A True Story
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 so 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 strong 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, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and
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 the business office to pass the final bill 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 has spread abroad
through human hearts and hands."
