One Glass Of Milk

	This year
	All years

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay
his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was
hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost
his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal, he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked
hungry and so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly,
and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"
"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us
never to accept pay for a kindness."

He said, "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically,
but his faith in God and man was strengthened also. He had been ready
to give up and quit.

Year's later, that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors
were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in
specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for
the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from,
he went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's
gown, he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to
the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life.

From that day, he gave special attention to the case. After a long struggle,
the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested from the business office to pass
the final billing to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something
on the edge, and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she
was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all.

Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side
of the bill. She read these words:

"PAID IN FULL WITH ONE GLASS OF MILK....
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly."

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed:
"Thank You, God, that Your love is shed abroad through human hearts
and hands."