Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-24
LITTLE THINGS.

:::.::, L'TTLE THINGS. ;;~
The Many Opportunities Children Have
for Doing Good by Kindly Acts and
Did you ever think, dear children,
what little things make up the whole
sum of life? and how often we might,
by kind word or deed, make some
one around;us very happy, whose way|
may be rough and dreary, by show.
ing that we feel for them in their
troubles when we can be q real COM
fort to Them 1t is noble and right,
YOU know: to- do all the good we can.E
We may not be great or rich, but we
may p1t'on record in the great "book
of remembrance" which our Father
keeps up in Heaven. ''little words of
Kindness, little deeds of 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
|try for? y What is the use of being in
1.-THE world if we can not do something
for some body? Suppose we should
make up our minds to say some kind
thing to only one person a day. In. a
year:we 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, as well as to say the! right
words. Many /. person owes his sue
cess in life to kind, gentle, loving
words. A great deal more can be
done'than you think by a word '1itly
spoken" :,
Don't forget this, dear young road
ers, for you can all, even the youngest,
do as much as any; body in this way,
and if God makes use Himself of such
little things in this worldt 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 true story about that, and may
every one who reads it profit by the
| telling:
One day young boy, whom we will
call Tom Allen, was very wicl1edly
troubling q pet kitten of his sisters,
1 who, though smaller. than: he, was
! standing by: with tears filling her eyes
IN her anxiety for 1: Miggs," 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 kitten9
| 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 she
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 could 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-starved 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.
Tommy satisfied him by promising
that he would give him a part of his
own, and so they trudged off to school
and forgot all about the dog.
Now, don't you SEQ that not only
Gracie's words, but Tommy's, were do
ing good? And a great deal more good
was to follow them, for just as Tommy
was saying the words, ''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 crcature!" he said to himself
1t seemed to be q new thought. I'll
that dog is Gods creature then Tn
Gods creature, too, and. He'll help me-
if nobody else will, 1 know"
just then he had reached the place
where so many of his bitterest hours
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; l wont go il
any MORE" and sure enough, on hi
went to his home, great deal better
contented. don't you thinkf>