The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-24

| scene OF suffering, gets on the beast ana
| 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 worshiped in differ |
/ ent places. but he is q man. and that |
| makes us brothers God pity him. as |
8oi' And he gets down on his knees
| and begins to examine his wounds, and |
straigh ten out his limbs to see IT any OF
his bones are broken, and says: MY |
dear fellow, cheer up. you need have no
more care about yourself. for am going |
to take care Of you Let me feel OF your
pulsed Let me listen TO your brea aiming!
1 have in these bottles two liquids that
will help you- The one is oil, and that
will soothe the pain 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 80. no." says the
man; 81 can't walk; let me stay here
and die" Nonsense" says the Sa-
maritan- You are not going to die i
am going to put you on this beast. and l
will hold you on till get you to place
where you can have a soft mattress and
an easy pillow"
Now the Samaritan has got the wound
ed man on his feet and with much tug
ging and lifting puts him on the beast.
for it is astonishing how strong the
spirit of kindness will. mako one, as you
have seen n mother after three weeks
OF sleepiess watching of her boy. down
with scarlet fever, lift that half grown
boy, heavier than herself, from couch
to lounge. And so this 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
better now, think, says the Samaritan
to the Hebrew. ''Yes," he says, Il do
feel better" ''HaIioo! 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 felt thirsty and
turning his pillow whenever it got hot
and in the morning be fore the Samari-
tan started on his journey he said:
Landlord, now i ana obliged TO go.
Take good care OF this man and 1 will
be along here soon again 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
t sounds small, but it. was as much as
SO here and now. considering what it
l would there and then buy of food and
r lodging.
, AS on that Decem Der noon we sat I'M
7 der the shadow of the tavern where this
scene of mercy had occurred, and just
4 having passed along the road where the
= tragedy had happened, l could. as
3 plainly as now see the nearest man to
r this platform SEQ the Bible story re-en-
I acted, and said aloud to our group I'M
i der the tent: One drop of practical
Q Christianity is worth more than a
9 temple full of ecclesias ticism, and that
o good Samaritan had more religion in
: five minutes than that minister and
s Levite had in a lifetime, and the most
O accursed thing on earth is national
s prejudice, and bless God that live in
e America where Gentle and jew, Prot
estant and Catholic can live together
fIafsF1f rrETo m in n
g National crucible. tho differences of sect
9 and tribe and people are being nodded
IT into great brotherhood, and that the
/ question which the lawyer flung at
d Christ and which brought forth this in
It cident of the good Samaritan, WHO is
J. my neighbour" is bringing for the
% answer: my neighbor is the first man
l. 1 meet in trouble" and q wound close
h at hand calls louder than a temple sew
D. enteen miles off, though it covers nine
a teen acres
10 saw in London the vast procession
N which one day last January moved to
St Paurs cathedral at the burial of tina;
1t Christian hero, Lord Napier. The day
N after at Hawarden, in conversation on
u various themes, / asked Mr.. Gladstone
3, | if he did not think til at many who were
20 under the shadow of false religions
l. might not nevertheless be at heart real
l. Iy Christian. Mr.. Gladstone replied:
ss Yes; my old friend Lord Napier who
e was yesterday buried, after he returned
ie from his Abyssinian campaign, visited
10 us here at Hawarden and, walking il
IS this park where we are now walking hi
e. told me a very beautiful incident. He
;" said: After the war in Africa was over
to we were on the march and we had a sol
IL dier with a broken leg who was no
O. strong enough to go along with US an(
le we did not dare to leave him to be takeI
g. care of by savages, but. we found WI
\ r a1..1 ~,
be went into. the house of a woman VIII
~ was said to be a very kind woman
tn though of the race of savages, and w
ct said: Here is a sick man, and if yoi
to will take care of him till he gets wei
n we will pay you very largely" and thel
r. we offered her five times that whicl
IS would ordinarily be offered. hoping
es by the excess of pay to secur
ou for him great kindness The womal
at replied: 81 will not take care of hin
to for the money you offer. 1 do no
re want your money. But leave him here
ee and will take care of him for the SAX
10 of the love of God" Mr.. Gladston
u turned to me and said: ''Dr. Talmage
don't you think that though she be
on longed to a race of savages, that wa
or pure religion?" And 1 answered: s.
On do; I do" May God multiply all tn
es world over the number of good Samar
ng tansi
y, In Philadelphia young woman wa
nd dying. She was a wreck. Sunken int
d. the depths of depravity, there was n
an lower depth for her to reach Wor
be came to the midnight mission that sh
In was dying in haunt of iniquity nea
lot by. Who would go to tell her of tn
se- Christ of Mary Magdalen? This one +.
gh fused. saying: Il dare not go there
he A Christian woman, her white lock
nd typical of her purity of soul, said:
lat will GO and 1 will go now" She wer
sts and sat down by the dying girl and to,
Id of the Christ who came to seek and say
an that which was lost First to the 70
ter Iorn one came the tears of repentane,
We and then the smile though she ha
he begun to hope for pardon of Him WI
M came to save to the uttermost Thel
IDS lust before she breathed her last ST
be said to the angel of mercy bending ovs
Try her pillow: s:Would you kiss me?'
US will" said the Christian woman. as 81
lie. mt upon her cheek the last salutatio