Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-03-27

The officer replied: Il got that from pr,-
vato solder in the Scotch regiment, halpn
Macdonald" "Now," said the General,
"vou take this blanket right back 10 tnat
soldier. He can no more DO without II taan
7 can do without 1t. Never bring to me the
h,ontet Of private soldier" How many
men like that General would 1t take to
warm the world up? The vast majority OF
ma are anxious TO get more blankets, wnerner
ANYBODY else is blauketed or not. LOOK
at the fellow feeling displayed In the
rocky de1e between Jertsa EN- ana
Jericho in Scripture times. Here IS man
who has been set upon by the Dandits, Cno
in the struggle to keep his properly ne mas
got wounded and mauled and SLAPPED, anu
he lies there half dead. priest rldes along.
He sees him and says: "Why, what's the
matter with that man? Why, he must be
hurt living Oh the fiat of his back. Isn't II
strange that ne should lie there! But can't
stop. | am on my way to temple services.
Go along. you hsast Carry me up to my
temnle duties" After awhile Levite comes
mn. He looks over and saysi "Why, that
man must be very much hurt. Qashed on
the forehead. What pity. STABBED unuer
his arm, What a pity. Tut tut! what
pity! Why. they have taken his CLONES
nearly away from him. But navent time
to stop. lead the choir up III the temple
SorYlcOt UO dlOnSI yOu DO''e' OA'J A ~
to my temple Duties"
After awhile q Samaritan comes along
one who you might suppose through Ma
tional grudge might have rejected this poor
woun led Israelite. Coming along he sees
this man and says: "Why, that man must
be terribly hurt. see by his features he is
An Israelita. but he is q man and ne IS
brother. 'Whoar" says the Samaritan, and
he gets down off the beast and comes up 10
this wounded man, gets down on one knee,
listens to see whether the heart CT the I'M
fortunate man is still beating, makes up MS
mind there is chance for resuscitatlon,
goes to work at him, takes out OF MS SACK
bottle of oil aud a 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
| il sooths the wound. After awhile he
fakes off part of his garment for
a bandage. Now the sick and wounded
man sits up, pale and exhausted, but
very thankful. Now the good Samaritan
SAYS, "You must get on my saddle, ana
will walk" The Samaritan helps and ten
derly 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
coed Samaritan and saying: "You are very
! kind, had no right to expect this thing OF
a Samaritan when / am an 1sraeiite. You
are very kind to walk and let me ride.
Now they have come up to the tavern. Ihe
Samaritan, with the help OF the landlord,
assists the sick and wounded man TO dis
mount and puts him to bed. The Bi6le says
| the Samaritan staid all night. In the
morning. 1 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
| landlord: "Here is money to pay that
mans board. and If his convalescence
| is not rs rapid as | hope for, charge the
whole thing to me. Good-morning, all" He
gets on the beast and says: go along, you
| b,asf, but go slowly, for those bandits sweep
| ing through the land may have LEFT some
| boav else wounded and half deal" Sym
pathy! Christian sympathy! How many
such men as that would 1t take to warm the
cold world up? Famine in Zarepthath.
Everything dried up. There is widow with
a son and no food except u handful OF meal
| She is gai herng sticks TO kindle IRE 10
cook the handful of meal. Then she Is 60
ing to wrap her arms around her boy and
die. Here comes ElJan. MS Two DlacX
servants, the ravens have got tired waiting
on him. He asks that woman for food. NOW,
flat handful OF meal is to be divided into
three parts. Before, it was to be divided
into two PARTS. Now, she says to Ell lah:
mCome in and sit down at this solemn table
and take third Of the last morsei. How
many women like that would 1t take to warm
| the cold world up!
Recently an engineer In the Southwest, on
| a locomotive, saw a train coming with when
he must collide. He resolved to STAND NJ DIS
post aud slow up the train until the last min
ute, for there were passengers pehlnd: dho
engineer sail to the fireman. "Jumpl 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 engineer would 1t take
TO warm this cold world up? A vessel struck
on a rocky island The passengers and toe
crew were without food, aud sailor hal
shellesh under his coat. He was saving 1t
for his last molsel. He heard little child
crv to her mother. "Oh, mother, an SO
hungry: give me something to eat. am so
hungry The sailor took the shellhsn rom a
under his coat aud said "Here! Take that.
How MANY men like that sailor would it take
TO warm the cold word up? Xerxes,
fleeing from his enemy. got on board a
boat. A great many Persans leaped into
| ,ha same boat and tie boat was sinking.
Some one said, care you not willing to make
q sacrifice for your king?" and the majority
of those who were in the boat leaped over
board and drowned to save their king. How
MANY men like that would 1t take TO warm
ND this cold world? Elizabeth Fry went into
the horrors OF Newgate prison, ana sa'
turnel the imprecation and the obscenlty
and the filth into prayer aud repentance and
a reformed life. The sisters of charity, IL
1864. on Northern and Southern battledelds
came TO bows in blue and gray While they
were bleeding to death. The black bonne
with the sides pinned back AMI the whit
bandage on the brow may not have answers
all the demands of elegant taste, but yo'
cOuld not persuade that soldier dying lOJ
miles from hone that it was anything but n
angel that looked him in the face. On, wit
CHEEKY look, with helpful word. with kin
action. try to make the world warm!
Count that day lost whose low descending
sun
Views from thy hand no generous actor
done.
It was His strong sympathy that brough
Christ from warm heaven to cold Worlo
The Ian where He dwelt had a serene sky
balsamic atmosphere, tropical luxuriance
No storm blasts in heaven. No chill 1oun
tains. On a cold December night Chris
stepped out of warm heaven into In
worlds frigidity. The thermometer Il
Palestine never drops below zero, but DE-
cember is a cherries month, and the pastur
age is very poor on the hilltops. Chris
stepped out of a warm heaven into the col
world that cold December night. In
worlds reception was cold. The surf OF be
stormed Galilee was cold. Josephs sepu
cher was cold. Christ came, the grea
warmer, to warm The earth, and all ChristeI
dom to-day feels the glow. He Will keep o
warming the earth until the tropic will driv
away the arctic and the antarctic. He gay
on infin, otion of what Ha Was going to d