Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-20
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head What pity. Stabbed under his
arm. What pity. Tut, tut What
pityl Why, they have taken his clothes
nearly away from him. But 1 haven't
time to STOP lead the choir up in the
temple service. Go along, you beast.
Carry me up to my temple duties.
After awhile a Samaritan comes along
--one who you might suppose through a
national grudge might have rejected this
poor wounded Israelite. Coming along
he secs this man and says: "Why, that
man must be terribly hurt. see by his
features he is an Israelite, but he is a
man and he is brother. 'Whoap says
the Samaritan, and he gets down off the
beast and comes up to this wounded
man, gets down on one knee, listens to
see whether the heart Of the unfortunate
man is still beating, makes up his mind
there is chance for resuscitation, gees
to work at him, takes out Of his sack
bottle Of oil and bottle Of wine, cleanses
the wound with some wine, then pours
some of the restorative in the wounded
mans lips, then takes some oil and with
it soothes the wound. After awhile he
takes off a part Of his garments for
bandage. Now the sick and wounded
man sits up, pale and exhausted, but
very thankful Now the good Samari-
tan says, "You must get on my saddle,
and l will walk" The Samaritan helps
and tenderly steadies this wounded man
until he gets him on toward the tavern,
the wounded man holding ON with the
little strength he has left, ever and anon
looking down at the good Samaritan
and saying "You are very kind. had
no right to expect this thing Of a Sa'
maritan when l am an Israelite. You
are very kind TO walk and let me ride. ="
Now they have come up to the tav-
ern. The Samaritan, with the help Of
the landlord, assists the sick and wound
ed man TO dismount and puts him to
bed. The Bible says the Samaritan staid
all night. In the morning, l suppose,
the Samaritan went in to look how his
patient was and ask him how he passed
the night. Then he comes out-the
Samaritan comes out and says to the
landlords Here is money to pay that
mans board, and if his conyalescence
is not as rapid as l hope for, charge the
whole thing to me. Good morning, all. "
He gets on the beast and says, go
along, you beast, but go slowly, for
those bandits sweeping through the
land may have left somebody else
wounded and half dead" Sympathy
Christian sympathy! How many such
men as that would it take 10 warm the
cold world up? Famine in Zarepthath.
Everything dried up. There is a widow
with a son and no food except hand
full of meal. She is gathering sticks to
kindle a fire to cook the handful Of
Neal. Then she is going to wrap her
arms around her boy and die. Here
comes Elijah. His two black servants,
the ravens, have got tired waiting on
him. He asks that woman for food.
Now, that handful Of meal is to be di-
vided into three parts. Before, 1t was
to be divided into two parts. Now, she
saws to Elijah, "Come in and sit down
at this solemn table and take third Of
the last morsel." How many women
like that would it take to warm the
cold world up?
Warming the World.
Recently an engineer in the south
west, on a locomotive, saw train COM
ing with which he must collide. he re-
solved to stand at his post and slow up
the train until the last minute, for
there were passengers behind. The en-
piueer said tothe fireman: Jump! One
man is enough on this engine! Jump!
The fireman jumped and was saved.
The crash came. The engineer died at
his post. How many men like that en-
oiueer would it take TO warm this cold
world up? A vessel struck on rocky
island. The passengers and the crew
were without iood, and a sailor had
shellfish under his coat. he was saving
il for his last morsel. He heard little
child cry TO her mother "Oh, mother,
am so hungry; give me something TO
eat. l am so hungry" I" The sailor took
the shellfsh from under his coat and
said: Here Take that. " How many
men like that sailor would it take to
warm the cold world up? Xerxes, fee
ing from his enemy, got on board
boat. A great many Persians leaped IN
10 the same boat and the boat was sink
ing. Some one said, "Are you not will
ing TO make sacrifice for your kingT
and the majority Of those who were IN
the boat leaped overheard and drowned
to save their king How many men like
that would it take TO warm mp this cold
world? Elizabeth Fry went into the
horrors Of Newgate prison, and she
turned the imprecation and the obscenl-
ty. and the filth into prayer and repent
ance and a reformed life. The sisters OF
charity, in 1868, on northern and south
eru battlefelds, came TO boys in blue
and gray while they were bleeding to
death. The black bonnet with the sides
pinned back and the white bandage on
| the brow may not have answered all
the demands Of elegant taste, but you
could not persuade that soldier dying
900 miles from home that it was any
thing but an angel that looked him in
the face. Oh, with CHEEKY look with
helpful word. with kind action, try to
make the world warm
Count that day lost whose low descending sun
Views from thy hand no generous action done'
Christ's sympathy.
1t was his strong sympathy that
brought Christ from a warm heaven to
a cold world. The land where he dwelt
had serene sky, balsamic atmosphere
tropical luxuriance. No storm Slasts IN
heaven. No chill fountains. On cold
December night Christ stepped out OF a
warm heaven into the worlds fri9idity.
The tbaERops, s,5ass.on, 9auhls F-ra. al'ss J.
Tdrops below zero, bu4 ..aber is =
cheerless month, and u naSsturaoe is
very poor ON the hilltops. Sbyist stepped
out Of warm heaven iS,a tbe cold
world that cold December n>.ht The