Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
The Gospel of Travellers.

Ii cannot be too often remarked thai
kindness is one of the virtues which
hardly ever fails to produce an effect
kindness, ''in season and out of sea
SOM" kindness which is every ones
power. How very much the wheels OF
life would be smoothed, how very much
every one would add to the sum total
of human happiness, if every Que were
to take hold of any of the many Oppor-
tunities which every situation offers tC
be kind, courteous, easy and agreeable
toward the chance travellers that he
meets in his journeys-tOwards the
chance sufferers that he comes across
1t is never forgotten. The boy at school
never forgets the kindness of an elder
schoolfellow. The poor, solitary and
waywOrn man or woman never forgets
the pressure of kind, feeling hand,
the glance of a loving, sympathetic eye.
"A cup of cold water" given unexpect-
edly at the right moment, will indeed
not ''lose its reward" Think of this,
all those who are concerned in the move
ments backward and forward which
makes England, and e may almost say
the whole civilized world, at this season
of the year, a world of travellers, a de-
scent and ascent from Jerusalem to Jeri-
cho, from Jericho to Jerusalem. Rail
way officials, how very much you can
ease the burden and soften the difficult
ties of some helpless solitary creature,
by speaking a kind word to him, by
showing him the way, by telling him
what he ought TO do in the hurry and
confusion of our multitudinous railway
stations, Policemen in our great cities,
how very much you can and do emo
BILE your excellent vocation by a readi-
ness TO guide, by willingness to give
information, by the friendly hand or
encouraging word in the crossing of
the streets, by the unceasing vigilance
to avert every kind of roughness or dis
order in the vast area of your multipli-
ed callings, Cabmen, in taking up or
setting down some suffering woman or
child, how much in the course of a day
you may add to their comfort and your
own happiness by gentleness instead of
rudeness, by courtesy instead of harsh
ness, Servants, officials, passers-by in
our great public buildings, what a
pleasure you can give to all who come
through this or any like resort, by max
ina l.af al
at home; what a delight you can inn
part by a word of instruction, or warn
ing, or advice. Travellers, whoever you
be-Englishmen, Americans, here or
abroad-how far and wide you may
make your own good influence and the
good fame of your country extend by
an agreeable turn given to some travel
ing disaster, by not pressing hard or
your neighbors in crowded vehicle,
by giving place to those who are weak
er or less befriended than yourselves, by
extending to those around you, or " no
come within the reach of your notice,
any protection which your superior
wealth, or health, or strength may have
put in your possession The presence
of miad' to catch these opportunities
of diffusing Christian kindness is one OF
the graces which we should value as
among the most valuable of Gods gifts.
which we should endeavor to strength
Ell by prayer, by habit, by remember
ing that God, in whose presence we are,
is ever requiring of us the special frame
with Him, and ever "present" to the
call of our fellow-creatures.- Dean Stan
leu.