Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-01-11
A SUNDAY EoMILY
That is Into ed for Rule of Conduct
In Every day Life-B- Kind in Time.

That is Int nded for Rule of Conduct
In Every day Life-B- Kind in Tina
There is one resolution, at least,
which every one can form. if the,
will, and carry out in their every
day intercourse with ptopl''. that, il
they would do so, would rebound t..
the joy AID betterment OF their own
lives and the pleasure and Happiness
OF those with whom tn, J ctm'' III con
tact. 1t is simple resolutirn-Be
kind in time.
Not every ore is ST adiy b"set by
a grievvus and all but Irresistible
temptation. Not ev-ry one has t,
recast his liz, against the soinbre
background of Il lif long renIorse fol
wrong~doing, rrpcn;ed of, bat, hu
manly speaking, irreparab'e.
But every one has Cause To bewai
he kind act omitted; the kind wv"d
withheld; the small Slight Or disc 'ur
tesy to the aged or ihfiru.; the petty
meanness which was no, quite a sir.
In tie flush of our y-'u' Ii and
strength, W.. forget that death is ever
impending. If We realized ka; to-
morrow may be too late for the hon.
est acknowledgment aud expression
of -egret hich grasses the memory
of an ,kindnes>; we should never
let the SUI go down on reparatiO:.
unaccomplished.
'Men's fac.s, looking into the
sunset, are golden" says Father Fa-
Der. so would our lives be if WE
always l)ok~d into the countenanc
of coming death"
More than half the pain aid dis
comfort of ordinary lives come from
the petty unkiudn,sses and sights
smong kindred and frienls. Moe
than half the wrecks of what were
once promising friendships are caus-
ed, not by the discovery by one Or
o:ber Of great d, ficIencies in mind or
character in the friend, but by petty
tricks or d-veptions revealed. or
hardest of all to pardon, aud nev, r,
We fear, quite fcrgotteE-that are
done not to ones self, but to the
near and dear ones whose fe ,lings We
would safeguard at any time at the
expense Of cur own.
the risk of personal Inconvenience.
Be kind to the infrm, and old, and
uninterestirg. Be kind to the people
you don't like. Forbear the irrltat
ing word. Send Sour thought just
a second or two ahead Of your
speech that want of tact may not eff
feet as much mischief as positive i'll
will.
Let not even the justly reproved
go on journey or even TO their
nights rest, unforgiven aud sore
hearted.
Speak words of sympathy when
they are called for. Don't withhold
them lest people think you demon
stratiye,
There is no intrinsic virtue in
coldness, outside of the refrigerator.
Looking out on the souls starving
for little kindness all about US,
one feels sometimes like crying out
"For Heavens sake be demonstra-
tive of kindness, sympathy, good
will"
Few have great intellects. Few
are notably beautiful. But was ever
man or woman loved just for intel-
lect or intellectual achievement?
Beauty attracts love, it is trne; but
can it hold j.? Unvarylng kind
: ness, sweetness, patience, can do that
Anybody can be kind, and so being.
can be loved.
'.What is the real good?" asked
the poet who VAS loved most of al
because of his kind heart and it,
free and generous depression,
"Order, said the law court,
knowledge, said the schoo';
Truth, said the wise man;
Pleasure, s id the. fool;
Love said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page;
Freedom, said the. .dreame;;
Home, said the sage;
Fame, said the soldier;
Equity, the seer
.Spake my heart tull dly:
The answer is not here
'. Then within my bosom
Each heart holds the secret,
Kindness is the wordi'
Kindness, kindness in time-a res