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To be kind is "to be disposed to do good to others, and to make them happy"; and kindness is "that temper or disposition which delights in contributing to the happiness of others."

I. Much depends on OUR SPIRIT AND DISPOSITION — well-nigh everything; for a kindly spirit or disposition will always be finding ways of showing itself.

II. BE KIND IN YOUR THOUGHTS ONE TO ANOTHER. To have pure streams you must have a pure fountain; and if we think unkindly of people, we shall not be likely to speak or act kindly towards them. Some people rob their own hearts of peace and sweetness, and destroy in themselves all nobility of character, because they have got into the sad, sinful habit of always looking for the faults and failings of others, and attributing to them wrong motives.

III. BE KIND IN YOUR SPEECH ONE TO ANOTHER. Words are little things and soon spoken, but they carry much with them. They have power to give great joy or bitter sorrow; they may nestle in the heart a very benediction, cherished to the dying day as an inspiration to all that is good; or they may rankle in the breast, fostering a bitterness which goes down to the grave. "Kind words can never die."

IV. DO KIND ACTS ONE TO ANOTHER. Every day brings opportunities. Keep a look-out for them.

(R. M. Spoor.)

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KJV: And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

WEB: It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;