The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-12

love,
Though the favor be ever so small"
Brothers, sisters, did you ever try
the effect which little acts of kindness
produce upon that charmed circle we
call home? We love to receive little
favors ourselves; and how pleasant
the reception Of them makes the cir
Gle! TO draw up the arm chair and
get the slippers for father, to watch if
any little service can be rendered to
mother, to help brother or assist sister,
how pleasant it makes home!
A little boy has hard lesson given
him at school, and his teacher asks
himifhe thinks he can get it; for mo-
ment the little fellow hangs down his
head, but the next he looks brightly
up. Il can get my sister to help me-"
he says. That is right, sister, help lit
tie brother, and you are binding tie
around his heart that may save him
in many an hour OF dark temptation.
81 don't know how to do this sum,
but brother will show me- says anoth-
er little one.
"Siste,, I've dropped stitch in my
knitting; | tried to pick it up, but it has
run down, and | can't fix it."
The little girl is flushed, and she watch
es her sister with a nervous anxiety,
while she replaces the naughty
stitch"
go, am so glad" she says, as she
receives it again from the hands of
her sister, all nicely arranged; "you
are good girl, Mary"
"Bring it to me sooner next time,
and then it won't get so bad" says the
gentle voice Of Mary, as the little one
bounds away with light heart to fin
ish her task.
If Mary had not helped her she
would have lost her walk in the gar
den. Surely, it is better to do as Ma
ry did, than to say, 20, go away and
don't trouble me-" or to scold the little
one all the time you are performing
the triiling favor.
Little acts ofkindness, gentle words,
loving smiles they strew the path of
life with flowers; they make the sun
shine brighter, and the green earth
greener; and he who babe lis love one
another looks with favor upon the
gentle and kind-hearted, and he pro
.nounCed the meek blessed.
Brothers, sisters, love one another.
If one offend, forgive and love him
still; and whatever may be the faults
Of others, we must remember that, in
the sight Of God, we have others as
great and perhaps greater than theirs.
Be kind to the little ones; they will
often be fretful and hayward. Be
patient with them, and amuse them.
How often a whole family of little
ones are restored to good humor by
an elder member proposing some new
play, and perhaps joining in it, gath
ering them around her while she re-
lates some pleasant story!
And brothers, do not think because
you are stronger. it is unmanly to be
gentle to your little brothers and sis
tiers. True nobleness of heart, and
true manliness of conduct, are never
coupled with pride and arrogance.
Nobility and gentleness go hand in
hand; and when | see young gentle
man kind and respectful to his mother,
and gentle and forbearing to his
brothers and sisters, | think he has q
noble heart.
All many a mothers and many sis
ter's heart has been wrung by the cold
neglect and stiff unkindness Of those
whom God has made their natural
protectors.
Brothers, sisters, never be unkind to
one another, never be ashamed to help
one another, never be ashamed to help
any one, and you will find that though
it is pleasant to receive favors, yet it
is more bless d to give than to re-
ceive.-,Sunday School Advocate.