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.