The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-10-04
THE SpfR1tl OF AMtIY
I DR., Ia1mago Commends Good Feel
Ing Among Mankind.

Mentions 1llustrious Examples In His
u sernaon--rho Grace Of lSorgive-
4 meas IN n Kindness q Mag
& niaccnt Word.
-lCopyright. 1901. by Louis Klopseh, N. X.1
3 81 Washington, Sept. "a
Il In this discourse DIR. Talmage COM
smends tho spirit OF amdty and good
feeling and mentions tllustrtous oxaAl-
pies OF that spirit; text, Acts, s4:S,
y3'"lho barbarous people showed us no
little Kindness
Hero we arc on the island Of Malta.
another name ltor Melita. This island,
which has always been an important
commercial center, belonging at dif-
fercnt times to Phoenicia, to Greece,
to Rome, to Arabia, to Spain, to France,
now belongs to England The area Of
the islands is 400 square miles. 1t is
In the Mediterranean sea and Of such
clarity Of atmosphere that Mount
Aetna, 130 miles away, can bo distinct
}ly seen. Tho island Is gloriously mem
'orable because tho knights OF Malta
f9r a long while ruled there, but most
Famous because OF the apostolic ship
wreck. The bestormed vessel on which
Raul sailed had "laid to" on the, star
board tack, md tho wind was blowing
east-northeast, and, the vessel drifting
probably milo and a half All hour.
She struck at what is now called St.
Raul's bay. Practical sailors have tax
en- up the Bible account and decided be-
yond controversy the place Of the ship
wreck. But the island, which has so
rough q coast, Is for tho most part a
garden. Richest fruits and u profu-
sion Of honey characterized it in st.
Paul's timo MS well as now. The finest
oranges, figs and olives grew there
q When Paul and his comrades crawled
up the beach, saturated and hungry
from long abs tinonco from food and
chilled to tho bone, the islanders,
though called barbarians because thoy
rould not speak Greek, opened their
doors to tho shipwreaked unfortun-
Rtes. Everything had gone to tho bot
tom Of the daep, aud tho bareiooted.
bareheaded apostle and ships crew
were in q condition to appreciate nos
pitahty. About rs suoh mon q few
years ago found Ia tho life station
near East Hampton, Long Island.
They had got ashore In tho night from
the sea, and not hat or shoe had
they loft. They found out, IA Paul and
his fellow voyagers found out. that tho
tea is tho rouShest OF oil robbers. My
Text finds tho ship'n GROW ashore on
Malta and around hot Gro drying
themselves and with Tho beat provision
Che islanders oAn o&er Thorn. And
they go into govornsnont quarters for
three days to raouporats, Publius. tho
ruler, inviting them, although he had
loyero sickness In the heuko at tho
time, his father down with dangerous
llneHs. Yea, for three maaths they
stayed on the island, watching for
ship and putting tho hospitalities Of
the islanders to sevoro test. But It
endured the test satisfactorily, ana it
sia recorded for all the ages Of timo and
}sternity to read and hoar in regard to
the inhabitants Of Malta: "1ho bar
barous people showed us no nttlo kind
ness"
y Kindness! What great word that
Isl It would take a racd as long as
that which tho apocalypsio angel used
to measure Heaven to toll tho length,
tho breadth, the height of thst munin-
I, cont word. It Is q fnyorito Bible word,
and It Is carly launched In tho book Of
Henosis. caught up In the heoh Of
Joshua, embraced In tho book Of Ruth,
sworn by in tho book Of Samuel,
Drowned in the book Of Psalms aud en-
throned in many places In the Now
Testament. Kindnessl A word NO
more gentle than mighty. Iexpect 1t
will wrestlo mo down before / get
throuo'', with 1t. II is strong enough
TO throw on roLAngol. But II WILL be
well for us to stand around 1t and
warm ourselves by les glow 40 Paul
and bis fellow voyagors stood around
the 6re on the Island Of Malta, where
tho Meltane Iahdc themselves immor-
tai in my toxt by tho way they treated
thefr Victims oS tho sea- ''Tho bar
barous people showed us no littlo kind
nose
4 Kindnassl All definitions OF thai
multipotent word break down half
way. xou say 1t is olemenoy, benign
lty, genorosityi It is 1nede up + good
wiahos, II 10 an expression o enea-
cence; 1t ia q contribution to til, hap
piness of others. gome ono clsc says:
Why, san give you definition OF
kindhessi IL In gunsh4ne Of tho soul, 10
ts afaosion perannlali IL 10 q olimatic
grace; IL is tho combination Of all
graoosj Is 10 oolnpassion; IL is tho per.
feotion o3 gentle manl4nass and won
Anliness." Aro you oil throughp You
have mado y dead failure In your defi-
nation. II cannot bo defined. but we
h3l know what 1t is, for wo hayo al
felt its power. Soma Of you may hayo
Relt 1T nn Paul felt IL. OF nome coast Of
rools as tho ship went to piccop, but
moro OF us have again and again IN
homo awful 1tross OF life had other
from earth or Heaven hands stretched
out which Showed us no littlo lind
ness"
There is Nndness OF .dispesition.
kindnegs Of word, kindnoas Of act, and
there Is jesus Christ, the imporsona
tion of all Of them. Kindnessl You
cannot affect 1t. You cannot play itas
part. You cannot enactit. You oan.
nos dranaatiso IL. by tho grace Of God
you must have 10 inside OF you, an eyor
lasting suananov, or, rather, q oombina-
ton OF Juno and October, tho geniality
of tho ono and tho tonic II the other.
1t oannot dwell with arrogance or
Splto OF revenge or malevolenoe. At
It's first appearance III tho soul all
thoHe Amalskitos and GorGishites and
Hittftcs and Jobusitcs must quit. and
quit forSvas. Kiadacss wlshos every
bcay Woik-overy Raan wall, oyory
woman well, every csAild woll, avory
bira wei. evory horse we'll, every dog
we'll every cat we'll. Give this spirit