him to the Ten Commandments; and reducing them to two, he
told the young man that these commandments required him to love God
with all his heart, and his neighbor as himself; and then said if he
would do this he would be saved.

This is perfectly true. Any one would be saved who would do this.
But no one ever has done this except our blessed Lord Himself. He
"magnified the law and made it honorable" by keeping it perfectly. I
suppose that Jesus intended to give this young man some lessons about
the commandments of God which would lead him to see that he never
could keep them himself; and that he would need some one to keep them
for him, and that _this_ was the only way in which he, or any one
else could be saved. It may have been that the young man did not want
to hear any thing more on that subject, and so he gave the
conversation a different turn by asking--"who is my neighbor?" when
Jesus said he must love his neighbor as himself. And then, in answer
to this question Jesus told the parable of the "Good Samaritan." We
have this parable in St. Luke x: 30-37.

Here we are told of a certain man who was going down from Jerusalem
to Jericho, and fell among thieves. They robbed him; and wounded him;
and left him half dead. While he was lying there helpless and
suffering, a priest and a Levite came, and looked on him, and passed
by on the other side, without giving him any help. Then we are told
that a certain Samaritan came by, and when he saw the poor wounded
man lying there, although he was a Jew, and the Jews and the
Samaritans hated each other very much, yet he pitied him, and went up
to him, and bound up his wounds, and set him on his own beast, and
carried him to an inn, and told them to take care of him, and said
that he would pay all his expenses. Then Jesus asked the question,
"Which now, of these three thinkest thou was neighbor to him that
fell among thieves? And he said, he that showed mercy on him. Then
said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise."

Thus Jesus taught the duty of kindness. This kindness we must show,
not to our friends only, but to our enemies. _Kindness to all_ is the
duty that Jesus teaches.

Let us look at one or two illustrations of the way in which we should
do this.

"The Honey Shield." It is said that wasps and bees will not sting a
person whose skin is covered with honey. And so those who are exposed
to the sting of these venomous little creatures smear their hands and
faces ove