The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-22
HELPFUL KINDNESS

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Written for The Review by 'IZDUB AR"
Kindness, in whatever way i
may be expressed, is the pleasine
reflection of beautiful thought. L
is in every one a greatly admired
quality and possesses charm thai
appeals most forcibly. Otter
effectively, even to the most har'
dened and unresponsive natures.
1t is truly beauty that neither
time nor age never fades, but grows
more beautiful in its continued re-
. Election of thoroughly honest and
unsel6sh disposition of love, sympa-
thy and generosity.
This condition of human charac'
ter Yields truly tremendous influ'
ence in softeDing what might have
been harsh and uDkind criticism, for
mort of us are naturally inclined to
be lenient end charitable in judg-
ment of the acts and motives of a
kind ""and eenerous-hearted person
To hear it said of one that he is
kind hearted creates at once III our
hearts a warm feeling of charity and
responsive generosity for him, and
no matter what may be his faults
in other ways, we feel inclined to
overlook them in no small measure
lust because of his kind-hearted and
generous disposition. Kindness goes
far to cover a multitude of faults,
just as a lack of it may hide away a
noble trait
We all like to be the recipient of
another's kindness and we know
that it adds often much to the en-
ioyment and happiness Of life, bat
we too often forget to pass it on to
others
To show kindness is both a moral
and religious duty all people owe
enc to another who may be in need
of it. The responsibility for the
alienation of their need rests upon
some one and this duty cannot be
neglected or relegated to another
without serious loss to the moral
and religious life of both-to the
needing ana the ueeueu,
Action promotes life and the spirit
of helpfulness grows stronger and
larger, brings a deeper sense of joy
and happiness as we cultivate by
practice feelings of benevolence and
compassion and sympathy and the
forgetting of self in the presence of
the need of another. AS long as
we think only of self and live only
for self, Our hearts grow cold and
hardened to the pleadings of the
sick and suffering, to the troubled
and sorroWing, more and more as
the years come and 60, our lives
rejecting 10 warmth of love and
sympathy and in the end losing the
rich reward that comes only to the
kindly natured and generous person
and which ever lies waiting for Us
just beyond the narrow confines of
our own selfish life.
Kindness is a constant need of
every human being. By its help
fitness life IS made more pleasant
in so many ways. THE homely du-
ties of service are rendered easier
in their frequent demands, the ever
pressing burdens of daily care and
toll grow lighter, and the, shadows
of gloom, in its beneficent presence,
quickly change to the sunshine of
joy and bring to the saddened heart
a sweet song of gladness.
The members of the human fam
lily, in their social relations, both
moral and religious, may be divided
into two great classes-thOse who
are, in some way, needing help, and
those who are able to help and
upon whose responsibility rests the
needed assistance
There are few people who need
special assistance at any one time,
and none who may not, at some
time, need it. And it is one of the