Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-03-21


poor wounded Israclite. Coming along. he
sees this man and says: why, that man
must he terribly hurt. ! see by his fea-
lures he is an Isracli,r but he Is man,
and he Is brother - Whoa says the
Samaritan, and he gets down Off the beast
and comes up tn 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 n
chance for resuSci,aiion, goes to work at
him, takes out Of his sack u bottle Of oil and
bottle of wine cleanscs the wound with
some wine, then pours some of the restor-
ntivc into the wounded mans lips, then
takes soma oil, and with II soothes the
wound. After awhile he takes off part
of his garments for - band.go. Now the
sick and wounded man sits up pale and
exhausted, hu; very thankful. Now the
good Samaritan says, lyon must get on
my saddle. ard will walk The Samar-
itan helps and tcndcrly stcadies this
wounded imam 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 sia-
marian and saying: You are very kind.
/ had no right 10 expect this thing Of n
Samaritan when am an lsraclite. You
nrc very kind Ia walk and let me ride
Christian sympathy.
Now they have come up To tho tavern.
Tho Samaritan, with the help Of the land
lord assists the sick and wounded man to
diSmnunt and puts him To bed. The Bible
says the Samaritan s:aid all night. In the
morning, | suppose, the Samaritan went
In To look how his patient was and ask
him how he passed the night. Then he
comes ont the samaritan comes out, and
says TO this landlord: Here Is money to
pay that mans board, and, IL his conva-
lcScencc Is not rs rapid rs hope for, charge
the whole thing to me. Good morning,
all. = lie gets ON the beast and says, go
along, you beast, but go slowly, for those
bandits sweeping through the land mag
have somebody else wounded and half
dead Sympathy Christian sympathy!
How many such men as that would 1t take
To warm thu cold world ups Famine in
Zarcpthath Everything dried up. There
Is "a widow with "a son and no food except
"A handful of NAL. She is gathering sticks
to kindlc IA fire to cook the handful OF
meal. Then The Is going TO wrap her arms
around her boy and die. Here comes
Elijah. His two black servants, the ra-
vens, have got tired waiting on him. He
asks that woman for food. Now that
handful 81 meal is 70 be divided into three
parts. Before IL was Ia he divided into
two parts. Now sine says In Elijah. Come
in and sit down at this solemn table and
take u third of the last morsel. How
many women like that would IL take 10
warm the cold world mp:
Recently an engineer in thu southwest,
on locomotive, saw train coming with
which he must collide He resolved 20
stand ut his post and slow up the train
until tho last minute for there were pas
sengcrs behind. The engineer said to the
fireman: Jump One man is enough on
this engine Jump" The fireman jumped
and was saved. The crash came Tho en-
gincer died at his post How many men
like that engineer would it take to warm
this cold world up! y vessel struck ON u
rocky island. The passengers and tho
crew were without food, and "a sailor had
shelilsh under his coat He was saving
IL for his last morScl. He heard "a little
child cry To her mother: "Oh, mother, |
am so hungry. Give me something to eat.
am so hungry The sailor took the
shellilsh from under his coat and said,
Here. take that" How many men like
that sailor would 1t take TO warm the cold
world up? Xerxcs, fleeing from his enemy,
got ON board boat. \ great many Per
slams lcaped into the same boat, and the
boat was sinking Some one said. Are
you not willing to make sacrifice for
your kingg' And tho majority OF those
who were in the boat lcaped overheard and
drowned TO save their king. How many
men like that would 1t take To warm up
this cold world: Elizabeth Fry went into
the horrors Of Newgatc prison. and she
/ turned the imprecation and the obscenity
and the filth into prayer and repentance
and n reformed life The sisters 81 chart
( ty in 1868, on the northern and southern
battleiiclds, came to boys In blue and gray
7 while they were bleeding to death The
I black bonnet, with the sides pinned back
and the white bandagc on the brow, may
not have answered all the demands Of Gle
CANT taste. but you could not persuade
that soldier dying Thousand miles from
home that it was anything hut m 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 actio,, done.
Warmed by Christ.
1t was his strong sympathy that brought
Christ from warm heaven to cold
world The land where he dwclt had "a
serene sky. halSamc atmosphere tropical
luxuriance; no storm blasts in heaven
no chill fountains. On cold December
night Christ stepped ont Of a warm heaven
into the worlds frigidity The thcrmomc-
ter in Palestine never drops below zero.
but December is chccrlcss month, and
the pasturagc Is very poor ON the hilltops.
Christ stepped out Of warm heaven into
the cold world that cold December night
The worlds reception was cold. The surf
Of bcstormcd Galilee was cold Joseph s
sepulchcr was cold. Christ came, the
great warmer. To warm the earth, and all
Christcndom today feels the glow He
will keep on warming the earth until the
tropic will drive away the arctic and tho
antarctic He gave an intimation Of
what he was going 10 do when he broke
up the funeral at the gate OF Main and
turned 1t into reunion festival, and
when, with his warm lips, he melted the
Galilcan hurricane and stood on the deck
and stamped his foot, crying, "Silcnccr'
and the waves crouchcd, and the tempcsts
folded their wings.
OH IL was this Christ " no warmed tho
chilled disciples when they had no food by
giving them plenty to eat and who in the
tomb Of Lazarus shattered tho shacklcS
until the broken links If the chain Of trat h
ratified into the darkest crypt of the mau-
solemn. In his genial presence the girl
who had fallen into the fire and the wat IT
I Is healed nf the catalcpSy, and the wither-
cd arm takes muscular. healthy action
and the ear that could not hear an ava
1 lanchc catches "A leafs rustic, and the
tongue that could not articulatc trills IA
quatrain. and the blind eye was rcillumcd
and Christ, instead of staying three days
and three nights in the scpulchcr, as was
supposed, rs soon rs the worldly curtain OF
observation was dropped began the explo-
ration ri all the underground passages OF
earth and sea, wherever a Christians
grave may after awhile be, and started "A
light of Christian hope, resurrection hope,
which shall not 60 out until the last cero-
ment Is taken off and the last mausoleum
breaks open.
All, am 81 glad that the sun of Right
cousncSS dawncd ON the polar night of the
nations And II Christ Is the great warm
or, then tho church Is the grca, hothouse,
with its plants and trees and fruits Of
Righteousness. DO you know, my friends,
that the church is the institution that pro.
poses warmth have been for ~ years
studying how TO make the church warmer
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