April 10

“What is meant by our neighbour we cannot doubt; it is everyone with whom we are brought into contact. First of all, he is literally our neighbour who is next to us in our own family and household; husband to wife, wife to husband, parent to child, brother to sister, master to servant, servant to master. Then it is he who is close to us in our own neighbourhood, in our own town, in our own parish, in our own street. With these all true charity begins. To love and be kind to theese is the very beginning of all true religion. But, besides these, as our Lord teaches, it is everyone who is thrown across our path by the changes and chances of life, he or she, whosoever it be, whom we have any means of helping, - the unfortunate stranger whom we may meet in travelling, the deserted friend whom no one else cares to look after.”

A. P. STANLEY

“To cultivate kindness is a great part of the business of life.”

JOHNSON