The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-05-19
BE KIND.
A Ten-sIinnte Sc. mon for Chndre.,.

Did you ever notice the way in which
train OF railroad cars are fastened to-
gether? & At the end Of each car ise a
bolt, which slides in and out a little
way, to which is hooked another bot
just ike it on the next car. When the
engine backs and the two cars come to-
gether, they do not strike with hard
lump, joiting the passengers out of
their seats, but the two fastenings meet,
each slides in a few inches, Breaking
the force Of the blow, and the two cars
come together easily and gently. These
slides are called buffers, because they
but each other and save the cars from
many bump. Now, do you know that
everybody can carry with him a buffer,
which will help him to avoid hard hits
with other peoplep That buffer is sand
ness. A kind word. spoken gently even
in answer to an unkind one; kind ac-
ton, seeking the good of another; above
all, kind heart, full of love, will make
all around us friendly and fill the world
with sunshine. Gnu F.
You remember how Joseph went out
OF his prison to become Prince. If he
had moped and sulked in Potiphar's
house. as he had some reason for doing,
or had sat down in the prison cross and
snappish. do you suppose he would ever.
haze risen to greatnessp' No, for all
bis ability. but for his kindness, and
cheerful, helpful spirit, you and would
never have heard of his name. More
than one man since his time has found
Kindness useful IN bringing him success.
. Once young man with very little
money opened small store in New
England city. So'few people came in
to buy his goods that he grew dis
couraged, and said to himself, as he shut
up his store one Friday night, .sIf L
don t have more customers tomorrow
I'll give it up and go. away" just then
little girl came along, looked up. at
him, and said: 4.,s..s..3, 81. ff..5 .-,s-,.f.
Are you the man that keeps this
YES. he answered, ,"this is nv.
store; but it is shut and locked up now"
'Well,' said the little girl, won't
you please open il againan sell me a
spool of No.g70 cotton?- All the stores
are shut up, and my mamma wants it
to finish my dress tonight so that L
can 60 and visit my auntie to- morrow
The young merchant could not refuse
the ichilds pleading voice; SO he UNI
locked the store, went in, lit his lamp.
found for her the spool of thread, and
took her six cents. She went happy on
her way home;; the next day her mother
came in with two other ladies, thanked
him for his kindness, and bought some
goods. as did the other ladies also, who
had heard the story. Perhaps they
toletit to others, for more customers
came in, and from that day his store
was successful. Afterward he became
very rich, and used to say, 81 owe it
all to that spool of cotton But it was
the kindness, more than the cotton,
which won him friends and successsfor
who Wouldn' t Father buy of kind,
pleasant person than Of one who seemed
selfish and careless of others? 6sIszsH
And; kindness will overcome diff
cultes when harsh and severe treat
ment only increases them. Once $50
runs an Old fable--the@-kofd command
ed an angel to destroy. a great iceberg,
giving him a thousand. years for, his
task. He called together az army Of
men with pickaxes and shovels, anI;let
them dig at the iceberg for five hundred
years; out even then they had only
made a hole in it, and sit1 seemed as big
as ever. Then he called for the storms
to beat and blow upon it. For four
hundred years more the rain and snow
fell, and the north wind whistled around
its crown, but it only grew the greater
At last the angel went back to Heaven
and said, Lord, cannot destroy this
great mountain!" Then the Lord said.
II will show You how to. conquer it,
50 he called upon the sun to shine with
warm rays upon it; and the soft south
wind to, breathe upon it; and soon the
great mountain of ice melted away and
only showed where it had been bythe
green meadows, all the greener because
of its moisture. So, if you want to
conquer an enemy, watch your chance.
not to throw a, stone at him, but to do
kind act or speak a kind word, which
will melt him and make him your friend
forever. That is the way that Christ
wins us. by loving.us, and blessing us,
and diving in our stead; and even so
may we, Christlike, win and save 9th
ers.--ReoaJ L.. Hurttut, in Christian
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