Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-27
THE LESSON FOR SUNDAY
Some Of the Bible Teachings About
NelghbOrlineSS and: BrOtherly Love.
STORY OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN
The Pharisee, Asks :the .savior Cues
ton to:.TrapfHim and the Lord Tells
Wonderful story-one Which Has
ITS Lesson for Present Day People.
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1t is. lesson on brotherly love we
have fer, Sunday. It t.ist an interesting
subject and one that we don't study
and don't. think about: half enough, I
am afraid Love of our, fellowmen as
view, it, and, I. BELIEVE that each and
every one Of you will agree with me,
is Christianity itself. Love of his fell
lowmen was what Jesus was and is.
In connection with the lesson for Sun
day we. have for our text one of those
wonderful parallels uttered by Jesus.
1t came about through. a question put
to him by a lawyer or scribe, who
sought to get the Savior "in a hole" so
to speak But che didn't: because as
you have no doubt noticed in your
reading through the New Testament
the Savior was a master in the art of
explanation and casting aside the
shafts of his questioners. and of those
who sought to embarrass him In con-
troversy.
The Scripture Eesson.
Let us study the Scripture lesson for
Sunday as. it Is found in Luke 1929
81: Acts, q: 44-47: Ill,
rs. And. behold a certain lawyer stood up,
and tempted hiz,,s saying, Master. what shall
I do to inherit; eternal life '. -. J.! =.
26. He said unto him., What; is written in
the law7 how readest thou /? .
27. And he ANSWERING; said. Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul and with all thy strength and
with all >thy mind; and thy neighbor as thy
self. ~. " - -, =,
%. And he said unto him. Thou hast an
swered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
J. 90. But he, willing to justify himself, said
unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
80. And Jesus answering said, A certain
man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
and fell among thieves which stripped him of
leaving him half dead.
81. And by chance there came down a GER
tain priest that way: and when he saw him,
he passed by on the other side.
SO. And likewise a. Levite when he was at
the place. came and looked on him, and pass
ed by on the other side.
.33. But certain Samaritan, rs he journey
ed. came where he was and when he saw him,
he had compassion on him.
81. And went to him. and bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine. and set him
OH his own beast, and brought him to an inn
and took care Of him.
35. And on the morrow when he departed
he took out two pence. and gave them to the
host and said unto him, Take care of him;
and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I
rsoy,a + will rcray thee
So. Which now Of these three, thinkest
thou. was neighbor unto him that fell among
the thieves? - - ;--=~,--. ..
81. And he said. He that showed mercy on
him. Then said Jesus unto him. Go. and do
thou likewise.
ID. And all that believed were together. and
had all things in common:
As. And sold theis possessions and goods,
and parted them 10 all men, us every man had
need.
A6. And they. continuing daily with one ac-
cord in the temple. and breaking bread from
house to house. did eat their. meat with glad
ness and singlcness Of heart:
At. PrasinE God, and having favour with
all people. And the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved.
Now the lawyer had several motives,
no doubt, in asking Jesus this ques-
ton. Perhaps among other things, he
just wanted to try his power in con-
fusing the Savior. But most likely he
wished to bring out the fact Of which
every Pharisee was proud and boastful,
that he himself was observing the
whole law. Therefore he wanted to
know just whom he had to love and
whom he could hate or neglect.
Now the Samaritans were a people
hated and despised by all Jews. No
Jew would speak to Samaritan or eat
with one or stay in the same house
with one Of that people if it could pos
sibly be avoided.
Jesus goes on with the story of
certain man (evidently Jcw) who as
he was going down the road from Je-
rusalem to Jericho, fell among thieves.
They stripped him and beat him, leav-
ing him more dead than alive.
Then a priest passed that way, but
he made no effort to see whether the
fallen man was dead or still had some
life in him. Probably that priest eX-
cused himself on the ground that the
poor man was sure to die anyway. that
the robbers might still be lurking
around and that he was in hurry to
get home.
Then Levitc came along that way.
He too saw the fallen man; but he
passed him up, SO to speak and hur-
riedly journeycd on the other side Fe
did come close enough, however, to
look mt the fallen man.
Samaritan to the Rescue.
In this connection I have often Won
dcred what must have been the feel
ings of that poor wounded fellow as he
saw two members Of his own faith go
by and neither of them offered to give
him aid.
Then a certain Samaritan came that
wy. Samaria. in central Palestine,
was occupied by mixed race, part
Jewish and part Assyrian, descended
from the colonists, introduced by the
conuucrors or the land. They had been
addicted to Assyrian idolatry. but at
,l,i. +;r,a y,ero orthodox Jews, holding