ma
tional crucible, the differences Of sect and
great brotherhood, and that the question
which the lawyer flung at Christ, and which
brought forth this incident Of the good Sa-
marian. "Who is my neighbour" is bringing
forth the answer "My neighbor is the man
meet in trouble. and wound close at hand
calls louder than temple II miles off,
though it covers 10 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 teally Christians. Mr.. Gladst one replied:
eyes; my friend Lord Napier who was yester.
day buried, after he returned from his Abys-
sinian campaign, visited us here at Hawar-
den and, walking in this park where we are
now walking, he iold me beau lul incident.
He said "A. ter the war in Africa was over
we were on the march and we had q soldier
with broken leg who was not strong enough
to go along with US and we did not dare 10.
leave him to be taken care Of by savnges,
but we were compelled to leave him and we
went into the house Of woman who was
said to be very kind woman. though of the
race OF the savages, and we said, Here is a
sick man, and if you will take care of hin,
till he gets we'll we will pay you largely"
and then We offered her five times that which
would ordinarily be offered. hoping by the ex-
cess OF pay to secure for him great kindness.
The woman replied: 81 will not take care OF
'him for the money you offer. l do not want
your money. But leave him here, and will
take care Of him Tor the sake of the love OF
Cod"
Mr.. Gladstone turned to me and said CDR.
Talmage. don't you think that though she
belonged to a. q race OF savages, that was
do" May God multiply all the world over
the number of good Samaritans!
In Philadelphia young woman was dying.
She was wreck. Sunken into. the depths
OF depravity there was no lower depth Tor
her to reach Word came to the midnight
mission that she was dying in a haunt Of
of the Christ Of Mary Magdalen? This one
reused, and that one refused, saying, ~ dare
not go there Christian woman, her
white locks typical of herpurity ofsoul. said
II will go and will go now.'' She went and
sat down by the dying girl and told of the
Christ who game to seek and save that which
was lost. First to the :orlorn one came tears
OF repentance, and then the smile as
she had begun to hope Tor though
the pardon of Him who came to
save to the uttermost. Then, just be- ore
she breathed her last, she said to the angel
OF mercy bending over her pillow: would
you kiss me?" Il 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, as we'll as this one on the
road to Jericho.
But our possession ofsigh t-seers is again
| in line, and here we pass through a deep ra-
| vine, and / cry to the dragoman: David,
what place do you call this?" and he replied:
| This is the brook Chelith where Elijah was fed
by the ravens" And in that answerlle over
threw my lifelong notions ofthe place where
Elijah was waited on by the black servants
the sky. A brook to me had meant slight
depression of ground, and a stream fordabje,
| and perhaps Is feet wide. But here was O
| chasm that an earthquake must have scooped
out With its biggest shovel or split with it's
mightiest battle axe. Six hundred feet deep
is it, and the brook Cherith is a river which
| when in full force, is a silver wedge, split
ting the mountains into precipices. The
| feathered descendants OF Elijah's ravens still
wing their way across this ravne. but are
not like the crows we supposed them to be-
They are as large as eagles. and one of them
could carry in its beak and clinched claw at
once enough food Tor d half d zen Eli abs.
No thanks to the ravens; they are carnivor.
GUS and would rather have picked out the
eyes of Elijah. whom they found at the
1 mouth of his cave on the side Of Cheritb,
l Woitin for hic a -, ~ .