The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-04-26
The Good Samaritan.

If you will take your Bible and turn
to the Tenth Chapter of Luke and read
from the 25th verse through the 37th
verse you will find an interesting story
of a Jewish traveller, who was set up
on by robbers, who took from him all
he had, even his clothes, and so cruelty
wounded him that without help from
some he must surely die. Then came
q priest. "And when he saw him
passed by on the other side" And af-
ter that there came one of the attend
ants in the service of the Temple. He
stopped long enough to look at the poor
man for a moment or two, yet he went
on again and did nothing. BY and by
there came a Samaritan, who delayed
his business for the sake of the wounded
man and set to work to help him. Very
tenderly he raises him. The poor
dry wounds of the man he softens with
oil; he let the poor mar ride, while he
walked; how he paid for him to be
taken care of, and ven pledged his
credit for all the expenses of his i'll
ness. Then the Samaritan went his
way, and does not seem to have thought
he had done anything extraordinary.
Our Lord has taught us 10y this story
that everyone to whom we can render
service is the "'neighbor" whom we are
to love as ourselves and that therefore
it is u duty to
DO GOOD INT MI
Now, surely we may be said to be do
ing good to everybody, when we try to
destroy, as far as we can, some evil
thought, or habit or custom, such as
that of taking strong drink, which is
hurtful to everybody.
In our journey through life we have
to III the risk of meeting many
TERRIBLE ROBBERS,
Who can rob us of more than money
or clothes, and wound us in the spirit,
where a wound is worse than in the
flesh. Every bad habit is robber, and
the about whom we are thinking
lust now is the robber called drink.
Strong drink robs its victim of
money, health, happiness and his good
name; it takes away his power to think
clearly and speak %truthfully and at last
it even robs him of his power to love,
and that is the very worst loss which
anybody can sustain.
There lies the poor drunkard and how
do most people think of him and speak
of him? Generally with scorn or with
anger. Some will have nothing at all
to do with him and some say that he
ought to be punished-as though his
punishment was not great enough
already. But we abstainers think that
our duty as taught us by Christ is to
HASTE TO II RESCUE
Of the victim of drink, vino very Of
ten is a good man enough when not I'M
der its influence and who never intended
to become a drunkard, when in igno-
rance and thoughtlessness he began to
take the drink perhaps at his fathers
table. Some drunkards have been saved
from their dreadful condition, some of
them by the loving words and kindly
deeds of boys and girls, but most of
them when once fallen, rise no more.
Nevertheless, it is our duty as Chris
tians, to try to reclaim them to the
end. But a still more important duty is
to try to
DO AWAY WITH DRINK.
My fellow Christians of every name
we should not be content to go about
carrying wine and oil, looking for the
robbed and wounded travellers. We
should want to clear the Jerico road of
robbers, so that our fathers, husbands,
yea everybody could pass along in
safety. How many in the dear old
county of Laurens will say amen!
Mothers know you are sick and tired
and your heart aches and your face is
bathed in little tears many times
when your husband and boy starts to-
wards Laurens.
Husbands you don't want the dispen-
sary any longer. Noble young men
and fair daughters of this dear old
county, won't you say we have had
enough of this robbery, death and ruin.
Christian men and women, Methodist,
Presbyterian, Baptist, shall we not
pray, preach and vote as we pray, and
if we will, we will soon see our county
rid of this terrible robber, ''dispen-
sary. Now | believe we are ready to
sign a petition for an election, and to
vote as we pray. Fellow citizens, VIC
can vote it out. VIII we do it? Who
will say Amen? God help us to do it.
Yours for Temperance and Goodness,
E. c. WATSON.