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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 15, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 42.

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THE READING CIRCLE.

By L. Flora Plummer

MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER.
We have now begun the “Good Samaritan” lessons, which are to precede the study of health principles. It is hoped that all our people are following these studies. None should pass these lessons by as unimportant. Our relationship to those about us is worth studying. Indeed, the right understanding of this question lies at the very foundation of all Christian living. The Lord is asking each of us the same question He asked Cain. Are not many of us making answer in deeds if not in words: “I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?”
In the lately published volume of the Testimonies we have this statement: “The Spirit of the good Samaritan has not been largely represented in our churches. Many in need of help have been passed by, as the priest and Levite passed by the wounded and bruised stranger who had been left to die by the wayside. The very ones who needed the power of the divine Healer to cure their wounds have been left uncared for and unnoticed. Many have acted as if it were enough to know that Satan had his trap all set for a soul, and they could go home and care not for the lost sheep. It is evident that those who manifest such a spirit have not been partakers of the divine nature, but of the attributes of the enemy of God. Some one must fulfill the commission of Christ; some one must carry on the work which He began to do on earth; and the Church has been given this privilege. For this purpose it has been organized. Why, then, have not church-members accepted the responsibility?”
No text-book is needed for these studies. The article which constitutes the lesson, together with the questions, is published each week in the REVIEW. Shall not these subjects have the study which is needed to bring in a reformation? Do not let the time pass unheeded. Study each lesson during the week appointed. The same topic is made the lesson for the young people’s meetings, and thus the Circle work and the young people’s work blend together.