Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-09-27


of time and eternity to read ana I
hear in regard TO the inhabitants of Nal |
IA, THE barbarous people showed us no |
little kindness"
Magnificent Word.
Kindness! What a great word that is!
II would take a reed as long as that
which the apocalyptic angel used to
measure heaven to tell the length, the
breadth, the height of that munificent
word. 1t is favoritc Bible word, and
il is early launched in the book of Gene
sis. caught up in the book of Joshua,
embraced in the book of Ruth, sworn by
in the book Of Samuel. crowned in the
| book of Psalms and cnthroned in many
| places in the New Testament. Kindness!
| 4 word no more gentle than mighty.
1 expect it will wrcstle me down before
get through with it. 1t is strong enough
to throw an archangel But it will be
well for us to stand around it and warm
ourselves by its glow as Paul and his fell
low voyagers stood around the fire on
the island of Malta, where the Maltese
made themselves immortal in my text by
the way they treated their victims of the
sea. 1.-THE barbarOus people showed us
no little kindness"
Kindncssl All definitions Of that null
tipotent word break down half way. You
say it is clemency. bcnignity, generosity;
it is made up of good wishes; it is an
expression of beneicencc; it is a con-
tribution to the happiness of others.
Some one else says, why, | can give
you a definition of kindness; it is sun
, shine of the soul; it is affection perennial;
| it is a clmacteric grace; it is the COM
{ | bination of all graces; it is compassioni
, | it is the perfection of gentle manlincss
g and womaulness." Are you all through
: You have made a dead failure in your
{ definition. 1t cannot be defined, but We
: all know what it is for we have all fell
. its power Some of you may have fell
s it rs Paul felt it. on some coast of rocl
as the ship went to pieces, but more o
Z us have again and again in some awfu
stress Of life had either from earth o
5 heaven hands stretched out which SHOW
ed us no little kindness"
~ There is kindness Of disposition, kline
ness of word kindness of act, and ther
is Jesus Christ, the impersonation OF Il
of them Kindness! You cannot nic'
e it. You cannot play it as part. 70
cannot enact it. You cannot dramatic
it. BY the grace of God you must hay
. it inside you, an everlasting summer, O
rather, Il COl4biuiAloh VI dulc anu ~
her. th, geniality of the one and the ton
OF of the other II cannot dwell with arr
We gance or spite or revenge or malevolenc
r. At its first appearance in the soul
'e these Amalckites and Gergishites al
Hittites and acoustics must quit, and 81
forever. Kindness wishes everybody W
every mau well, every woman well, {
cry child we'll, every bird well, eve
horse well. every dog well, every cat We
Give this spirit full swing and you wol
~ have no more need of societies for p
ventjon of cruelty to animals, no me
ON need of protective sewing woman's as
Citations. and il would dull every swC
until il would not cut skin deep. and
wheel every hattery till it could not r
and make gunpowder of no more use
the world except for rock blasting
pyrotcchnic celebration. Kindness Is
spirit divinply implanted and in ansN
and TO prayer, and then to be scdulously
o,,, tivatcd until il fills all the nature wit
perfume richer and more pungont Il
nlte mignonctte. and. as if you put tufi
her that aromatic beauty behind the G
on the mantel or in some corner WI
nobody can see it, you find people W
ing about your room looking this way
that, and you ask them, "What are
looking for?" and they answer, Nv
is that fiower?" so if one has in his
this infinite sweetness of disposition
perfume will whelm everything.
= The Grace of 70 Siveness.
10. But are you waiting and hoping for
one to be bankrupted or exposed or
S, comftcd or in some way Overthrown
kindness has not taken possession of
nature. You are wrecked on Maltav
there are no oranges. You are enter
ing a guest so unlike Kindness that
York. ness will not come and dwell unde
.same roof The most oXhausting
Ave. unhealthy and ruinous spirit on cart
revcngeful spirit or retaliating spirit
know b experience, for l have tr
for five or ten minutes at n time.
some mean thing has been done I
SPIT said about me, have felt: Il will
0 KE him in his own coin. l will show hi
aWayl The migrate! The traitorl The
using The villainw But five or ten minu
BE4 the feeling has been so unnerving a
" gain hausting / have abandoned it, and
> GOO not understand how people can go