The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-27
The Kingdom Column
CONDUCTED BY DWIGHT 5. eAYLEy.
Thy Kingdom, Come"

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4 felon broke out on his right thumb and
/ prevented him. DIR. Hale volunteered
i to act az his amanuensis: and before
I New York was reached the young man
1 had been eneered and helped beyond
! measure. Telling his experience some
i what later to "A literary man in Hos-
! ton. the latter replied: We don't CON
/ slider that much of anything for Hale
! to dc Why. there = hardly !, man
! Of my age about Boston who mas been
I suffering. or friendIess. or discouraged Il.
/ but DIR. Hale has put him on his feet
/ There are dozen well known men
/ could mention who. hut for that grand
/ man. would have gone To the dogs
/ | am one of them myself-God bless
hint"
| Someone has put the thought beau
I tifully thus:
IT WAS only helping hand,
And II seemed of little avaiIing;
But its clasp was warm.
And it saved from harm
4 brother whose strength was falling.
Its touch was tender as angel wings.
But 1t rolled the stone from the hidden
springs
Anu pointed the WAY 10 Hlgn1r Things.
| Though il seemed OF little ayailing."
Such kindness. such generosity in Civ
ing oneself cannot be expressed in terms
Of dollars and cents. No money value
can be placed upon ii, nor any money
return given for it, II is literally
priceless.
II IS pleasant. to know that kindness
Is finding an Increasing place In the
business world. and that even big cor
porations. which are called souiless.
now and then manifest n genuine con-
sideration for others. A few years
ago the Boston Elevated Railway com
pany distributed tn churches and
charitable organizations through the
summer 100000 free tickets so that
mothers and children and sick and
aged persons among the city's poor
might enjoy a ride to the woods or
the seashore.
In Chicago a graceful thing was
done by the Merchants National bank
at the time of its consolidation with
the Corn Exchange bank. 1t gave
to each of its 80 or more clerks n
check varying In size from $4,000 to
$50 A messenger boy who had been
with the bank only n few months re-
cejyed the smaller sum. while the
larger was given tn Il clerk who had
served 3. years. Other checks We're
for sums below $4,000 The janitor
found In his envelope check for
$1,000: and in all about sSo.00o We're
thus distributed The gifts were en-
tireiy unexpected.
Willingness to forgive is also n great
quality of character. If one Is gen
erous who gives. surely he is much
more generous who forgfves. In the
dramatic story Of Joseph the readers
admiration is nowhere so deeply
stirred as at the scene Of Joseph's
magnanimous treatment of his broth
ers. He was powerful. he held a po-
sition of might. IL lay within his power
To deal with them as lie would He
could have taken fullest vengeance for
their unkina treatment of him years
ago, But Joseph was a great man.
His WAS a noble character. During the
intervening years he had found bet
ter and greater things To do than har-
Dor grudge against his brothers.
So he forgaye them. and in the act
of forgiveness he lowered to the
greatest height Of his splendid char
acter
NV it'sh AiidJtStit vi III
Jesus Is woven about the noble quail
ity Of forgiveness. II shows the depth
To which the fathers pride had been
wounded and his love disappointed.
and against that dark background II
draws the picture of the father with
his arms about the wanderers neck.
too great. too godiike to do other tan
forgive. Indeed the story Of the
pradigal was told for the very nur-
pose of making clear Gods attitude to-
ward his maynard children.
One of the most compelling of the
brief prayers Of Jesus is that in which
He SAYS: Father. forgive them: they
know not what they do" They did
not know: nor do most wrong doers To-
day realize the true ininuity nj their
deeds. But IL requires greatness for
one who has been injured To rise
above his natural resentment. feel that
the one who injured him could not
have realized the Nrongness Of his
act. and forgive him. Yet this must
be done If we would achieve nnhleness
of character If we would he generous.
II we would be great. Moreover. ii
should be done because we ourselves
need forgiveness mere ar less fire.
anentls; and We have been taught to
pray: Forgive us our debts As We
forgive our debtors"
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