The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-27

"ror was an hungered and ye gave
me meat; was thirsty and ye gave
me drink; was stranger and ye TOOK
me in; naked and ye clothed me-
was sick and ye visited me; ! was W
prieon and We came unto me.'-maV'
XIV, 1886.
The wise men of the churches OF
Christ, the ministers OF the "osPe'
of Christ. the followers III lhe io''
stems of Christ might preach ana pia'
tice the teachings of that great ne
deemer for all the span OF years
which constitute their mortal ives
and never come nearer to true bou
nness 10 true humanity 10
true Christianity than they
rould come by daily teaching ana
living the lesson conveyed IN the
words of these two verses from lhe
writings of st. Matthew.
Tho' entire story the whole STORY
Of human kindness, of human virtue
and Of Christian religion is contained
In tHo few words: Il was a stranger
and We took me in" There is nothing
said therein of waiting to telegraph 10
the town from which the stranger
came. there is nothing said of waiting
unti credentials and letters came
rothinp is said of the investigation
nf mast records or of the thrnsllhE
aside the coverings of old wounds
the bringing TO the light of day the
old sears and the unearthlng oil lohE
hurried skeletons. Nothing Is sad Oh
abusn for opportunities overlooked or
of determinations for mistakes WhlCH
mipht have been made in earlier years
Simplv-'l was stranger ana HV
took me in" and fed me and clotheu
mo and ministered to me in sickness
and visited me in prison. SllhpN
this and nothing more.
The whole story of forgiveness ana
the whole story of human yirtue-the
whole story of the Christian religion
and the whole story Of the life OF Je'
sus. without establishment and with
ont display. The whole story of the
gentle trust of Jesus-Of the trnst
which He had in others and which
should characterize those who would
follow in His footsteps is taught ana
tod in these few words.
Might it not be we'll for Churchman
and layman, for saint and sinner, loI
preacher and agnosttc to study those
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