The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side LIahts On Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Pupils :.
Edited by Charles x. Meyers.

Aug. 11-One Secret of Happy
Life. Luke 10; 30?37; Gal. 6, 2, l, 2, 8,
10.
We have for our lesson this week
one of the great parallels given by
Jesus. Itsis the famous one on THE
Good Samaritan" 1t stands on the
level with those othqr remarkable
ones The Prodigal Son and The Lost
Sheep. ID,
1t seems as if the New Testament
would not be complete il this parable
had been left out, yet to the outside
observer it came to be given by accl-
Ident. Wonderful indeed how the
whole matter came about, ending in
this famous showing in what true
kindness and love consists. 1t would
appear that one day learned man,
a lawyer, came to Jesus with intent
to tangle Him up or as the records
say tempt the Master. The lawyer
asked, what shall l do to inherit
eternal 1ife?" Jesus quoted to him
the great commandment to love God
with all the soul and might and ones
ineighbor as himself. The lawyer
said that was right and proper but
came back with the further question,
who is nay neighbour Then came
the parable so we'll known.
The parable of the Good Samaritan
relates how man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among
thieves who took his goods, did him
great bodily injury and left him by
the wayside. Soon there came on the
way a Jewish priest who would GER
tainly be expected to have pity on q
fellow Jew, but he paid no heed to
the poor man, passed by on the 9th
er SIDE" leaving him in misery. Later
another Jew, this time learned Lev
Il tie, came and went so far as to look
at the wretched man, but likewise
passed on the other SIDE" Now what
happened? A Samaritan, man whom
a Jew would not notice axcept as
dog or a superior, came. His heart
was appealed to by the sufferer; for
he dismounted from his animal, bound
up the unfortunate mans wounds,
placed him on his own beast, took
him to the next town or inn and on
departing for his journey left direc-
tons that the poor man be cared for
at his expense. Jesus asked the law
yer, ''Who was neighbor to the man
who fell among thieves?" There was
but one answer to be made.
1t is one of the glories Of the bible
religion that it demands service for
Others. From the beginning God was
doing good things for mankind and
the New Testament just abounds in
commands and examples of love and
helpfulness. Jesus said that He came
to minister unto others and to be the
servant of all. The epistles OF John,
James and Paul insist that true re-
ligion consists in brotherly kindness,
sick and unfortunate. 1t may seem
strange, but the demands of no other
great religion are like those Of the
bible on these vital matters.
While It is true that hundreds of
linen and women in christian lands
|are considerate of the sick and poor
yet this is the outgrowth Of the bible
and its teachings. 1t Is one of the
proud boasts of the missionaries that
until their coming there had been no
provision made for service to sick and
injured. Hand in hand with the bible
has gone sympathy for distress, medi-
cal aid, hospitals, the teaching of sac
'rifice for others. You can never make
enc think you are true christian un-
less you show forth the spirit of the
Good Samaritan" of the parable. He
was kind to one who despised him,
land who would not have given him
like treatment if the circumstances
had been reversed. In holding this
example up Jesus gave commentator
to His other command, to do good
to those who despitefully use you.
No higher eulogy can be given one
than that he or she lis known for their
likeness in spirit to the Good Samari-