Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-01

s,-; k ton. He seems
$ SsSS Ss$s$s>, to say that my
tssss==s s---2S- -. neighbor is the
man in need, the man in need Of what
have to give, and whose need arises
and is made known to me at time
when l am able 10 give it. If this be
true. how amazing and wonderful has
bseome the world neighborhOod, and
how clearly is the Christians duty to
make Christ known emphasized by the
nniversality of human suffering. Like
The man on the way to Jericho, ma
dons lie stricken, bleeding, hungry and
ready to die.
Over against this appalling fact, the
nike of which the Christian never
faced before in all the history Of the
world, stands Christ, Gods only an
gwer to human need. We Of America
know him. We have him enthrOned in
many an earnest heart. We have
throughout the land the open Bible,
Gods word spoken to sinful and suffer
ing man everywhere and in all ages,
words of love, words of hope and
words Of comfort. How nightly it be-
booves us in this time of world tragedy
and suffering to study the parable Of
the Good Samaritan and to search our
swn hearts to know whether or not
we as individuals are rendering that
ministry to the suffering which human
need requires, and our knowledge of
human suffering and our ability to al
leviate il insistently requires.
What q reproach that in the mas
VOWS parable the representatives Of re-
Egion-the servants Of tie Temple OF
God-passed by the sufferer. Each
knew of the case Of human need. Each
looked upon the sOrn and bleeding
form. Each possessed the resources
from which to help. Yet each turned
away passing on the other side, delib-
erately walking away from this revela-
lion OF suffering and need. deaf to this
cry. So proud, so self-righteouS. so eX-
CluSive, were these servants of religion,
and so devoted were they 10 the forms
and ceremonies of their service, and so
filed with the thought Of their own
importance, that there seemed to he
10 place in either heart for the milk
of human kindness. Will we ever again
permit this reproach to be laid at the
door Of the representatives of religion:
Can it be possible that those who pro-
fess-t to be followers Of Jesus Christ,
and who are the eXponentS and advo-
Gates of the Christian religion, shall
fail to eXemplify that high and holy
love wherewith the master Ioyed men;
Shall we forget in the days TO come
that the master himself in answer to
the doubt of John the forerunner an
nounced rs the evidence of his diNnity
and gave as the proof OF his adequate
ministry to men, that 'tlle blind re,
ceive their sight, and the lame walk
the leperS are cleanSed, and the deaf
hear. and the dead are raised up, and
the poor have good tidings preached to
them
Shall we not, as we journey toward
the day Of world peace, in our comfort
of circumstances, in our amplitude OF
resources, think of the peoples WHO
have fallen by the way? Will not Bel
gium and France and Roumania and
Armenis and great, old, riven, torn and
demoraliZed Russia, draw out Of the
Christian heart of America the min
jstry Of healing, the ministry OF
smoney, the ministry of q Christly
sove? Surely the great lessons of self
denial and self-sacrifce which we are
learning as a people in ehiS great wal
will in Gods good providence prepare
us. for that new neighbOrhood created
bv the universally of suffering ant
ths heart hunger Of the world. May
'.9od in his providence preserve the
faith and love of our people and pro
itset our resources in men and money
:SoT q worldwide campaign of evaEgel
.5em after the war, and above all pre-
serve in the heart of our nation tha
reality of spiritual experience tina
will make our world ministry as heau
tfful and effective as was that Of th'
humble man of Samaria, who helpet
his brother in need, when that neet
was discovered and the humble trav
oler had the means at his hand to ren
sey the succor which human suffering
oaSled forth.