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Once in a while a picture appears on the screen which reaches so far down into human life that it seems to search one's heart. After seeing this picture and considering the lessons it teaches, one is disposed to accord it the title of the greatest picture of the week, great because it depicts, simply, but graphically, the weakness and selfishness of men. An unfortunate wayfarer is turned away from one home after another where comfort and plenty prevail. Who can deny the accusation? He reviles the cross, but Christ appears to him and his hardened heart softens. And then he gives all he had his life to rescue one from death who refused him food. Who can describe, or give utterance to the emotions which this picture arouses? Not for weeks has there been one like it. Not for weeks has a picture appeared which illustrated so plainly and unmistakably the indifference of men to another's suffering. Perhaps never before has one appeared which so clearly demonstrated the selfishness of men in dealing with others less fortunate than themselves. It gives expression to the feeling that the unfortunates have no place in the great scheme of the world. It impresses one with the old worldwide belief in man's inhumanity to man. And at the end, the unfortunate gives up his life, a sacrifice much too frequently offered and much too often required. This is a great sermon upon a great text, and should be shown in the uttermost parts of the country. It cannot help arousing emotions which through indifference have been permitted to become dormant. Through its agency great good should be accomplished. - The Moving Picture World, July 16, 1910