THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S unseen providence, by men nicknamed chance.— F a rra r. P rie st passed by. The priest and the Levite are returning from th e temple duties, but they had not learned what th a t meaneth, “ I will have mercy and not sacrifice.”—Trench. It is sad th a t so many times those who should be examples of charity, display ing th e mercies of God, are prodigies of cruelty. There are thousands today who wear th e livery of th e -temple to whom religion is a routine mechanism of dead things ra th e r than the commerce of loving hearts:— Burton. We often pass by the work appointed us to do. If we pass opportunities here God will pass rewards h ereafter.— Carr. v. 32. Likewise a Levite. Thus did they who were th e express in terp reters of th a t law th a t twice had said, “Thou shalt not see thy b ro th er’s ass or his ox fall down by the way and hide thyself from them. Thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.”— Butler. Came and looked on. Few of us have yet learned to exert ourselves *as we m ight do for the relief of the general misery and destitution which we cannot heip but see about us.—Marriott. v. 33. A certain Samaritan. It was a daring stroke for Jesus to bring the hated name of Sam aritan into the story. -—Maplare'n. It makes no difference to the Safiiaritan th a t the fallen man is of a foreign race. He is a man, th a t is enough, and he is down and must lie raised. He is in need and must be helped.— Exp. Bible. We emphasize our differences of nationality, we pride ourselves upon them ; but how little does heaven make of them .— Sel. By th is He would show the Jews th a t .re ligious profession w ithout practice is mere hypocrisy.—Haldeman. v. 34. Took care of him. The Sama rita n was not rich. He had one ass and no servant, bu t he believed th a t it was more blessed to give th a n to receive. He could not be rep aid ’ and knew it. Paym ent would have spoiled all his pleasure in th e deed. - He; had reward enough in an approving conscience re flecting th e Smile of God.—Wells, litani- festations of love— the atten tiv e look,, the devoted h eart, the helpful hand, the willing foot, the open purse.—-Van Oosterzee. v. 35. Take care of him . A thou sand pities th a t sometimes Christian charities and Christian common sense dissolve partnership. The Samaritan was a man ol business and did his com passions in a businesslike way.—Henry, v. 36. Which,was neighbor un to him ?
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There are marty who th ink th a t obliga t i o n is a. m a tte r of geography and th a t love* like force, is inversely as the square of th e distance. We are not to love because we are neighbors in a geographical sense, bu t we become neighbors to the man farth est from us when we love and help him.-#§Maclaren. The word “ neighbor” can be spoken in a breath, bu t unwind th a t word and it measures off the whole of our earthly life. It covers all of our practical every day duties.— Exp. Bible. My neighbor is th e one who is wounded of S atan and sin, every one half dehd w ith his as saults, whbm I meet in th e journey of 'tim e . We meet him a t’ every tu rn -^ - sick, sore, troubled unto death, stripped, w ithout Christ, w ithout hope, w ithout God in th e world.—Haldeman. v. 37. Likewise do ye. Our Lord has put th e despised Sam aritan in th e ac tive position and thu s reflects back the “ likewise” more pointedly.—Alford. Let a man be what he will, he is a hum an creature, and as such he is en titled to hum anity and courtesy in com mon intercourse, to direction and in struction if he^asks it and stands in n eed ’of it, a n d 'to relief and assistance if he is in distress.:—Jorlin. The Chris tian must be sound at the heart. He must also be benevolent in the life. The ^church must abide in Christ as the branch in the vine, but the branch must also bear fruit. Piety must have the good Sam aritan character. It avails little to recite the Catechism w ithout the faith which is proved by-its works.— Thurston. .v*. M Showing Kindness to a S tranger. Luke 10:25-37. Memory Verse.— “Gcr, and do thou likewise.” Luke 10:37. Approach.— I have a question to ask you this morning. Did you ever move into a new neighborhood, and have to go to a new school where you did not know any 1of the BEGINNERS boys a n d girls ? AND PRIMARY Helene, how did you Mabel L. M errill feel those first days among strangers? Did any of the children in the neighbor hood- show you a kindness, and come up and make themselves acquainted? How nice it makes us feel when we are strangers in a new place to have some
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