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That mercy then that you would have,
You must to others show;
merciful and kind to all,
And you will mercy know.
[Illustration: The Good Samaritan.]
IV.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
A certain lawyer came to Christ,
With mind and words of strife,
And said, "Master, what shall I do,
To have eternal life?"
The Saviour said, "'Tis written in
The Sacred Law at length,
That thou shalt love the Lord thy God,
With heart and mind and strength;
"And thou shalt love thy neighbour too;"
He still with Jesus strove;
"But tell me who my neighbour is,
That I may show him love."
The Saviour said, A certain man,
Would come to Jericho;
He started from Jerusalem,
And on his way did go,
Until there came some _thieves_, and stripp'd
And wounded him and fled,
And took with them the traveller's clothes,
And left him there half dead.
It was not long before a priest
Did happen down that way,
He look'd, pass'd on, and not a word
Unto the man did say.
After the priest had gone, there came
A Levite passing down,
He also look'd, and pass'd along,
And went into the town.
There soon, however, came along
A good Samaritan,
His heart was with compassion fill'd;
He went up to the man,
And found him wounded, bruised and sore,
And pour'd in oil and wine,
He placed him safe on his own beast,
And brought him to the inn.
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