NORTHERN LIGHT
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K. K. Van Ness...Editor
Samuel Aiu.ri k ... business Manager
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EDITORIAL AND COMMENT
DOING- NOT DREAMING
I;r e ery man and every woman,
irrespective of their station in life,
sho dd begin to morrow the doing of
0 e goo 1 act each day, should begin
e ich day stepping aside from their
daily routine and out of their compla
cent seif satisfaction to perform one
ki idly deed for some fellow human
1 ei g, the immediate effect would be
wo ice ful.
It wo tidbe a salve for all our sor
rows and an emollient of national
importance. Its effect would be bland
and soothing on all human nature.
This would be less irritable and more
ki.ully. It would make "Mr.
Cheery bles.
Nearly e very day I say over to my
self that beautiful couplet of John
Loyie O'Reilly's:
A kindly act is a kernel sown
That will grow to a goodly tree,
shedding it* fruit when time has flown
Down the gulf of Eternity.’’
The kindest deeds always put man
i , touch with opportunity for his own
Uhterment. There is no stimulus in
the world equal to the stimulus of
;ie ressity.One who must work works
well,and thereby gains in strength
and elliciency.
If every day we would find an
opportunity to help some one of our
fellow men or women to develop
and improve himself or herself we
should t>e doing a real charity anc*
unking the world a better place to
live in.
Hut from such practical charity as
this the greatest benefit is derived
by the doers, for all charity blesses
the giver more than the receiver.
The percentage of j»eople who now
do good deeds daily be?ause of a
genuine desire to help humanity is
negligible Very few people give any
thought to it.
Those who do extend the helping
hand are mainly of the so-called
middle class.
The hillest flower ot imnnooct a?
the middle class. The very poor are
ground down by their miseries. Their
minds cannot expand; with empty
stomachs they cannot take a kindly
view of the world.The very rich are
overweighted hy their responsibiliti
es. The care of their own affairs ab
sorbs all their time,and their financial
height above the rest of humanity
destroys their perspective.The poor
and the rich cannot take a corre:tly
balanced view.
The above taken from the P. I is
indeed a live issue. How unchristian
we often act by failing to act at all.
How like the very ReuGiOUS Phar
isee we pass nv on the other side,
and let the sufferer suffer because
in doing the kindly deed it migh$
discomfort us a little.
Yes, we are too often afraid i*;
might crowd us out of a warm bed.
But what if it does. God says it wii*
prove a blessing. How foolish we act?
The arrival of Elmer k. van Ness jr.,
another teidler in the \lask i schoo*
service,is responsible for the late
issue of this number.