The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-15
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FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER.

10 do them" ps. 10S 17:1S.
 Late into the night sat a youna girl working over her task with brush and colors. Soon to leave for college was one in whom she was intensely interested. All dur ing the years they had played to gether as children the bond of love had woven itself around them nev CT to be broken. Other years are ta bring testings and hard work and success The sister desired that her brother should not fail in her ambitions for him, and she was go ing to place. in her loving way those desires ever before his vision Filled with tender yearnings she presented to him a neatly painted placard with these five things to re member:
 The power of Kindness
 The dignity of Simplicity.
 The success of Perseverance.
 The wisdom of Patience.
 The force of Truth.
 All mankind craves power. It has become so indelibly imprinted on the human race that even the child learns early Its pleasing ad- yantageS. To be able to do things that are worth while in the world chN ,.,J h., n of us all. The statesman standing long in the halls of his country ; legislative buildings swells up with pride as he commands the atten- tion of his hearers. Yet but a youth the aviator dares the ap proach of death as he darts with the speed of an arrow over thA heads of an admiring throng, eXult- ing in the power he possesses in con- quering the air. With the same exultation does the sailor board the submarine and swim as fish in the waters, having conquered the sea and escaped the ken of the enemy. But greater than them all is the simple power of kindness. Not every man may speak so that all will listen, not every man may brave the air nor pass through the paths of the deep, but every man may learn the power of kindness.
 l. The power of kindness is an interest in good for mankind gen erally It can be extended to loved ones, to friend or to stranger with equal joy in it's giving. Paul tells that the baIbarous people showed us no little kindness; for they kin dled a fire, and received us every one. because of the present rain, and because of the cold" Kindness Is never amiss and ever bears it's own reward. It blesses the giver and sends the recipient on his way rejoicing. It enriches the world. for 1t paves restful road for ev cry traveller. It is worth a million dollars and it does not cost a cent. the more it is given away the rich CT becomes the mine of it's owner, and the happier grows the miner as he digs new kindnesses to lavish on whomsoever he meets. Like love it always finds way, and way that is strown with flowers and crowned with successes.
 The tiny seed Is left unconscious ly in the cleft of the barren rock Time hIings it home for growth and development. Slowly the root lets find their way in the minute openings. Day by day it grows down into the rock and up into tn !. heavens. High above his path the traveller sights it there, but thinks not of its mighty power. One day he returns to find the mountain rent and the valley filled with tons of broken rock, a silent witness to its mighty power of growth. So the power of kindness works in the mountains of difficulties that are seen along the pathway of life. A word, a kind look, a shake of the hand, a cup of cold water. given in kind ness greets the traveller on his re- turn with new conditions, possible in no other way to us all.
 2. The dignity of simplicity. When life is complex and studied and measured it becomes a bore. When 1t follows along the line of gentle simplicity it possesses a dignity that kings do not have and queen have desired in vain. Simplicity bas ever crowned the fife with dig nifty. Just the common things ol life are elevating, ennobling. honor able. The grandeur of mien come; not from an effort to be dignified but a gentle flowing of simplicity throughout every thought and ac tion. We see it in nature whe1 unhampered by conventionalities. The skip of the lamb, the delicate per fume of the violet, the twinkle O the star the kindly shade in color the laughter of the child, and tho calm, command of a refined mother
 Great minds are both simple ant dignined Jesus was unassumip' in appearance and position. IL