KIND WORDS by C. M. Willis

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 5, 1867

KIND WORDS.

By C. M. Willis

Why is it not as easy To speak in accents mild, If one should need reproving, Companion, friend, or child?

If you request a favor, 'Tis not a heavy task, In pleasant words and cheerful, Your needed wants to ask.

You'll find it much more pleasant To ask in accents kind, 'Twill be more freely granted, And leave no sting behind.

Go out into the forest, And speak in angry tone, If echo gives sharp answers, The fault is all your own.

The love of brute creation By love alone is gained, The same with human beings, If treated just the same.

All men are human beings, With feelings tender, true, So speak to others as you would Have others speak to you.

C. M. WILLIS.

Charlotte, Mich.