El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-06
Baptist Church.

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At the First Baptist church yester:
for his text, Jer. LII:32, land spske
kindly to him." The sermon was short,
and in part as follows: Kindness is
the law of God and of nature, and the
demand of the human family. "The
various manifestations of God show him
| to be kind even to the unthaukful."
The life of Jesus brings before US q
colossal monument of kindness. Kind
ness is indi.solubly ss: .?e with
long and is kind The same hand hath
shaped us all. HE hath made of one
blood all nations" A vast difference,
but nevertheless kin exists between
all men. 1t is from the word "kin" or
"kipned'' that our word of kindness
comes. The bible says, wherever love
is, kindness is. Nature says we are
all akin, and should be kind one to an
other. This is strongly brought out in
mand kindness from each other. Re
fuse q man the kindness due by fellow
man and earth becomes hell to him.
What contrast! From . prison to Q
throne. But this treatment would
have brought little Joy to the captive
king, Jehoiachim, had the new king of
Babylon not spoken kindly to him. A
king for only three months, when eight
years of age: prisoner for thirty
seven years, would render him in a
measure insensible to his loss. But
the loss of kindness brings q burden on
the deadest heart. The desire for
kindness burns immortal in the human
breast. There is no real kindness
where there are no kind words. What
men want today is not thrones, but
hearts of sympathy and deeds and
words of kindness. A tramp stopped q
runaway horse and saved daughters
life. The father of this daughter
handed the tramp . bill of money and
heartlessly requested that he ''bs off,
and return no more. Stung to the
heart the tramp threw the money at
the fathers feet with the words: "It
is not money but sympathy and friends
that need" and with this he walked
away. One sympathetic hand shake,
one earnest look, one kind word, would
have turned this man in the right way.
other daring burglary, with the loss
of q large sum of money, and this
young man was the thief. "You can
give me kind words If you can do moth
ing else for me-" said . poor woman to
Q friend, and then she added, ooh, If
only people thought little about the
trials of the poor, and the comfort and
encOur8Roment lew Klnu WOrus
bring, they would not let them be SO
scarce" Are you guilty of this
charge, scarcity of kind words? Turn
over a new leaf today. Speak kindly
to those whom you meet. There are
many sad and weary ones who need
them There's = mother whose babe
has been taken or whose son 10 way
ward: q wife kneeling beside . hus-
bands grave; strong man who has
I'D - ,,o nnh fov
who has fallen; . fugitive from the law,
or a criminal behind the bars. Friends, |
they need your help. Neglect them or |
be harsh with them, and you crush |
their hearts and drive them to despair.
Speak kindly to them, aud they take on |
new courage and are saved. This 10 |
the mesnest boy in the whole commune
ity,' said father on introducing his |
son to q new teacher. After awhile the |
teacher laid his hand in friendly way
on the boys shoulder and spoke kindly |
with ambition 'to be good, snd from
that day he was one Of the best of boys
aud became q noble man. A poor
wretch in . prison hospital drew the |
cover over his face and sObbed bitterly; |
as soon as he regsined command of his |
voice he said to his attorney who had
visit to him, "YOu are
the first man who ever spoke . kind |
word to me sir, and 1 can't stand it,"
What q shame. who knows what kind |
words might have done for him in
earlier days. Read that masterpiece |
Of Victor Hugo's. See how few.kind
words from an old bishop, to an ex-gal-
ley slave, hardened in sin, sent him
forth with Q new life to bless the world |
with deeds of kindness and . life of
It's as true as:life.
eff soul then could'st redeem, and
lead lost one tback to God, w0uldst
then a guardian angel seem to one
who long in quiet hath trod? Go kind
ly to him, take his hand with 9entlest
words, within thine own, and by his
side brother stand, till all the dem