Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-20
THE MOVING PARABLE
VI the Good Samaritan Explained and
Amplifled in the Regular
SUNDAY DISCOURSE OF TALMAGE.
A description of the Scene of the SayiOr's
Famous Story.
THE DOCTORS TOUR OF TIE HOLY LAND

IMAGES course of sermons on the Holy Land
ami adjoining countries is demonstrated by
the thousands who are turned away from
the doors of the Brooklyn Academy of
Music on Sunday mornings and from
services in the New York Academy of
Music on Sunday evenings, unable to gain
even standing room in those immense au-
ditoriums. To-day the fourth sermon of the
series was preached, as before, in this city
in the morning and in New York at night
Having announced as his text Luke 1880,
ga certain man went down from Jerusalem
to Jericho" DIR. Talmage said:
Ii is the morning of December ). in Jerusa-
lem and we take srirrup> for the road along
which The wayfarer of old fell among thieves
who left him wounded and half dead. Jobs
picture OF TIM horse in the Orient as having
neck clothed with thunder is not true of
most horses now in Palestine. There is no thun-
der on their neck. though there is some light
ming in their heels. Poorly fed and unmerci-
fully whacked, they sometimes retort To
Americans and English, who are accustomed
to guide horses by the bridle these horses of
the Orient, guided only by foot and voice, make
eGueStrianism an uncertainty, and the pull on
the bride that you intend for slowing up of
the pace may he mistaken for hint that You
want to out-gallop the wind or wheel in swift
circles like the hawk.
But they can climb sleeps and descend precl-
pices with skilled foot, and the one L choose
for our journey in Palestine shall have the
praise of going for weeks without one STUN
bling step amid rocky sleeps where an ordi-
nary horse would not for an h ur MAINTAIN
sure-fnntedness There were is OF our party,
and - beasts of burden carried our camp
continent. We were led by an Arab Shelk
with his bl..s:, Nuhian servant carrying a
loaded gun in full sight, but il is the fact that
this sheIk represents the Turkish Government
which assures the safety of the caravan.
THE SCENE OF A PARABLE
With the fresh memory of some recent vio-
fence in their minds Christ tells the people of
the good Samaritan who came along that way
and took care of a poor fellow that had been
set upo BY yillainous Arabs and robbed and
pounded and cut. We encamped for lunch
that noon close by an old stone building, said
10 be the tavern where the sceLe spoken of in
the Bible eliminated. TumblinS in the dust
and ghastly with Wounds, the victim of this
highway robbery lay in the middle of the road
a tact of which am certain. because the Bible
saws the people passed by on either side. There
were l2.O0O priests living at Jericho and they
had TO go to Jerusalem to officiate at the tenn
pie.
And one of these ministers of religion, /
suppose. was on his way to the temple
service and he is startled as he sees this bleed
ing victim in the middle of the road. "On,"
lie saws "here Is man that has been attacked
OF thieves. Why don't you go home?" says
the minister The man in a com ltosc state
makes no answer or, with half fdazed look,
Pats his wounded hand to his gashed forehead
and drawls out WHAT" "Neil." says the
minister, Il must hurry to nv duties at
Jerusalem. I have to kill a lamb and two
pigeons i'm saCritiC to-day. cannot spend any
more time with this unfortunate. 1 guess
somebody else will take care of him. But this
Is one OF the things that cannot he helped, any,
how. Beside that. my business is with souls
and not with bodies. Gcod morning, When
you get well enough to sit up. will be glad to
see you at the Temple"
And the minister curves his way ont toward
the overhangiug sides of the road and passes.
You hypocrite! One of the chief offices OF re-
lgiOn is to heal wounds You might have done
here kindness that would have been more &C
ceptahle to God than all the incense that will
smoke up from your censer for the next three
weeks and YOU missed the chance. Go on your
wayl EXecrated by the centuries.
TOO BUSY FOR MERCY.
Soon afterward 4 Levite came upon the
scene The Bevites looked afr er the music of |
the temple ana waited upon the priests and |
provided the supplies of the temple. This |
Ievite, passing along this road where we are
to-day. took look ct the mass of bruises and
lacerarion in the middle of the road. My!
my!' saws the LeviJe, this man is awfully hurt
and he ought To- be helped. But my business is
to sing in the choir at the temple. If / am not
there no one will carry my part. Beside that
there may not be enough franknceGse for the
censers and the wine or oil may have
given out and whaE fearful balk
IN the service that would make. Then
one of the priests might get his breaSt-plate on
crooked. But it seems too bad to leave this
man in this condition. Perhaps had better try
to sUanch this bleeding and give him a little
srimulant But no! Tne ceremony at Jeru-
salem is OF more importance than taking care |
of the wounds of a man who will probably soon |
be dead, anyhow. This highway robbery ourht |
TO be stopped. for it hinders us Levites on our |
way up TO the temple. There l have lost five |
minutes already Go along YOU beastr' he |
shouts, as be strikes his heels into the sides of
the animal carrying him. and the dust rising |
from the road soon hides the heard-hearted Of |
fetal
But third person is coming along this road. !
You cannot expect him to do anything by way |
of alienation. because he and the wounded |
man belong TO different nations which have |
abOmInated each other for centuries. The |
wounded man Is an Israelite, and the stranger |
now coming on this scene of suffering is a 1
Samaritan. They belong to nations which |
hated each other with objurgatiOn and male
dIction diabolic. They had opposition temples. /
Une on Mount Gerizim and the other on Mount |
MOriah. and ! guess this Samaritan when he |
comes up will give the fallen Israelite another
clip and say: Good for you! / will Just finish /
the work these bandits began, and give you nne |
more kick that will put you out of YOUR misery
And here is rag of your coat that they did not |
steal, and l will take that. What! DO YOU /
dare to appeal TO me for mercy? Hush up! /
Why. your ancestors wOrSbipped at Jerusalem
when they ought to have worshipped at Geri-
Zm. Now take that And that And that!n
Will say the Samaritan as he pounds the fallen
lsraelite.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
No; the Samaritan rides up to the scene of
gets of the 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 worshipped in differ
ent places. but he is man, and that makes us
brothers. God pity HIM, as doI" And he gets |
down on his knees and begins to examine his
and Strengthened out his limbs no see If |
any of his bones are broken, and saws: s.NIv |
Van l,,,, |
care about yourself. for L am going 10 take care
Of you. Let me feeluf your pulsel Let me
listen to you breathing! | have in these bottles
two liquids that will help you. The one i oil
and that Mlll soothe the pam of these wounds
and the other is wine. and YOUR pulse is feeble
ana YOU feel faint, and that will stimula, You.
Now must get you to the nearest tavern"
''Oh. no:' says the man, 81 can't walk; let me
stay here and die" Nunsenser says the
samaritan, You are not gring to de- am
gong to put YOU on this beast, and will hold
you on till get you to a place where you can
have soft mattress and an easy pillow"
Vow the Samaritan has got the wounded man
)n his teet and with much tugging and lifting
puts him on the beast. for it is astonishing how
strong the spirit of kindness will make one as
you nave seen mother after three weeks of
deepieSN watching of her boy, down with scar
ct lever lit that hali-groWn boy. heavier than |
herself. from couch to lounge. And SO this |
ympatheuc Samaritan mas unaided put the |
Wounded man in he saddle. and at slow pace |
ne ne eAIeInporized ambulance is moving toward
he tavern. You feel better now think" |
avs the samaritan to the Hebrew. YES" he
avs 81 DO feel better.' "Halloo Won landlordt
lelp me carry this man in and make him COM
oIIaDle. mat night the Samaritan sat up
WITH the jew, giving him water whenever
ie Ielt thlrsiy and turning hIs pillow when it
ot hot, and in the morning before the Samari-
an started on his journey he said, Landlord,
oW am oPllged to go. Take good care of this
nan and l will be along here soon again and
ay you for all you do for him. Meanwhile s