The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-30
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH.
Part One.

AS Our Saviour sat teaching the people and answering
their questions certain Lawyer stood up, and said
Master what shall do that may live again IN happi,
the commandments is, The Lord our God is one Lord:
shalt love the Lord Thy God with all Thy heart
AMI with all Thy Soul and with all thy mind, and with all
thy Strength And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt
Ieve thy neighbour myself There is other COM
naaniment greater than these"
Then the Lawyer said but who is my neighbour? Tell
me that may know" Jesus answered in this Parable
There was once a traveller" he said "journeylng
they robbed him of his Clothes and wounded him, and
went away leaving him half dead upon the road Priest.
happening to pass that while the man lay there
him. but took notice. and passed by, the other
side Another man. Levite, that way, and also
saw him. but he only looked at him for a moment, and
then passed by Also But certain Samaritan who came
travelling along that road him than he had
compassion him, and dressed his wounds with oil and
vine and set him the beast he rode himself and took
him to nn and next morning took out of his pocket
Two pence and them to the Landlord saying take
care OF him and whatever you may spend beyond this IN
doing so, will repay you when come here again.
Now which of these three men," said our Saviour to
the Lawyer do you think should be called the neighbour
OF him who fell among the Thieves? The Lawyer said,
The man who Showed compassion on him.. True, re-
pied our Saviour Go thou and do kewse Be compass
sonate to all For all men your neighbours and
brothers"
ND he told them this Parable of which the meaning is,
that to be proud think ourselves very
good, before God but always to be humble He said,
when you are invited to Feast or Wedding do not SIT
down in the best place lest more honored man should
come, and claim that seat. But sit down in the lowest
place. and better will be offered you if you deserve it.
For whosoever exateth himself shall be abased and who
soever humbleth himself shall be exalted"
He also told them this Parabe.-"There a certain
who prepared great SUPPER and invited many peo
pie and sent his Servant round them when supper
ready to tell them they waited fo4 Upon this they
made excuses One said he had bought piece of ground
and must to look at it. Another that ne had bought
five yoke of Oxen and must to try them. Another
that he newly married. and could not come When the
Master OF the house heard this he and told the
servant to into the Streets and into the high roads, and
among the hedges and invite the poor. the ame the
manned, and the blind to supper instead"
The meaning of Our Saviour in telling them this Para
Die, was, that those who too busy with their
profits and pleasures to think of God and of doing good
Will not find such favor with him the sick and miserable
IL happened that Saviour, being in the City of Jeri
cho, saw looking down upon him the heads of the
purpose, man named Zacchaeus, who was regarded as
common kind of man, and sinner, but to whom Jesus
Chrlst called out He passed along that He would
and eat with him in his house that day. Those proud men,
the Pharisees and Scrbes hearing this muttered among
themselves and said he eats with Sinners In
20 hem Jesus related this Parable which is usually called
The Parable of the PrOdigai Son.
There was man." he told them "who had two
sons: and the of them said day Father give
me my share of your riches and let do with it
what please The father granting his request he trav
elied away win his money, into distant country and
soon spent it in riotous living
When ne had spent ALL there came time through all
that country OF great public distress and famine when
tnere was no bread and when the corn and the grass and
ana bghted The Prodga Son fell into such distress and
munger that he hired himself out as servant to feed
swine IN the fields And he would have been glad to eat