What does the story of Lazarus teach us?

Lazarus, the poor man, is a good type of another large class.

There are many who let themselves be borne along by the force of circumstances without any struggle to make nature subservient to them. Such people are generally poor and let themselves be oppressed by the tyrant―they simply suffer when they might find a remedy for their complaint, and their faculties being not misused, but unused lie dormant and so are feeble when they come over.

Such need to be carried by angels into Abraham’s bosom where the mere absence of physical discomfort produces a sense of happiness for a time and the great gulf keeps them from all activity until they have grown a little stronger.