The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14


Igl2 Twelfth street northwest.
From the cradle to the grave we all
need assistance from others, and opt-
nists. recognizing this indisputable fact,
know Il is their duty TO extend the help
ing hand 20 their fellOw-nen. There are
many ways IN which we can be helpful,
but let us be pre-eminently dispensers OF
mercy and kindness. in His magnificent
sermon on the mount Christ said: Bless
ed ara the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy" II IS not how much We do but
the manner IN which we DO Il that radi-
ates happiness and comfort and the spirit
Of acceptance OF suffering. a word or a
tear IS at times far more effective than
the giving Of aims. AS Sir H. Davy says:
Life Is made up not OF great sacrifices
or duties. but Of little things In which
smiles. and kindnesses. aud small obllga-
lions habitually given are what win and
preserve the heart and secure comfort
NJ JOSEPH RYAN.
p n street northwest
IF any little word OF mine
May make a life the brighter;
~ any little song OF mine
May make a heart the lighter.
God help me speak the little word.
And take my BIT OF singing
And drop il in some lonely vale.
To set the echoes ringing!
IF any little love Of mine
May make q life the sweeter;
II any little care OF mine
May make a friend the feeter;
II any little lift OF mine may ease
The burden OF another.
God give me love and care and strength
To help my toilinE brother Selected.
Ms. MARY S. YEATMAN
10 F street
After being Just 20 himself mans high
est duty is the consideration OF others
We should show a helpful spirit toward
everybody and a willingness always "a
lend a hand The world hunEers for the
wealth which even the poorest Of us car
bestow-kind words. little deeds Of help
fulness. cheerful encouragement This IS
what broadens and ennobles life. makes
character beautiful and fragrant as the
rose. This Is the sort Of giving that re-
turns 20 us with compound interest
Everywhere we 20 we find opportunities
FOR this sort Of giving Everywhere We
find some one who needs encouragement
some one who needs sympathy, and some
one who needs a lift We can never tel
what glorious fruitaEe the seed OF the
most trivial act Of kindness may produce
Many a heart has been cheered simply by
a smile from n stranger. a look OF SYM
pathy. an expression OF a desire 70 help
and a word Of encouragement has brought
back hope TO many a disheartened sou
and been the turning point in the career
Of many a person on the verge Of despair
NJ. NORMOYLE.
Ale1andria. Va
The helping hand IS good indeed.
We live not 20 ourselves;
The rich. the poor uy IL succeeds.
Into the heart Il Gelves.
To 1--we a life OF sacrifice
Presents the nobiest trait;
Let's help. that Is our best advice;
Wen labor and VEIL wait.
The helping hand Is Jesus way
or teaching how 20 live;
To be happy while here we stay.
Never cease 10 give
Nv. SMITH, D. d.
7is Morton street northwest.
Unless the weather is very cold or III
/ hands are benumbed-and a great man,
I Of them are. no doubt. cold even en- no
weather-it is held to be a shocking
I transgression OF good breeding to bur,
/ your hands IN your pockets. because-an'
/ the cause is praisewOrthy-yOu migh
I give something away, a penny, inadver
/ tently. But there is one hand you cal
/ hide with the approval Of all right-think
I ing people-yOur helping hand
The helping hand does its work silently
/ joyfully. willingly IT isn't bOastful o
! Haunting. il doesn't advertise. Il sees
I decides, acts-not next year. al once.
/ does good. because 10 do good is tn
! only panacea. Il is the only hand that
\ always willing 20 shake your hand with
out hurting your heart. X Is God within
ALLEN PRENDER
/ 7fl Tenth street southeast
We can and must help our fellow-men
But the only way 90 do this Is by liv
ing right ourselves. so that all who NEE
us so away feeling more confident an
Joyous for the contact. Happiness an,
/ cheerfuluess are by nature contagious
/ Bring your health and your strength &
the weak and siCkly and so be Of us
to them Give them not your weakness
but your energy. so YOU revive them an
lift them up When thou seest miser
in thy brothers face. let him see pit
in thine eye. Reach out a hand of help
I fJllness 10 tho stumbling ones. and speal
a word OF cheer TO the discouraged. Liv
in the sunlight then YOU can help other
out Of the shadows.
Make one person happy each day. an
in forty years you VIII have made. a
least for time 1900 human being
happy!
'Oh. be swift 20 love-
Make haste to he kind,
You len, a hand 90 a fallen one,
A lift In kindness given;
II saved a soul when help was none
And won 8 heart for heaven;
And so for the help YOU proffered Their
You'll reap a Joy some time-sOmewhere
PAULINE l. JONES.
I5Os Irving street northwest
Send out the sunlight. the sunlight O
cheer;
Shine on earth's sadness TIL Ills dlsap
pear.
Souls are In waiting this message to hear
Send out the sunlight that speaks in
smile,
Often it yhortens the long weary mile;
often the burden seems light for a while
Send out the sunlight, you have Il i'm YOU
Clouds may obscure It just now fror
your view.
Pray for its presence, your prayer wi
come true.
EDNA BENNETT.
1919 Eighth street northwest.
What would the world DO without Il
in the home. in hospitals. on the field I
the home We think OF the hand tina
rocked the cradle that knitted an
darned for the family. smoothed the pil
low for the weary head, spread the plas
GERS. poured the medicine. made delicat
broth and jellies for the convslescen
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