one in these sweet
lines:

THE LESSON OF KINDNESS.

"Think kindly of the erring!
Thou knowest not the power
With which the dark temptation came
In some unguarded hour;
Thou knowest not how earnestly
They struggled, or how well,
Until the hour of weakness came,
And sadly then they fell.

"Speak kindly to the erring!
Thou yet may'st lead him back
With holy words, and tones of love,
From misery's thorny track:
Forget not _thou_ hast often sinned
And sinful yet must be:--
Deal kindly with the erring one
As God hath dealt with thee!"

The duty of kindness was the third lesson Jesus taught in the
parables.

_A fourth lesson taught us in some of the parables of Jesus is_----
THE DUTY OF FORGIVENESS.

The apostle Peter came to Jesus one day, and asked him how often he
ought to forgive a brother that offended him; and whether it would be
enough to forgive him _seven_ times. The answer of Jesus was, "I say
not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven."

St. Matt. 18: 22. Then Jesus spoke the parable of the two debtors.
St. Matt. 18: 23-35. One of these owed his master ten thousand
talents. If these were talents of silver they would amount to more
than fifteen millions of dollars. If they were talents of gold, they
would amount to three hundred millions. This would show that his debt
was so great that he never could pay it. Then his master freely
forgave him. But not long after, he found one of his fellow-servants,
who owed him a hundred pence, or about fifteen dollars of our money.
The man asked him to forgive him the debt. He would not do it; but
put him in prison. When his master heard this he was very angry, and
put him in prison, where he should be punished until he had paid all
his great debt. And Jesus finished the parable by saying--"_so
likewise, shall my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye, from your
hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses_." And here
we are taught the great duty of forgiveness. And this same duty is
taught us in the Lord's Prayer, where he says--"Forgive us our
trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us." If we
use this prayer without forgiving those who injure us, then, in so
using it, we are really asking God _not_ to forgive us. And Jesus
_practised_ what he _preached_. As he hung bleeding and agonizing on
the cross, while his enemies were cruelly mocking his misery,