Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-24
+ LlT:T.LE. THINGS.


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Tho Many Opportunities Children HAYS
for Doing Good by kindly Acts and
q Did YOU ever think, dear children,
what little things make up the whole
sum of life? and how often we might,
by'a kind word OF decd, make somes
one aroundlus very happy, whose way
may be rough and dreary, by shows
ing that we feel for them in theiF
trou bles when we can be a real COM
fort TO theuh 1t is noble and right,
youfknow ,s1tos do all the good we canssl
We may not be, great or rich, but we
may put On record in the great shook
of remembrance" which our Father
keeps up in Heaven, ''little words of
Kindness, little deeds tof love-" mites
of service which to you may seem
very tritling though often great in His
sight, because He sees: the'motive and
always knows when they are done for
love OF Him: God delights: in these
very Titles. Then, isn't this best to
Stry,for? ~ What is the use of being in
the world ifi:WweIfhn ppt do something
for some body? Suppose we should
make up our minds to say some kind
thing to only one person a day. In, q
yearIwe shall have made. three hum
dred and sixty-fve persons happy, and
all wtthout any cost or labor except
the simple moving of our lips.
And if We do speak let it. be done
gently, Jas well d 70 Say the right
words. j Many person owes his sue
cess.*i in life to kind gentle, flowing
words. A great deal more can be
sdones'than YOU think by a word ''titly
fspOken.,'ser ~
.. Don't forget, this, dear young read
ers, for YOU can all, even the Youngest.
do as much as anybody in this way;
and if God makes use Himself1e of such
little things in this worlds as He does to
bring about marvellous results, every
child Of His can do something for Him,
too, however small they may be, though
they often think they are not able.
Ask Him and He will help to make
you a. little servant of His-a little,
missionary in His service. Let me- tell
you a true story about that, and may
every one who reads it profit by the
telling -. --.-~~,~----~
One day a young boy, whom we will
call Tom Allen, was very wickedly
troubling aapet kitten Of his sisters,
who, though smaller. shan: he, was
standing by:with tears filling her eyes
ID her anxiety for sMiggs," her play
mate, as she was called. when she went
up quietly and put her hand on his
shoulder, and said: Ibid you know,
Tommy, that that was Gods kitten?
He made it,"
Think of it! Just those few simple
words of the child were not lost They
did much good, and yet how little sho
knew about it..
" But how did these words. Of: Grace's
work? Let us see. In the first place,
Tommy at once left off tormenting the
kitten, but he Gould not leave off think
ing about what his sister had .aid-
Gods kitten! Gods creature, for He
made it! II never thought of that
BEFORE" he said to himself. ~.
The very next :day,=meeting one of
his schoolmates, who was cruelty beat
ing half-stafved dog, Tommy, before
he even knew what he was doing, ran
up to- him and repeated the very words
his sister had used: ''Don't do that,
Jake. It's Gods creature. Didn't you
know it?"
. The boy tried to make: some excuse
by saying that he had stolen. his lunch
that he was carrying to school. II r.
: Tommy satisfied him. by. promising
that he would give him part of his
own, and so they trudged OFF, to school
and forgot all about the dog:
- Now, don't you see that: not only
Gracie's words, but Tommy's, were do
ing goodp And q great deal moro good
was to follow them, for just as Tommy
was Saying theSsMords, "It's Gods
creature two persons were passing by
and caught them. One was a young
man in a prosperous downtown store,
the other, a ragged; miserable creature
who had got into the way of drinking,
and had just been dismissed by his EN-:
ployer on account of it, and was on his
way home in a very despairing condi'
|. ton of mind.
Goods creatureE' he said to himself,
1t seemed to be anew thought. I'll
that dog is Gods creature then Tn
Gods creature, too, and He'll help me-
IT nobody else. Viill, a know"
II just then He had reached the place
where so many of his bitterest@hDurs
had been passed, and the old habit
almost made :. him go In, but the new
thought, now strong in his mind, came
TO his rescue as he said to himself
mo, I'm GODS creature; IT wont go ii
any more, and sure enough, on hi
went TO has home, great deal hette
contented. don't you thinkfs =
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