Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10

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pNt 49, the southern border
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ported in 10: 12-16.
Note the threefold
work of the mission of the seventy, as be-
low. Trace on the map the route of Jesus
TO Jerusalem, and note the various events
mat TOOK place. Time.-November, A. ID.
- tlace.-Somewhere in Perea, beyond
Jordan. Though possibly near Jerusalem
Route.-When Jesus left Galilee the in
olcatlons are that he went along the Dor
Ger between Galilee and Samara to the
JORDAN, crossed the river into Perea,
thence southerly to the fords of Jericho,
10 jericho, and thence to Bethany. See
Luke 3: 81, 80; TO- 49,
Inc full lesson for to-day is as follows
%. Ana, behold, a certain lawyer stood
up, and tempted him, saying, Master,
what snail l do TO inherit eternal life?
20. lie said unto him, What is written
III the law? how readest thou?
u. And he answering said, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
neighbor as myself
Is. And he said unto him, Thou hast
answered right: this do. and thou shalt
live.
%. But he, willing to justify himself,
said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
50. And Jesus answering said, A GER
tam man went down from Jerusalem to
jericho, and fell among thieves, which
stripped him of his raiment, and wounded
him. and departed leaving him half dead
oil. And by chance there came down a
certain priest that way; and when he saw
him, he passed by on the other side.
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at the place, came and looked on him,
and passed by on the other side.
%. But certain Samaritan, as he jour-
heyed, came where he was; and when he
saw him, he had compassion on him.
"a. And went to him, and bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set
him on his own beast, and brought him to
an inn, and took care of him.
80. And on the morrow when he de-
parted, he took out two pence, and gave
them to the host, and said unto him, Take
care of him: and whatsoever thou spend
est more, when l come again. will repay
thee.
80. Which now of these three, thinkest
thou was neighbor unto him that fell
among the thieves?
81. And he said, He that showed mercy
on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go,
and do thou likewise.
Some explanations to to-day's lesson are
as follows:
VS.. 2937. %. But he, willing (resolved)
to justify himself" to make himself APP
pear right, both to his own conscience and
to Jesus. Said unto Jesus. and who is my
neighbour" For the degree in which he had
kept the law of love would depend on the
answer to this question. If his neighbo'
meant his personal friends, Jew. spelt
large" he may have kept the law in some
measure, or, at least, had come much
nearer it than If ''neighbor" included a
wider circle. Doubtless this was a dis.
puted question among the Jews.
so. "A certain man went (was going)
down from Jerusalem to Jericho" The
road, or path-for there was no such road
as is familiar to us-from Jerusalem went
down literally, to Jericho, the descent in
less than twenty miles being about $500
feet.
Fell among thieves robbers, brigands.
On this very road an English baronet.-
Sir Frederic Henniker,-was stripped
and murdered by Arab robbers in 1920.
He was probably thinking of the parable
of the Samaritan when the assassins
stroke laid him low" Porter's Palestine,
l.l51.-Cambridge Bible.
80. But certain Samaritan" The
Samaritans were half heather, a mixed
race of Jews and Gentiles, accepting the
Pentateuch only as their bible, erroneous
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despised by the priests and Levites. The
Jews have no dealings with the Samar-
itans." Note. in this connection, the noble
spirit which Christ showed in this picture
ot q Samaritan, for 1t was but a short
time before this that he had himself been
rejected by Samaritans in such an UNI
gracious way that the disciples wished to
invoke fire from heaven upon them duke
D: 51-56). Moreover, 1T required great moral
n "a Ia
Jews. Had compassion on him." COM
passion so strong that 1t overcame selfish
ness and all sense of fear.
"a. Bound up his wounds, pouring in
oil and wine" The wire was poured in
to cleanse the wound, and the oil to as
suage the smart They were highly es-
teemed remedies "Set him on his own
beast" His care of the wounded man
must have consumed considerable time;
but this was the greatest magnanimity,
and much more than common kindness re-
uuired. Real love does not ask how little,
out how much it may do.-Jacobus. ITO
an inn," more like our hotel than the COM
mon khan. And took care of him." gave
him his personal attention, which is more
costly and more blessed than all our
money.
IS. And on the morrow he took
cut two pence" (denariD: from his girdle.
Shilling Is a more exact translation of
"danarius" than penny. 1t is worth about
seventeen cents. But two such pence
you'd be equivalent to three dollars in our
lay. Whatsoever thou spendest more"
tic. He did all he could, consistently with
- other duties.
90. which now of these three :.
was (proved) neighbor unto him." The
Lords question has been admirably put
as, Which now of these three understood
best what thou desirest to now?"-Sadler.
81. 60, and do thou likewise" That
Is, your question is answered by yourself:
He TO whom you ought thus to show
mercy in order to become his neighbor is
your neighbor."
The Modern Good Samaritan. Both as
individuals and as nation, we are to
treat the poor, the despised. the outcast,
the degraded as our neighbors, and give
them all possible aid, and not pass them
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