Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-10-20


to different nations, which have abom-
mated each other for centuries. The
wounded man is an israelite, and the
/ stranger now coming on this scene of
suffering is a Samaritan They belong
/ to nations which hated each other with
! an obiurgation and malediction dia-
/ bolic. They had opposition temples
ine 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'll | will just
finish the work these bandits began,
and give you one more kick that will
put you out of your misery. And here
is rag Of your coat that they did not
steal, and | will take that. What Do
you dare to appeal to me for mercy2
Hush upl Why, your ancestors wor-
SHIPPED at Jerusalem when they ought
to have worshiped at GeYizim. Now
take thatl and that and thatl'' will
say the Samaritan as he pounds the
fallen Israelite.
SAMARIA'S NAME IMMORTALIZED.
No; the Samaritan rides up to the
scene of suffering, gets off the beast
and steps down and looks into the face
of the wounded man, and says; ''This
poor fellow does not belong to my ma
ton, and our ancestors worshiped in
different places, but he is a man, and
that makes us brothers. God pity him,
as I doI' And he gets down on his
knees and begins to examine his
L l.
to see if any of his bones are broken,
and says: my dear fellow, cheer up
You need have no more care about
yourself, for I am going to take care of
you. Let me feel of your pulsel Let
me listen to your breathingl I 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 fee
ble and you feel faint, and that will
stimulate you. Now must get you to
the nearest tavern" ''Oh, mop says
the man II can't walk Let me stay
here and die" ''Nonsensel" says the
Samaritan. ''You are not going to die.
l am going to put you on this beast,
and | will hold you on till | get you to
a place where you can have a soft mat
tress 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 astonishing how
strong the spirit of kindness will make
one, as you have seen a mother after
three weeks of sleepless watching of
her boy, down with scarlet fever, lift
that half grown boy, heavier than her
self, from couch to lounge And so
this sympathetic Samaritan has, I'M
aided, put the wounded man in the
saddle, and at slow pace the extempo-
rized ambulance is moving toward the
tavern You feel better now, Think
says the Samaritan to the Hebrew.
yes" he says, 81 do feel better"
''Halloo, 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 whenever it got hot, and in
the morning, before the Samaritan
started on his journey, he said: ''Land
lO1OL, INV tlIlI ObA1SCd W 81. dhO
good care of this man, and | will be
along here soon and pay you for all you
do for him. Meanwhile here is some
thing to meet present expenses" The
two pence" 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 of mercy had occurred, and
just having passed along the road
where the tragedy had happened I
could, as plainly as | now see the near
est man on this platform, see that Bi-
bic story reenacted, and [ said aloud |
to our group under the tent: Zone drop |
of practical Christianity is worth more |
than a temple full Of ecclesiasticism,
and that good Samaritan had more re-
igion in five minutes than that minis |
ter and that Levite had in a lifetime, |
and the most accused thing on earth |
is national prejudice, and [ bless God |
that l live in America, where Gentle |
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live together without quarrel, and |
where, in the great national crucible, |
the differences of sect and tribe and |
people are being nodded into a great
brotherhood and that the question
which the lawyer flung at Christ, and
which brought forth this incident of |
the good Samaritan, Who is my neigh
borT is bringing forth the answer,
My neighbor is the first man meet
in trouble, and wound close at hand
calls louder than a temple seventeen
miles off, though it covers nineteen
acres.