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missed an opportunity to m in ister to sin sick souls. (5 ) A h e a rt for the heath en is of more value to God th a n a m outh to h arangu e hearers. (6 ) E tern al life is no t a rew ard for eith er service or sacrifice; it is a gift. (7 ) E te rn a l life is not something to he acquired, b u t to be accepted. (8 ) The sphere of the h e a rt is th e world; th e sphere of th e hand, whom it can reach. More Than a Man. This lesson teaches the ideal neigh bor. When one of America’s leading archaeologists was doing some research work n ear -the old site of Kadesh Bar- nea he was invited LESSON to spend an evening ILLUSTRATIONS in an old A rab’s W. H. P ik e tent. While there he asked if he m ight read a sto ry to them , and tu rn in g to the story of th e Good S am aritan, he read till he came to where he w ent to the man th a t fell among thieves and bound up his wounds, etc., th en th e A rab in te rru p te d and said th a t S am aritan must have been more th an an ordinary man. He was rig h t— Jesus did w h at n eith er th e law (P rie st) or ritu a l (Levite) A well-known scientist was on a H ighland moor, pursuing some bo tan ical study. W hilst he was exam ining a heath er bell under a microscope, a shadow was cast before him . Looking up he saw an aged shepherd a t his side. He handed th e lens and th e flower to his new companion. The old man gazed and gazed again, then w ith te ars in his eyes said, “I wish ye’d never shown it me. I ’ve trodden on thousands of them .” How many neighborly oppor tu n ities have we trodden under feet? Sacrificing fo r O ur Neighbor’s Safety. On th e w estern b attle line a few would do. He w ent to th e man. Neighborly Opportunity Lost.
months ago a soldier was unloading some grenades from his sh irt front. In doing so he pulled th e pin ou t of one. He shouted to those n ear him to run, b u t fearing it was too la te for the safety of his com rades if he pulled off his sh irt and threw them all out he tried to tak e them ou t one by one and they fired before he could removie them . His though ts were on th e others and he It is said if you look down th e shaft of a m ine you will sometimes see what you th in k is a lamp on a m iner’s cap, bu t it is th e reflection of a sta r shining directly down th e shaft. It is m ir rored in the blackness below. If we can look th rough the door of a hum an h e a rt and le t th e ligh t of Jesus shine in, we have done th e g reatest good to our neighbor we could possibly do. Some K inds of Neighbors. Among th e oaks th a t line th e shores of Merry-meeting Bay, on th e coast of Maine, is a colony of eagles. They subsist largely on fish. Almost any day they may be seen on some tree n ear th e w aters’ edge, silently waiting. At la st a fish hawk succeeds in pursuit. Sw ifter th a n th e hawk, he overtakes it, and to escape it is compelled to drop its prey, which is easily caufeht in the talons of th e eagle, who sw iftly flees to th e shore w ith its stolen meal. There fire business men who rely on getting th e ir luxurious living by stealing the hard-earned profits of others. The story is told of a g reat Greek statesm an who, as he lay on his death bed, was asked w hat the th ing was in his life th a t he most reg retted . He lay silent for a little, th en tu rn ed his face to th e company, and w ith a tone of sad ness said, “ It is th a t I have been dis agreeable where I m ight have been pleasant--—frowning where I m ight ju st as easily have smiled— and unforgiv ing where a kind word would have made me a dozen friends.” gave his life for them . Be a L igh t to O thers.
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