lts. That will come later.
Since we must find a scripture text to hang your talk on, let's take
Ephesians IV:32: 'Be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving
one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.'"

The sermon was duly outlined. The outline was brought for Belle to hear.
She was keenly interested because in some sense she was on trial; and
under the stimulating influence of her attention, Jim expanded the
outline to a whole sermon and preached it all to Belle then and there.
It was full of eloquent passages and wholesome lessons, but it was far
too long, as Belle insisted; and again there was a readjustment with the
result that on the following Sunday Hartigan delivered a brilliant
sermon on Kindness, the kindness he had received, the kindness that is
the heart of all true religion. The quaint humour, the vivid
presentation, and the every-day applications were new and true notes to
that congregation. It shocked some of the old-fashioned type, but the
reality it gave to religion was not lost, and the human interest and
sincerity of it held every mind. It cannot be given in full, but the
opening passages will illustrate Jim's theme and his method. After
reading the parable of the Good Samaritan, he said:

"Now, friends, I have selected the story of the Good Samaritan for
a starting point; and it's a good one, even if I never get back to
it through the whole length of the sermon.

"I want you to understand that here was a man who was a kind of
outcast; he didn't go to church and he didn't know or care a cent
about doctrines or creeds; his people were notorious for wine
drinking so that it's more than likely he was often drunk, and it's
ten to one he swore every time he got mad. But he was ready to lend
a helping hand to _anybody_ that had need of him.

"And I want you to note that the men who would not do a finger's
tap to help were a holy priest with a big salary and a highly
respectable church member in training for the ministry. So you see,
the Lord selected these three to illustrate this point then, now,
and for all time, that he had nothing but contempt for the
coldblooded holy-rollers and that the ignorant outcast infidel was
his sort because he had a kind heart.

"Now, friends, we've all three kinds right with us all the time.
Though I don't go much on mincing words, I won't specify the pries