Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-10-30

from the road soon hides the hard hearted
official
A CHRISTIAN IN PRACTICE.
But third person is coming along TINS
road. You cannot expect him to do any
thing by way of alienation, because he
and the wounded man beiong 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 samaritan.
They belong to nations which hated each
other with an objurgation and maledlc-
ton diabolic. They had opposition tenn
ples-one on Mount Gerizim and the other
on Mount Moriah-and guess this Samari-
tan, when he comes up, will give the fallen
Israelite another clip and say; Good Tor |
you | will just finish the work these
bandits began, and give You one more Kick
that will put you out of your misery Ana
here is rag OF your coat that they ana not
steal, and | will take that. What DO
you dare to appeal to me for mercy? hush
upl Why, your ancestors worshlped at
Jerusalem when they ought to have wor,
SHIPPED at Gerizim. Now take thatl ana
that! and thatr' will say the Samaritan as
he pounds the fallen Israeite.
/ No: the Samaritan rides up to the scene
/ down and looks into the face Of the
wounded man and says: This poor fellow
does not belong to my nation, and our an.
eestors worshiped in different places, but
he is man, and that makes rs brothers.
God pity him, rs dc" And he gets down
on his knees and begins to examine his
wounds and straighten out his limbs TO
see If any of his bones are broken, and says
/ ''Nly dear fellow. cheer up; you need have
no more care about yourself, for | am go-
ing to take care OF you. Let me feel OF
your pulsel Let me listen 70 your breath
ingl / 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 VIII
stimulate you Now must get you TO the
nearest tavern "Oh, no, /" says the man,
Il can't walk. let me stay here and die.
''Nonsensep' says the Samaritan. You
are not going 10 die. ! am going 70 put
YOU on this beast and ! will hold You on
till | get yen to place where you can
have a soft mattress and an easy pillow.
Now the Samaritan has got the wounded
man on his feet and with much tugging
and lifting puts him on the beast, for " IS
astonishing how strong the spirit OF kind
ness will make one, as you have seen a
mother after three weeks Of sleepless
watching Of her boy, down with scarlet
fever nlt that half grown boy. heavier
than herself, from couch to lounge And
so this sympathetic Samaritan has I'M
aided put the wounded man IN the saddle,
and nj slow pace the eStemporized amhu-
lance is moving tow ri the tavern. You
feel better now. think, says the Samnri-
tan to the Hebrew yes, he says, 81 do
feel better" "Halloo, you landlord help
me carry this man IN and make him com
Portable" That night the Samaritan sat
up with the jew. giving him water when
{ ever be felt thirsty and turning his pillow
/ whenever il got hot. and IN the morning
: before the samaritan started on his jour
. new he said. Landlord, now am Obliged
? to 10. Take good care Of this man, and
viii be along here soon again aud pay you
q for an YOU do Tor him Meanwhile here Is
something 80 meet present expenses" Th'
T two PENCE he gave the landlord sound,
q small. but il was MS much ten dollar.
Q here and now. considering what it would
2 there aud then buy % food ard lodging
GOOD AlEN rs ALL COMMISSIONS
As on that December noon we sat undo
I the shadow 81 the tavern whore this seem
e Of mercy had occurred and just hayin.
J. passed along the road where the TRACED,
e had happened. / could, as plainly as nov
x see { he nearest mGu 20 this platform, SCI
p thar Bible story reenacted. aud SAT-
y aloud 10 our group under the tent' ON
drop Of practical Christianity is WORT
D. more than a templeful of'ecclesiasticism
and that good Samaritan had more religion
II In five minutes than that ministerand tina
e Ieyite had In n lifetime, and the most az
e cnrsed thing on earth is national preiu
J. dice. and / bless God that live in Amer
IS On. where Gentle and jew, Protestant an
{. Catholic can live together without quar-
y rel. and where in the great national cruc
n ble the differences of sect and tribe an
/ people are being nodded into grea
{ brotherhood. and that the question whic
h the lawyer Gung At Christ and whic
"a brought forth this incident OF the goo
re Salnaritan-'Who IS my neighhorN
sr bringing forth the answer, My neighbo
1t Is the first man ! meet in trouble and
m wound close at hand calls louder than
Of temple seventeen miles of. though it coy
- ers nineteen acres"
IS saw In London the vast processio
n which one day last January moved TO ;
5, pauls cathedral nd tine burial Of that Chri
oi tian hero Lord Napier. The day after g
Hawarden. in conversation on variou
= themes asked Mr., Gladstone Z he did nc
Y think that many who were under u
ls shadow Of false religions might not neye
tbeless be at heart really Christian NJ
y Gladstone replied: Yes my old fIien
10 Lord Napier. who was yesterday burie'
o after he returned from his Abyssinia
n campaign. visited us here mt Hawardei
Sc and walking in this park where we az
Oh now wall.ing be told me a very beaut
~ fpl incident lie said; After the W.
nj in Africa WIS over we were 90 q
sn march and we had a soldier with broke
be leg who was not strong enough 10 alou
with IA. aud we did not dare 20 leave hil
20 be taken care Of by savages, but y
ut fonnd we were compelled to leave him, az
nd we went into the house Of woman wi
he was said t. be q very kind woman, thoug
Is OF the race Of sIvages, and we said Hel
at is a sick man. and If you will take care
% him tin ne gets wen we viii pay you yer
ip largely and then we offered her five tim'
Is that which would ordinarily be offere,