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of th e law to save men. The good S am aritan is th e Lord Jesus. He came where th e lost were and He alone could have compassion. The wine - typifies His precious blood. The oil is a type of the-H o ly Spirit. The inn is typical of th e church where the Lord through His Spirit cares for His own. The prom ised coming again w ith a g reater reward is the Lord’s second coming.—Anno. Bible. v. 31. P rie st passed by. There are always plenty of excuses for not playing th e neighbor’s p art.—>Torrey. There are those, alas, today, who wear the livery of th e temple, to whom religion is a rou tine mechanism of dead things ra th e r th a n th e commerce of loving hearts, Who open w ith hireling hand th e temple gates.— Burton. I t is sad th a t those who should be examples of charity, displaying the mercies of God, are prodigies of cruelty.—Henry. The priest and th e Levite are retu rn ing from th e temple duties bu t they had not learned w hat th a t m eaneth, “ I will have mercy and not sacrifice.”— Trench. v. 32. Levite looked on him . Pew of us have yet learned to exert our selves as we m ight do for th e relief of th e general m isery and destitution which we cannot help b u t see about us. — M arriott. P assed by. There are two kinds of holiness. The spurious holi ness of p riest and Levite— sanctity di vorced from charity. The genuine holi ness of th e S am aritan— holiness in spired by love.— Bruce. v. 33. A certain S am aritan. It was a daring stroke to bring th e name of S am aritan into th e story.l-^-Maclaren. It makes no difference to him th a t th e fallen man is of a foreign race. He is a man, th a t is enough, and he is down and must be raised. . He is in need and must be helped.rrr-Exp. Bible. We em phasize our differences of nationality. We pride ourselves upon them b u t how little does heaven make of them .— Sel. By th is He would show th e Jews th a t religious profession w ithout practice is mere hypocrisy and th a t he who does not make a profession b u t practices w h at God requires, is th e tru e and real professor.— Haldeman. v. 34. Took care Of him . The S am aritan was not rich. He had one ass and no servant b u t he believed th a t it was more blessed to give th an to receive. He could no t be repaid and knew it. Paym ent would have spoiled all his pleasure in Jthe deed. He had rew ard enough in an approving con
science reflecting the smile of God.— Wells. Manifestations of love— the a t tentive look, th e devoted h eart, the helpful hand, th e w illing foot, th e open purse.—Van Osterzee. v. 35: T ake care of him . A thou sand pities th a t sometimes Christian charities and Christian common sense dissolve partnership. The Sam aritan was a man of business and did his com passion in a business-like fashion.— Sel. v. 36. Which w as neighbor? There are many who th ink th a t obligation is a m a tte r of geography and th a t love like force is “ inversely as the square of the distance.” We are not to love be cause we are neighbors in a geograph ical 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 b reath bu t unw ind th a t word and it measures off th e whole of our earth ly life. It covers all of ou!r practical everyday duties.— Exp. Bible. To th e Jewish mind “neighbor” was simply “Jew ” spelt large.— Sel. My neighbor is everyone who is wounded of Satan and sin, everyone half dead w ith his assaults whom I meet in th e journey of time. We meet him a t every tu rn— sick, sore, troubled unto death, stripped, w ithout Christ, w ithout hope and w ithou t God in the world.— Haldeman. V 37. He th a t showed mercy. If love, to God does not find a field for its m anifestation in active love to man, worship in th e temple will be a mock ery.— Sel. T rain your soul to sympathy and your hand to helpfulness. He who lifts an o th er’s load, who soothes an o th er’s sm art, w ho puts music w ithin a b ro th er’s soul, makes even sweeter music w ithin his own, for he en ters on earth into his M aster’s joy.— Burton.. Subject Illu stratio n .— “X a n d 'Y live opposite each o th er in a village, and X keeps hens. W hat does his du ty as a Christian citizen require him to do to prevent his hens LESSON from leaving his ILLUSTRATION prem ises? On the W.' H. P ik e o ther hand, what does the law of Christian courtesy and forbearance re quire on Y’s p art, if X’s hens do get into his garden, afte r he has expressed to X a wish to have them kep t o u t?” .H ere
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