The Opelousas courier., 1891-02-07
DR.. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE's sum
DAY SERMON.

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salem, and we take ~stirrups for tha 800
along which the wayfarer of old fen sr,oaa.
thieves, who left him wounded and bait
dead. Jobs picture of the horse IN A.
orient as having neck clothed with TIM
de-" is not true of most horses now in Pal.
estlne: There IS no thunder on their necks
though there Is some lightning IN fha;,
heels. Poorly fed and unmarc;faiIn
whacked, they sometimes retort. To Amer.
cans and English, who are accustomed n
guide horses by the bride, these horses of
Che orient guided only by foot and yoiee
make equestrianlsm an uncertainty. and fla
phil on the bride that you intend for slow.
ing up OF the pace may be mistaken for a
mint IhaG you want to outgallop the wind or
wheel IN swift circles like the hawk Rnt
they can climb steps and descend ureeinicas
with skilled foot. and the one choose for or,,
Journey In Palestine shall have the praise 81
going for weeks without one STUMBLING sta,
and amid rocky sleeps, where an ordinsry
horse would notfor an hour maintain s,Irs-
footedness. There were eighteen of our
party, and twenty-five beasts of burden car.
ried our camp equipment. We are led bv an
Arab sheik, with his black Nubian seryant
carrying a loaded gunin full sight. hut il Is
the fact that this sheik represents the Turk.
ash Government which assures the safety of
the caravan.
We cross the ~Jehoshaphat Valley. which.
u it had not been memorable in history ana
were only now discovered, would excite the
admiration Of all who look upon it. It IS
like the gorges of the Yosemite or the chasms
Of the Yellowstone Park. The sides of this
~5ehoshaphat Valley are tunneIed with graves
and overlooked by Jerusalem WaIls-an eter-
nifty Of depths overshadowed by an eternity
of architecture. Within sight of Mount
Dilvet n Gethsemane and with the heavens
and the earth full of sunshine, we start out
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1t says "a certain man went down from
Jerusalem TO Jericho and fell among
thieves No road that I ever saw was SO
well constructed for b~rigandage deep
gulleys, sharp turns, caves ON either side.
There are fifty places on this road where a
h~ighwayman might surprise and overpower
nm unarmed pilgrim. His cry for hefp. his
shrek OF pain, bis death groan would be an
swered only by the echoes. On thisroad to-
day we met groups of men, who. Judging
from their -counIenances, have in their veins
the blood of many generations of Rob Roys.
Josephus says that Herod at one time dis
charged from the service of the temple forty
thousand men, and that the great part Of
them became robbers. So late as 1920 Sir
Frederick H~ennlker, an English tourist, was
attacked on this very road from Jerusalem
has never bean any scarcity Of bandits along
the road we travelto-day.
With the fresh memory Of some recent
violence in their minds Christ tslls the
peoule of the good Samaritan who came along
chat way and took care OF a poor fellow that
had been set p o by villainons Arsbs and
robbed and pounded and cut. We encarnped
FOR lunch that noon close by an old stone
building. said to be the tavern where tbs
scene spoken Of in the Bible eliminated.
Tambled In the dust and CHASTITY with
sounds the victim OF this highway robbery
kay in the middle of the road--s fact of
(which I am certain, because the Bible says
the people passed by On either side. There
were $4,000 priests living at Jericho, and
Ehey had To 20 to Jerusalem to oflciate al
che temple. And one Of these ministers of
Feligion, / suppose, vas on his way
90 the temple service, and he is
startled as he sees this bleeding victim in the
Tniddle of the road. ssOh,n he says, sshere is
q man that has been attacked Of thieves.
why d0Eft you go homer says the minister.
The man, 10 comatose state, makes no an
ewer. or, with q half dazed LOOK, puts his
wounded hand TO his gashed forehead, and
6rawIso ont .tWhatsss' AWell,n says the min
sgter. II must hurry on to my duties at Jeru-
sasem. / have to kill a lamb and two pigeons
a sacrifice to-day. J cannot spend any more
time with this unfortunate. / guess some
body else ri take care of him. but tins IS
nna Of the things that cannot be i1Slped, any
ROW p&1IAQ 94hbs 49,
aud not VITA bodies. Good mornlngI Whe1
con Get well enough to sit up ! Will pc glao
10 see you at the temple
AMI the minister curves his way ous
coward the oyerhanging sides OF the
road and passes. You hypoerltel 0na OF
ahe chief officers of religion isto heal POUNDS
Won might have done here a kindness that
rvnrIid have been more acceptable to God
&Aan ali the incense that will smoke up from
vai7 censor for the next three weeks, and you
s.aissed the chance. Go on your way-exe-
xgated By the centuries.
+ soon afterward q Levite came ape the
sce,. The Leyites looked after the music
II the tssaspIe and waited upon the priests
and provided the suppiles O. Inc asd Ie a.Ears
- ~ to-day. took q look at the mass OF
hr,r;ses and liberation in the rsiddls OF tne
Taad siMTi aayp' says the LeSItes Inns
~ean il a~wfEllv haFb and he ought 70 re
iLelDad Bnt my business is to sing IN the
choir at the tezaple. Ii | Am Iios sneLs ~
lnne will carry my part. Besides snap -
may not be enough fraIlklnceRse ~ rnS ~ -
$50 what 4 fearful halk in the service tEat
vro,.,n uaaEe. uhen one ef the priests might
go his hyeasfDlate on crooked. REt1 it Scent
no had fo leavs this. man IN this condition
Parhana i had better try to sEanch this bieed
e,eg ara pfre him a little stimuiant. But ne
Tie ceremony al Jerusalem is OF more IN
iuortance than taking care Of the wounds oIa
man who will probably sOon be dead
how. This highway robbery 0lgnE q pc
asfoyn,ed. for it binders as LeVites On our way
~ ~ Is temple. There, ! have lost hva
minnfes asEeadyi Go along. you heastF ne
~ho5sta as he strikes his heels into the sides OF
@hn mninaal carrying him, and the dust rising
E4rom tha road soon hides the hard hearted
Official
Bu4 4 third person Is coming along biaas
rnsa Won cannot expect him 70 40 any.
%hin0 hv way OF alienation, because ne ana
&c wnnaded man belong 70 dI1efeh1 u.
eI0us whseb have abominated eacn otns1
zor eanfa1ries. The wounded man Is an
Ts~a sIi+s awd She a now coming on
s4Na scene ~ suffering Is d Samaritan. lney
A,Slanq 70 nations Which hated e9en osnsI
rvifh an ~obiurgation and maied!ebao4 Ga
9eIin F9,av had opposition tenples-Qge pA
faFnrnk fSar1zim and the other on mount
Ns.Tah-and L gRess this Samaritan WEsn
hA comes up, will gre the fallen Asraehsg
anotier clip and say: 5000 TOE you
s,sd r;va vosa one moro kick that VIII puE
lyos1 ont 81 your misery. And hero y q rag
~ vo,1r east that they did not steal, ana !
Susif taka that. WHAT Do yQEa dare 70 ap-
r1s~f M RE for mercv9 Hush ppt Why, yaouf.
aucastors worsbiped at JerqsaieAM Ynsi
trey oHehk to have worshlpea a. aexi1a.a 49,,
row. take thati and thatl ard EnAhf ~
say tbs Samaritan = be pounds the fallen
lsraelfE8.
No. the BauEayitaR rides up tc the scene "a
Soldering. gets of his beast and steps down
nndl0cks into the face Of the wounded man
ama aaga: ssThis poor fellow dees not belong
10 my aats0E. and our ancestors wofsalpea
fn di&arent places. but he is q man. and tnaI
anMkaa I'D brothers. God pity him. - ! %.