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KINDNESS PAYS!
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door
to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin
dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal
at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young
woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of
water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large Glass
of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I
owe you?" "You don't owe me anything," she replied
"Mother has taught us never to accept payment for a kindness."
He said... "Then I thank you from my heart." As Howard
Kelly left that house, he not only felt; stronger physically, but
his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give
up and quit. Years later that young woman became critically ill.
The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big
city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.
Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation.
When he heard the name of the town she came from,
a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down
the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown
he we nt in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back
to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life.
From that day he gave special attention to the case. After a long
struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office
to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then
wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She
feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her
life to pay for it all. Finally, she looked, and something caught;
her attention on the side as She read these words.....
Paid in full with one glass of milk." (Signed)
Dr. Howard Kelly.
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart
prayed: "Thank You, GOD, that Your love has spread abroad through
human hearts and hands." |
“Jesus’
Baptism”