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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 30, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 13.

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Little Words

By C. Benjamin Hopkins

It was easily said—that unkind word, That fell from your lips at morn, But you little thought as away it sped, It would tear some heart like a thorn. You did not mean it—’twas thoughtless, yes, But it flew on its onward track, And the prayers and tears of all life’s years Can nevermore call it back.
It was easily said—that kindly word That you spoke with a pleasant smile; But it cheered a soul that was lone and sad, And it braved a heart for a trial. The strongest monuments crumble and break, And into the dust decay; But a kindly word will live on and on, Though the speaker has passed away.
O, let us be careful of each small word We speak with but little thought; They will carry a message of love away, If we say the words that we ought; And by and by, when our lips are mute, And our record of life is known, The kindly words will shine forth like stars, In the crown that shall be our own.
— C. Benjamin Hopkins.