Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-03-11
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ciplcs Of love and kindness. and that
TO acknowledge them by word or deed
would be disgrace.
This is wrong and i'll becomes us as
the children of common Parent.
Why not seek 10 cultivate kind
feelings towards others? Why seek
TO stinc them and assume a cold,
dull, Indifference so unnatural 10 the
human heart? "Am | not n man
and a brother?" should be the ques-
tion that every mans countcnance
is asking as il meets us. All Of our
enjoyments would be heightened and
our dispositions sweetened. and the
aspcrity so often manifested in our
characters would be removed, if we
would but incorporate in our usual
cold and selfish manner of doing busi-
ness words Of love and acts Of kind
ness. Why should we coldly pass by
our brother? Why not acknowledge
the relationship by a smile and a
kindly greeting, and thus recognize
the sublime and glorious truth that
we can all look up to God and say.
''Or FatherP" The poor whipped
and iinbruted slave mother, as well
as the cruel master, can say, "My
Father" The wonder is, how any
man dare claim the universal Father
hood of God. and thus trample under
foot all the rights and interests of his
sister or brother To such persons
the thought must be solemn one,
that ere long the tyrant and the slave,
the proud and the humble, will all
have to meet in an assembly where
this universal relationship will have to
be acknowledged.
Yes, we shall all meet around the
common Father; and then shall rise
before us, in fearful array, the selfish
ness, cruelty, and bigotry of our lives.
But if we have lived lovingly, and
have made our green earth an abode OF
peace by acts of kindness and grateful
love, if we have built up the kingdom
Of heaven in our souls, then shall we
have occasion for rejoicing as we find
our souls attuned in harmony with
that Divine love that beats responsive
to the will Of Him who is all love and
kindness. Then let us be diligent in
works of kindness; let us fill ourselves
to overflowing with love so that il
shall beam forth in smiles and bless
ings. and beautify the path of life
with sweetest flowers and richest TO
liage. a gentle word or a pleasing
recognition will often touch the secre
cords of the heart and make them vi
brate fairy music. Can we withhold
such small things when they will con
tribute SO much to our enjoyment
We should not wait for some grca
occasion, for famine or pestilence, t.
unlock the tender sympathies of ou
souls, but we should begin at one,
with the small things and see how
much the little kindnesses of life vii
add to our real happiness. Then
40, brother man. fold to thy heart tn,
brother;
Where" kindness ''dwells the peace of Go,
is there;
To worship rightly, is to love each other,
Each smile hymn, each kindly deed
prayer.
"Follow with revcrent steps the great ex
ample
Of Him whose holy work was doing good;
Then shall our vide earth seem our Father
temple,
Each loving life psalm of gratitude.
''Thcn shall all shicklcs fall the storm,
clangor
4 OF Wild war music Ger the earth shall cease
I Love shall tread out the baleful fire 0
a anger,
!. And in its ashes plant the tree of peace"
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