The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-18
The Good Samaritan

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Mr.. Moody, at one Of his recent meet
ings in Now York, read tho story of
"The Good Samaritan" and then
said
It's Il good thing to take parable
Ike this and look it straight in the
face: Who is our neighbor? | don't
think we need anyone to explain that.
It's pretty plain, but sOmo of us have
most Of Us haven't found out yet.
Many man has como to New York
and been shipwreckcd and fallen
amongst thieves. Sometimes they
have killed him as they did that
gentleman from Colorado the other
day, but more often they have only
wounded him. | regret to say that
there are many sO.Called Christians
who will sec man in distress and won't
help him because he doesn't belong to
their parish. Some ministers are the
same way.
The trouble with such is that their
religion is all up in their head: it never
struck into their hearts at ALL They
have the big head and the little heart.
Lots OF men are head heavy. They'd
topple over backwards if they stood up
too straight.
In the parable, the first man that
came along was the priest. He was
probably on his way to hold some SER
vice at the Temple. When he saw the
wounded man he probably said: THAT
man is badly hurt, but / can't stop to
attend to him for he il no. in nv
parish. If he were ia certainly com e
; to him as soon as had seen the COM
t mittee about IT," And he passed on.
pity these men whoa-c always wait
r ing for committee to appoint them.
Some years ago, there wa. Il man IN
4 this town who lived near the .;nrLh
$ River, and in the Afternoon OF Is cplI
d winters day he heard a man cnIlIuu
4 for help who hal fallen through ,hs:
= ice. He sat in his house nnd beard
n the mar cry over and over again, and
t dld nothing to hcip him, but let him
n drown. The next day the people learn.
q ed about IL and they drove that cruel,
n hcartlcss man out Of town.
:, Ihat was right, wasn't it?
= on, 1T was? Then look at yourselves
ana see what you arc doing. Are you
l. not doing worse than he did in lettin g
!. That fellow drown? All around you in
G New York cries for help are being
r. heard, and you are passing by on the
l. other side.
You say when you see a man in dis
1t trcss, "Oh, how pity him."
's ! wouldn't give the snap OF my tinge>
g for the pity that does not help him t,
N get up again.
r. The next one that came along the
20 road was the Levite. He was sort o
G. church warden, steward. The wound
cd man lay about one hundred yard
away when the Levite saw him. Fl,
had another turn of mind. He said
z It's dreadful that a man can't take
g simple little journey in broad dayligh
! without hciEg molested by robbers
g, When [ get back to the city III Sc
1t Pilate and have an act passed by tn
u legislature to appoint a committee tt
Of guard the roads, and very likely m
ut name will be put at the head of it, It.
~ a great shame" And he passed on.
ID There's a Christianity of works a
n. well as of words. Words are cheap. w
w can got carloads Of fine sermons, bu
In what we want is sermons with hands
to ahd feet on them. Enough beautiful
re sermons arc preached to convert tn
Id whole city.
as The next person that came along wa
III tho samaritan. | can see his cheerful
cd smiling face as he stopped to help th
~ suffering man and bathe his wound
{" ara ronr oil in them. Some carry OF
~ 20 pour in the wounds of those the,
ed meet. good many more carry vine
er gar, and they always give you vinegar
ir Don't be like them.
10 That Jcw was sick and wounded
ID and that good Samaritan put him OF
r. his beast and went afOOt himself. Fl,
ID took him to an inn. He fedohim, ant
y. eft money to pay for his board until h,
IN returned.
80 Don't ask mo the creed of that Sama
rs rltap. | don't know his creed. Som,
" people arc so particular about creeds
or ! tell you that any creed that vii
s prompt you to put your arm under an
+: other man aud help him up to God is
| grand creed.
le The Jews hated this Samaritaps
e Don't condemn them. Lots of us arc
I'd just as bad ourselves. I've sat in q cal
'e and seen an Irish woman pull hol
@. skirts away from colorcd woman who
es sat beside her, and few minutes
later I've seen the colored woman pul
g, her skirts away from q Chinaman.
1T Why, there are men in this CITY who
@, will tell you that Cinnamon hasn't
I'd any soul.
le A few yHars ago [ was in San Fran.
lo cisco, passing along the street, when I
'e saw u noodlum grab Chinaman bv
IL the queue and pull him over backward
10 and kick him and beat him horribly
l. interfered, and tho h0Odlum look ed
4, at me, and said: What, You take the
l. part or Chlnaman, miserable dog q
10 and he pulled knife on mo, AMI T
< cam near losing my life.
Ut III We had moro good Samaritans
% there would be an end to the cry of