Evening journal., 1900-02-12
KINDNESS
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cut Tire likes and disllkes. What
changes would como % some homes IL
husband ana wife and children would
tryto please one another? Methinks IL
such o reign Of quiet should come to
some homes the old cat in the corner
would conclude he had gotten into the
wrong home a little girl who had been
rescued from one OF these storm CEN
tres. and taken 10 q home where kind
ness held sway. was found on the day
OF her arrival in her new home crying
as though her little heart would break.
The kind lady OF the house said, why
are you crying. Mildred? Has someone
hufs you?" NO" said the girl, Harry
said please give him his book. Ny bro
Their never said that; he just took
IT,"
II some wives in this city would
spend more time trying to please their
husbands and less time at matinees, the
happiness Of the homes would be great
~. increased. And If some husbands
would remember their marriage VOW,
cease spending their earnings away
from their families. and make an hon
est effort to please their wives on y
God knows how different and how
happy their homes would become.
Study the art OF pleasing and like the
borbarous people Of Malta, SHOW no
little kindness"
Second rule-Look for something
good in everybody. These sO-called
barearous people, perhaps Carthagin-
ians. who spoke the African language
and whom tho Greeks called baiharOus.
saw something worthy of help that
mcrited their kindness in these poor
sca-soaked sailors. Paul was, indeed.
greater than he there appeared, and
after they had shown their kindness to
him he displayed his greatness. Kind
ness will always bring forth powers
and qualities of greatness better than
Bternncss and severity will.
There are so many among Us who
always lcck for the bad in people Like
buzzards. some only hunt for carrion.
How long and carefully they search
for something putrid and rotten and
when they have found IL they seem
fflllrllfAl " Ill Autll ulAuQn ANllkMAiut
Ny friends, my friends, there is inn
nitely more goodness than badness,
and badness is the exception. Good
ness is the rule. Good people are The
rule and bad ones are The exception.
This city is not perfect, but where one
does wrong because CT choice, l believe
five hundred are trying to do right;
and Of the number who do wrong there
is something Eond in every one of
them Indeed there is enough good
ness about them TO compel MS To show
them mo little Kindness Wonder he is
behind prison bars for some crime, hui
there is at least one tender spot in his
heart, end if we could only reach it
BY some kindness we would add a star
to our own crown and n soul to the
kingdom Of God. Yonder she is
in q house Of shame led
there by some black-hearted libertine
She is not there because of choice: but
ono day she made the fatal mistake and
was caught Society blamed her anc
turned It's back upon her. To her there
seemed no other place 10 go. Some man
drove her there and then society (?l
kept her there. God knows she is
more 20 be pitied than blamed. The
harp Of he- heart Is not go broken that
Il would not respond IL touched by thi
, fingers OF kindness. Nest Of then
know what home and mother anc
friends mean; and, instead Of pursuing
them by the stern voice OF the law, II
some OF the good mothers Of this city
and elsewhere would quietly seek then
out and in the name of Christ touch
the long silenced chords OF their hearts
there would be heard the echOini
strains Of Home Sweet Home" AnC
as the fingers Of kindness continued {,
touch the strings of memory
and hope ana home anC
hreside and friends, many a hear
would arise and say, / will return to m.
home and kindred dear Whenever
the Church Of Jesus Christ gets afte
these poor unfortunate women an,
pursues them kindly instead OF com
polling policemen to deal with then
according to law. better results will bi
reached. Wilmington should have a
least 500 consecrated wOmeT
who in systematic anG
persistent manner would lool
after and show kindness towards
Those society souls. There Il
something good In every man: some
thing noble in every woman. What w
need IS the grit and the grace to fint
Il and help It to grow God help us e
show kindness towards all men.
AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
- Rule g. TO believe The present i.
better than the past, and that the I'm
ture will be better than tho present
There are a few "Old grandmothers'
IN these days who are all the time
dwelling upon the glorious past" the
sad present and the awful future. They
have a hopeless attack Of the Mully,
grubs. and tho sooner they die the bet.
ter for all concerned. But there are
not many OF these. and If they hat
only read history or kept posted on tho
country store conversation, they would
have believed different For none car
behold the conditions OF the human
family without concluding that this
century Is better than the last century
this year better than last year, and
today better than yesterday.
] Just see nineteen hundred years agC