El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
Madden Good Samaritans Are Many
They Are the People of Their Own Clique TO Hep P
International Sunday School Lesson
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

mere prolongation of existence , Is Yer
enough to make heaven. mss L. Of
wanted to be a son and lhlleI -
eternal life He asked Jesus ~ .--,,a5
Socratic answer was Is+1ver
what saw the scriptures Inc - II,
~, w -" e-0od One-of course, the ia" "a
which he was versed was ING 0-9sde
law. and not the civll-aIiu ~ 77rin-
answer according to the 80 nor
chile: Love God and love your NJ how
That was easily answered. a5i We
simple is the saying Of go, This
are glib in religious atIlrIlldIio,-l7 +eTea
LAWYER was disconnected Dy " tIorT
retort of Jesus, This DO anu 80
shalt live" thus stresslng ~ Tacifing
of the word rather than the IeOi'ii-9
VI True to type. the quibbling lawyer l,
sought a technicality. He was redlLy
more interested in JustlIylIlS NJ L-.5
than in learning the truth. he CdL -
more for his own reputation than III
any new knowledge So ne IhOqsH +be
wrfggIe out of the dilemma by lne
evasiVe question, "Who is my nelsn-
bor?" =
On the Road of Thieves.
That LAWYERS bubble brought forth
a REVOLUTIONARY principle of nelghpoIH-
ness, and a literary classic fCI ISSS5
made answer in the story OF tne LOU
Samaritan, a deathless paraDle, wH!CH
has been a well Of knowledge ana m
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teachers beyond any mans nuInDeIlHs
have been drawing for Is centuries.
No other book has so many lIlL5IIldi
evidences of genuineness as ne D ~
Thus. this little story tells now tne
traveller went down" from Jer uSa4eIn
to Jericho. Those Of US VINO nave De59l
over the road know now ne WenC
down" a descent of almost mile IN
a short Journey of about 20 miles.
Jericho lies in the deepest repression
Of the earth's surface, which IS the
valley of the Dead sea.
That difficult road has Deeus Dy one
of the strange persistences so common
in the orient q resort for thieves from
time immemOriaL Only recently nave
the Turkish soldiers made 1t reason
ably safe, and forced the line OF out
Iawrv 10 the Jordan river Every
hearer Of the story as Jesus told IT,
recognized the appropriate seIung OF
the incident on that IoneIy ana Danger
Gus road: which now, however, is safe
" Travelled by hundreds of pilgrims
every. year A rest house and souvenir
shop today sands on the reputed site
Deeds of Kindness.
The parable points the truth that
life is won by deeds of kindness To
have life, which is fullneSs Of expert
ence, We must give Of ourselves to
other lives "A mans life consists
of the number of things to which he
is alive" A wealthy western bust
ness man boosted to me recently that
he has never been a hundred miles
from his native city, and he has no in
terests except his business Of king
money. Poor fellow pitied him
more than any beggar I saw on his
city's streets He cannot even see
why it is that his business is slipping
away from him, he is losing money,
and his soul is like a shriveled pea.
He has missed life. Had he been wise
enough to give he would have been
able really to live The Lniggardly.
self serving, self engrOssed life misses
even the little goals at which it aims.
The good samaritan way is the way of
wisdom, as well as Of helpfulness. Al
truism is q workable philosophy.