Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — The Ianuence of Kindness. [ARTICLE]

The Ianuence of Kindness.

There are few people so fortunate that at some period of their lives they do not droop under the clouds of trouble or misfortune. At Borne time grief is almost certain to come, an unwelcome guest. Sorrows and troubles gather round us, causing our hearts almost to break beneath their weight. It is in those dark hours that the heart needs the comfort and kfhdness of a sympathising friend. We are so constituted that, to a great degree, our happiness is dependent upon others. The heart is formed for friendships, and we need the smile and light glowing from the faces of others as much as the little flower needs the warmth of the sun or the cooling shower. Words of kindness fall upon the heart like the gentle dew. We know not, and may not know the good we might do in this world by simple deeds of kindness. They are worth more than silver or gold. How like angels of mercy we might become if we would be guided more by the law of kindness—kindness to all, especially to the poor and to those who have strayed from the paths of rectitude! It is kindness alone that will soften their hearts and win them back eventually, to the right way.— New York Weekly.