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The Good Samaritan

Posted on 5 October 2013 | 2 comments

Henry B Eyring spoke of the overloaded priesthood holder, referring to the parable of the good Samaritan. This reminded me of one of my favorite poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson:

The Good Samaritan

He comes from out the ages dim—
The good Samaritan;
I somehow never pictured him
A fat and jolly man;
But one who’d little joy to glean,
And little coin to give—
A sad-faced man, and lank and lean,
Who found it hard to live.
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Tagged Canaan, Christ, Henry B Eyring, Henry Lawson, Jericho, Levite, overloaded priesthood holder, Parable of the Good Samaritan, Samaritan

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