The Washington herald., 1910-09-04


life; the sun thai brings JOY to my soul:
the cricket chirping on my hearth; the
faithful old clock ticking in the hall.
Who are my neighbors2 Ny friends
whose hearts send out the incense Of
love for me; those that can touch with
consolation and bring inenable peace:
those to whom I can give the FIRE Of
strength and a bit Of heavenly balm and
the tender light OF love. Ny neighbors?
Where I am welcomed with bright eyes
and rapturous hearts, and yet see hands
reaching out to me through the mist Of
sorrow; whose fingers are on my heart
strings; ~;:o left the latehstring OF my
soul and pause out Of the restless fever
OF life 20 rest with me in the sunny
silences Of life's afternoon: whose heart
aches are forgotten and the love that
passeth all understanding" shines upon
hgnteo faces ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
Who Is my neighbor?
He who shares with me In kindly
thoughts. lends helping hand IN time Of
need. cheers ne with comforting words
when bowed down with grief and dis
tress. He is my neighbor.
Then let Us not. as children. think that
our neighbor must necessarily live within
one or two squares OF US No. no: we
can have a stanch neighbor even across
the waters. One writer says. Absence
makes hearts grow fonder." I find this
little verse very fitting on the subject, so
I will mention Il here:
Help US to help each other, Lord.
Each Others cross 10 bear.
And each a friendly aid afford,
And feel a brothers care"
Stanch neighbors. I think. are intuitive
They feel each others cares and dis
tresses, and are never ready 10 admins
ter as they see 1T Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy mind. with
all thy strength. and with all thy soul,
and thy neighbor as myself" says the
Good Book ABIGAIL THOMPSON ROWE.
Who is my neighbor? Why. everybody.
We can be Just as much a missionary TO
heather in foreign lands When we begin
20 realize that our neighbours trouble is
our troubH, his misfortunes ours, that
we are all children of the one Father,
and that what Injuries a part injuries the
whole. When We begin 10 realize that,
we are not far from the kingdom OF
heaven. N-s Fl. RARR1HcrR
Who is my neighbour" Neighbor is
defined as near one, friend. companion,
but The Man Of Gallee" spake the fol-
lowing concerning ''neighbor;" A certain
man went down from Jerusalem 70
Jericho and fell among thieves. which
stripped him Of his raiment, and wounded
him, and departed. leaving him half dead
And by chance there came down a certain
priest that way; and when he saw him. he
passed by on the other side. And like
wise Levite. when he was at the place
came and looked on him. and passed by
on the other side But a certain Samari-
tan, as ne journeyed. came where he was.
and when he saw him he had compassion
on him, and went 20 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. And on the morrow when he de-
parted he took out two pence. and gave
them 10 the host and said unto him.
Take care OF him, and whatsoever thou
spendeSt more. when come again, I will
repay thee Which. now. Of these three.
thinkest thou. was Eeighbor unto him
thsa fell among the thieves And he "a
certain lawyer) said. He that showed
mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto
him. Go. and do thou likewise.-Luke.
X:30-37. Ths careless observer and the
curiosity seeker were both rebuked by
Jesus. It is the compassionate doer that
Is commended, and as compassion. like
charity. begins at home the following
Beautiful lines by Mrs. Margaret E. Sang
ster may appropriately be added:
We have careful thoughts for the
stranger,
And smile for the sometime guest,
But oft for our own
The cruel tone.
Though we love our own the best
An. lip with that curve impatient.
All, brow with that look OF scorn,
Twere a cruel fate
Were the night too late,
To undo the work OF the morn.
Mrs EVELYN BRADFORD DAVIS.
Who is my neighbour" Ny neighbor
Is the one who loves me as he loves him
self; the one who helps me in my strug-
gle through life; the one who causes his
plans TO work in harmony with mine; the
one who looks to my upliftment as well
as his own; the one that gives me bread
when I am hungry. water when I am
thirsty and cares for me when I am
sick This is a neighbor's duty. and the
person who performs these duties is my
Think OF the neighborly duties !
which are constantly being performed by !