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home, you have sufficient to keep you for one day at least.” Helping Others Brings Reward. A man walking beside the river heard someone scream and rushing through the brush, he saw a boy struggling in the water. He plunged in and rescued him. When he got a good look at his face he found that it was his own son. While trying to save somebody’s boy he had saved his own. A young man went into a Y.M.C.A. and asked for a position, but the secre tary did not have one open. Then said the young man “ Give me a broom.” “ What do you want of a broom,” said the secretary. “ Your steps are dirty,” replied the young man. When he came back from sweeping the steps, the sec retary said, “ You wait here I think I can find work for you.” He did and that young man in after days became a banner secretary in New York City. Helfulness brings reward. Jesus Answering, v. 30. The main purpose of this answer is to show how far off men may be and yet be neigh bors.-—Maclaren. There are some who are willing enough to COMMENT love their neighbors, PROM MANY so long as the selec- SOURCES tion of the neighbor is left to them.—P. B. Brooks. A certain man. The occurren ces of providence would yield us many good instructions if we would carefully observe and improve them.— Henry. The parable contains 'the most blessed Gos pel truths. Jerusalem is the city of God. Jericho represents the world. The trav eler is a type of humanity. Man has fallen in the awful road which leads down, fallen among thieves, naked, wounded, helpless and hopeless. The failure of the priest and scribe to help illustrates the inability of the law to save man out of his deplorable condi tion. The Good Samaritan is the Lord Jesus Christ. He came to the place where the lost are, and He »lone could
There -are boys who are always watch ing to see if they cannot help some old lady off a car or some person with a heavy grip. An old lady saw a broken bottle on the street and after passing it went back and picked it up. When asked why she did this, she said, 111 am clear ing the way for younger feet.” “ Oh, the world is full of kindness, Thronged with men who want to be Of some service to their neighbors, And they’ll run to you or me When we’re needing their assistance if We’ve lived upon the square, But they’ll spurn us in our trouble if We’ve always been unfair.” Here is the answer a little boy gave when asked what he was doing for the Lord. He looked up brightly and said, I am trying to make baby happy, so she won’t cry and disturb my sick mama.” This is a real little helper. Helping Others Helps TTs. A prospec tor went over a long trail in search of gold, but he did not find it although he toiled hard for himself. Another man went over the same trail and worked as hard as the first one, but on the Way he kicked the stones out of the road and threw the large sticks out of the path because said he, “I can make it easier for the fellow that follows me.” One day while pulling up some tall weeds in the path and throwing them out he found some gold nuggets on the end of the long roots. While doing for others, he found the gold sought for. Helping Others a Joy. It is said of Paganini that he stopped one cold Christmas day in front of a blind beggar who was trying to get a few pence by playing a violin. Paganini said, “ lend me your violin.” He played a tune, the like of which was never heard before and perhaps will never be heard again on a street corner. The windows flew open and the money was thrown out. After a goodly sum was gathered he said to the beggar, “Now you can go
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