Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-01-28
KINDNESS AND LOVE.
TWO PREVALENT MOTIVES WHAT
ST. PAUL SAYS.

lur New hark nTrllA a'a'' '''i'
tive Srrmon-Dr. TaimaE~ fn"a"h"s
sermon to the Fetninin" i"ii"r''
Proverbs xxi. -.
There are two superficial and snm"w 'at
prevalent notions of kindness when over.
look the truth 81 a law 81 hindhr-- N'N
hinder the fulrlment uf That law. 'h'
1r-t t- that Kindness l. q happy arrii"u-
.I temperament. when Charles lnmh ,,'"i
HHarg Crlbh Robinson went To visit NARY
I emr. end she said Iu him. Vow, : r1ll
rhi. very Kind Of YOU. not good nH' AIRED.
uuF very. very kind Her distinction -
just. Kindness Is more than constitutional
good naturedne~~. 10 implies discipline
aHN culture.
The second notion associates Kindness
with Christian rtigupti" and department,
with something umiahir and desirable,
perhaps. hut rather ornamental than essen
iial. Consequently many religions AMI
. GryHut people are uuEind IN words ana
actions without any feeling ot siniuln"S~
ON that account. Put away the notion ni
Kindness which regards 1t as merely an
external grace 81 character or a uNelul
( lubricant whcrcwith 20 rrducet the iri'tions
of social intercourse and conceive 10 a. a.
essential element OF all goodness, divine or
/ human. and a. cOmprrhcndrd under Gods
law of human life un6indness, like any
. other trausgrrssion of moral law, l. wick
nduess. Nor is il enough to try ami not
I he unkind for unless one tries to hc kind
he not only fails Of duty, but will he un-
able to guard himself from actual unklnd-
. n,sS.
/ Kindness has its root in kinshiP. II i'm
+ plies relationship and affinity. Men are
/ children of common Father, anu there
1 fore brethren. Therein lies the signi-
( cauce of all that the Scriptures teach con-
/ corning the essential. exceeding and ever
/ lasting loving Kindness Of God. There il
! kinship between Him and men, created in
/ His image. Therein is grounded our hui
man kinship and the law of brotheriy kind
ness for all men, than which no law Of
/ human life has higher authority or sacred
er sanctions.
/ As no one can be as good as he should
aud may be, SO no one can do good rs he
! SHOULD and may without striving to fulfill
this law of the cultivation and manifesto
tion Of kindness. There is nothing else 50
powerful for good unless it be love, and
/ love rs st. Paul says, is kind. 1t disarms
prejudice and hatred it converts distrust
into confidence, it overcomes all manner of
evil with good. 1t brings out as nothing
else can the latent and potential good
things in people. Men have come to recog-
/ niEe and act upon this principle in their
treatment and training Of animals. How
mach more effective will be the training OF
children and the treatment of all human
W '''' - - ISL ~ "' .t
! "tl ii - 80 - -
will meet all such response.
NlhuyS' naI 1T mItys' 9iI
it, genital influences and delicate ministra,
tt'us these signs become manifest and thu
things they promise begin to be- fulfilled
What else gives so great encouragement t.
,"' HauN VINO are STRUGGLING WIZ" anNgIS
a. or temptations correcting an" 'ndnt'n -
gus, '''"H' n'Pt 'S7r" i''h"E7 va ''i', ~
HIu "'E'r', Nner'iu lHt I""EI ~ w II '.,,'
h7 most ,"N"rHple 'oh"l'l"hs; ""Iu9""rtL
N!''"S Oh
THAT portion Of good mans life
His little, nameteSS, aforementioned acts o
kindness and Of love.
Ho,v. supoestiva tbot is of ,vhot il uossi
hlp in this way o! Kindness which work
with magic power to transmutr apuaren
tri1ps into nric4less treosures-asS ~ Iitoi
Gun oI cola water Given ia u dust,.' an,
weary pilrrim proyed to he as he drank il
"A rur nr I,reci,,us vino Kind words often
rs DANTE saws of Reotrira's words NOR
sn,ilni tbon snol;npu, Kind actions rnst
tn, nm. Inf hast0vin,, muchr How, so.iI,
tbry might be multinliGd to the irmensur
nhln cbanr and comfort and auriabuout n
Iifpr They make Tho gloomy smile IN,
angry grow meek. the suffering to cea-
from gr0aning:they light up hone. Swcptrl
I bitter thoughts. console sorrow strengthen
the faint and turn from sin: and they reacl
and move those whom no other good infu
enrcs affect and conquer such as have re
sisted all other powers Of grace.
Bitter and all too frequent are our re
grets and repentanres, rs we recall. per
/ hans too late for aught but regret and re