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 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 payment 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.
Years 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 as 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."

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