OF THE LAW OF KINDNESS. "As from the bosom of her mystic fountains, A golden stream of sympathy is gushing; Then thro' each vale of mortal mind is rushing; And leaving holiness and joy-'TIS KINDNESS." D. K. LEE. George Washington BY REV. G. W. MONTGOMERY: UTICA: O. HUTCHINSON, 41 GENESEE STREET. 1841. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by O. HUTCHINSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of New-York. Grosh & Walker, Printers. Вт CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.-Kindness and Revenge. CHAPTER II.-The power of Kindness......10 CHAPTER III.-The power of Kindness......19 CHAPTER IV.-Disarming force of Kindness..33 CHAPTER V.-Kindness and Insanity.......51 CHAPTER VI.-Kindness and Crime........67 CHAPTER VII.-Kindness and Ignorance....96 CHAPTER VIII.-Kindness admired by all CHAPTER IX.-National Kindness.........124 CHAPTER X.-Kindness and Persecution....149 CHAPTER XI.-Kindness and Punishment...172 CHAPTER XII.-The blessings and duty of |