Dives and Lazarus

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Excerpt from Dives and Lazarus: Six Studies There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs come and licked his sores. - St. Luke 16: 19 - 21. The narrative of the rich man and Lazarus may be regarded as historic or as parabolic. If Christ related an actual occurrence the smallest details of the divine history must be literally true, and nothing if can be deemed unimportant. If Christ spoke a parable he was teaching spiritual truth in the clothing of an allegory, he did not profess that the event actually occurred, but the relation made its appeal to man's heart, convicting him by his own conscience. Thus Nathan aroused David with the story of the ewe-lamb. Thus Christ by the story of the ten talents, impresses on us the necessity of using our advantages. It is not of great importance whether the present narrative be looked upon as history or as parable. The same lessons are yielded in either case. The popular view, however, may the more conveniently be adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.