The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-01-07
.Y9ontb's Department.
LITTLE

Brothers, sisters, did you ever try
the effect which little acts of kindness
produce upon that charmed circle al
home? We love to receive little favors
ourselves, and how pleasant the recep.
tion of them makes the circle TIC
draw up the arm chair and get the slip.
pers for the father; to watch if any lit.
tie service can be rendered to brother
to help brother to assist sister; how pleas
ant it makes home!
A little boy has a hard lesson given
him at school, and his teacher asks him
if he thinks he can get it for a moment
the little fellow hangs down his head, but
the next he looks brightly up.
"I can get my sister to help me, "he
says. This is right, sister; help little
brother, and you are binding a tie around
his heart that may save him in many an
hour of dark temptation.
q don't know how to do this sum,
but brother will help me-" says anoth-
er little one.
"Sister, I've dropped a stitch in my
knitting; I tried to pick it up, but it
has run down, and 1 can't fix it.
The little girls face is flushed, and
she watches her sister with a nervous
anxiety while she replaces the " naughty
stitch.
go, I am SO glad ! " she says, as she
receives it again from the hands of her
sister, all nicely arranged. "You are
a good girl, Mary"
"Bring it to me sooner next time, and
then it won't get so bad, " said the gen.
tie voice of Mary. The little one bounds
away with a light heart to finish her
task.
If Mary had not helped her, she
would have lost Der walk in the garden.
Surely it is better to do a Mary did
than to say, so, go away, and don't
trouble me 5" or to scold the little n
all the time you are performing the tri-
fling favor.
Little acts of kindness, gentle words.
smiles, they strew the path of
life with flowers; they make the sun
shine brighter, and the green earth
greener; and He who babe us "love
one an other, " looks with favor upon
the gentle and kind-hearted, and he pro.
nounces the meek blessed.
Brothers, sisters, love one another,-
bear with one another. If one offended,
forgive and love him still and what ev-
er may be the faults of others, we must
remember that, in the sight of God we
have others as great, and perhaps great
er, than theirs.
Be kind to the little ones; they will Of
be fretful and Maynard. Be patient
with them, and amuse them. How often
is a whole family of little ones restor-
ed to good humour by an elder member
proposing some new play, and perhaps
in it or gathering them round
her while she relates some pleasant sto-
ry
And brothers, do you think because
you. are stronger, it is unmanly to be
gentle to your little brothers and sisters?
The nobleness of heart and true manli-
ness of conduct are never coupled with
pride and arrogance.
Nobility and gentleness go hand in
hand; and when I see a young gentle
man kind and respectful to his mother,
and gentle aud forbearing to his broth
ers and sisters, I think he has a noble
heart.
Ali many a mothers and many a
sister'sheart has been wrung by the cold
neglect and stiff ~unkindness of those
whom God has made their natural pro-
tectors.
Brothers, sisters, never be unkind to
one another; never be ashamed to help
any one; and you will find that, though
it is pleasant to receive f%avors, yet it
is more more blessed to give than to re-
ceive.-So66ath school Advocate.