The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-25
BLESSING OF
Dr.. Telmage Discourses on a Neces-
sary Virtue.
The Apostle Paul's Observation-Disclosures
One of the Best of T~raits-Its Influence
For Good-The Saviour's Wondrous
Goodness.
n a late sermon at BROOKLYN on

Kindness" He said:
Here we are on the Island Of Malta. |
another name for Melita This island,
which has always been an important
commercial center, belonging at differ
ent times TO Ph9nicia TO Greece, to
Rome, to Arabia to Spain, TO France.
now belongs to England. The area of
this island is about n hundred square
miles. 1t is in the Mediterranean sea, !
and of such clarity of atmosphere that
Mount -ttna. $50 miles away, can be
distinctly seen. The island is glorious
~ memorials, because the knights of
Malta for a long while ruled there. but
most famous because of the apostolic
~shipwreck. The bestormed vessel on
which Paul sailed had laid to"
on the starboard tack and
the wind was blowing east
northeast and the vessel drifting prob
ably a mile and a-half an hour, struck
at what is now called St Paul's bay.
Practical sailors have taken up the
Bible account and decided beyond con-
troversy the place of the shIpwreck-
But the island which has SO rough a
fDaNt - 1'A ~ h4pS PdAA a EhAh'iA
Richest fruits and a profusion of honey
characterized il in paul's time as well
a. now. The finest range figs and
olives grow there. When Paul and his
comrades crawled up on the beach,
saturated with the salt water and hum
grv from long abstinence from food,
and chilled to the bone, the islanders,
though called barbarians because they
could not speak Greek, opened their
doors to the sh~ipwrecked u~nfortunates.
Everything had gone To the bottom
Of the deep, and the ba~refooted, bare
headed apostle and ships crew were in
IA condition TO appreciate hospitality.
Ny text finds the ships crew ashore OF
Malta and arouUd a hot fire drying
themselves, and with the best provis-
ions the ISLANDERS can offer them. And
they 20 into government quarters for
three DAYS 10 r~ecupcrate, PubliuS, the
ruler, inviting them. although he had
severe sickness in the house at that
time. his father down with ~dysentery
and typhoid fever. Yes. for three
months they stayed on the island
watching for a ship. and putting the
Inequalities of the islanders to a severe
test But il endured the test salts
~factorily. and II is recorded for all the
ages IF time and eternity 10 read and
hear in regard TO the inhabitants Of
Malta: The barbarous people showed
u np little kindness"
Kindness, What a great word hat Is
II would take a reed as long as that
which the apocalyptic angel used 10
measure Heaven I @ tell the length,
the breadth, the height of that mag
nihc.nt word. II is a f~avoritc Bible
word. and il il early launched in the
book IF GcncsiS. caught up ia the book
E Joshua, embraced in the book oi
Ruth. sworn 10y in the book Of Samuel,
crowded in the book of Psalms, and en-.
throncd in many places in the new
Testament Kindness! A word nc
more gentle than mighty. II Is strong
enough To- throw an archanCcl- But !;
viii bc well for us To stand around II,
and warm ourselves by its glow a. Pau
and his fellow voyagers stood arounC
he IRE on the Island of Malta, where
- Maltese made themselves Immortal
. my text 10y the way they treated
these victims of the sea The barhar
ON, people showed Us no little kind
ness
Kindness, All definitions of tina
multipotent word break down half way
You saw II is clemencv, be~nignItv. gen
e~rn~jtv: it i made up of good wishes. /
i, an expression of bcneficence, 1t Is
contribution to the happiness of Others
Some one els saws: Why, / can Civ
Won a definition of kindness: II IL sun
shine Of the soul. 1t i affection peren
NAL. il i a climacteric grace. II Is tn
combination of ali Graccs. IL Is com
pas,ion. Il i the perfection of gentl'
mauliness and womanliness" 1t cal
not he defined But we all know wha
II l. for we have felt its w Some o
Won NAV have felt il a. Paul felt II, al
some coast IF rock as the ship went Z
ricceS. hut more Of us have again an
again in some awful stress of life ha'
either from earth or Heaven hand
stretched ont. which showed us n
little kindness"
There i a kindness OF disposition
kindness OF word, kindness of act, an
there u jesus ' III lNN- nv
Of all Of them. Kindness! You canno
afford il, YOU cannot play il as a part
Won cannot dramatize it Iy h grsc
~ Tod Won must have il inside Won. a
everlasting summer. or rather 4 on
hination Of June and October. the gen
alitv Of one and the tonic OF the othel
Il cannot dwell with arrogance or n
vcnce or m~alevolence. At its first al
pearance in h soul all these Amelei
ties and Gerrishites. and Hittites an
Jchusites must quit and quit foreveI
Kindness wishes every body well, ever
man well. every woman well, ever
child well, every bird well, every hors
well. every dog well, every ca
well Give the spirit full swing an
Won would have no more nee
Of societies for prevention % crueli
Ia animals, no more need Of protec'iv
sewing women's association. and
would dull every sword until II woul
not cut skin deep. and unwheel ever
battery till il could not roll. and NAL
gunpowder Of 10 more use IN the worl
except for rock blasting or ~pyrotechn
celebration.
Kindness Is a spirit dlvInely IN
planted. aud in answer 10 prayer, an
then to lee sedulously cultivated unit
j fills all the nature with a pertuu
richer and more pungent than mlguol
cite. and. As il you put a tuft OF TIL
aromatic beauty behind the clock c
the mantle. or in some corner whei
nobody can see il you find people wall
ing about your room looking This wa
aud that. and you ask them. What al
vcu looking for" and they answe
Where is that flower" SO If one HI
IN his soul this infinite Sweetness
disposition. its perfume will overwhel
everything.
But are you waiting and hoping X
some one TO be hankruPted or expose
or di>comftei. or in some way owe
thrown. then kindness has not take
possession of Your nature. q a
wrecked on a Malta where there are 7
n Yen ar" entertaining n que
SO unlike kindness that klndnes w