Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-13
RI MARY tOUIN.

Forever the most treachaHt account
st the beauty and duty Of personal
service stands out in the parable Of
the good Samaritan. which still points
The way adown Inc centuries az untir-
laely as ID has in the past to that
browning day when man shall have
made 3hls earth reconstructed
heaven.
In that heightened story the aidict-
ed Is found ia tue pathway of the
stranger and there is no possibility
that others might be called to do the
~ork near BIT hand The Samaritan
either must aid Or move on, How be
establishes Lis fellowship with i'm
mortality is shown in luxtap0sition
WITH the wilifullg unkind and the
tboughllaas VINO went onward.
Having sacGorsG the man TO the hest
Of his resources. tae Samaritan leaves
bim at the friendly inn WITH a promise
to return the morrow. 8ignifying that
hs would guard the sick man until the
need OF care mad ceased
In this divine perturbation there is
no Inning Of amalgamated charities
upon which the Samaritan could re-
pose his burden. It plainly shows him
as giving first aid. paying for the help
he cannot give. and returning to see
that his wishes are carried out and to
further the recovery Of the unfortun-
ate one. There is no doubt in the
matter. To be q friend he must place
+ his arm about the stricken one ana
bear him TO safety,
Each person sharply or vaguely
Acknowledges the lesson OF the para
bic. Sharply. if ne follows it exactly;
vaguely, if he permits his duty to re-
+ pose IN the hands Of those not as keen
/ to It's necessities. Ever the sore-dis-
tressed He In the pathways. We can
not escape them. We can trample
Ger them, close aye to shut out the
/ grewsome sight. but there is only one
way TO eradicate their misery pick
them up and carry them to the friend
+ ly ion. as did the Samaritan. This IS
/ the test given the strong. If the strong
1 fail it. he Is in more deplorable condi-
/ ton than he that fell among thieves.
How much OF Christ is in the cup Of
cold water man hasn't perfected mi
! croscope sensitive enough to discern
. There may be so much It is naughe
else-if It were but trace, 1t were
/ enough
was the beggar with bruised
/ feet;
/ ] was the woman you gave TO eat;
/ was the child on the homeless
street,
/ Every day within our view these
( pass They are ours-our opportuni-
/ ties for personal service In payment
for the debt the universe owes to eter-
! nifty
/ Not so long age and In a city not
/ far removed, we saw the need OF
good Samaritan disguised as o mother
heart Down the street this bright
. morning came two by two the little
/ tots from an orphanage on their way
j to q nearby school. The matron was
marching alongside and each child
( bore marks Of her supervision
/ sCap-suchened faces, the uniform step.
( At the same moment door opened
and q child, a little girl, came out of
/ q residence and stood with her mother
an instant on the porch ere hurrying
! TO school IN an opposite direction to
/ that Of the orphans In a fresh burst
Of affection she ever lavisbed on her
child she gathered her into her arms
and showered kisses on her upturned
face
/ The scene was caught by the eye OF
/ q little hoy tagging along discongolate-
/ ~. With g. cry. the anguish of which
still pierces the mother. the Iaddie
/ broke from the ranks and wound him