SPIRITUAL SONGS by Vesta N. Cudworth

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 6, 1868

SPIRITUAL SONGS.

By Vesta N. Cudworth

I HAVE sometimes felt that to write a few little scraps of song and rhyme for a paper was small work to be doing in God’s vineyard; but a reminiscence of by-gone days came to my relief, when a little sunny song of Jesus’ love reached my stony heart, through God’s grace, and caused its desert soil to bud and blossom, which the logical sermon had failed to accomplish.

But we cannot have too much of speaking to the Lord in psalms and spiritual songs in our hearts. These gems should not be reserved for display or camp meetings merely, but home should be gladdened with such morning warbles of pure devotion. Sing to the weary, sing to the children, but all to the Lord. Better sing than scold. A little song of Jesus’ love unbends the mind from toil, and calms the troubled spirit and knotted brain. It is almost a well-spring of health. Invalids, try it! And, finally, when men and women and children, with immortal fingers, touch their golden harps in Heaven, united with Jesus and his angels, may I be there.

VESTA N. CUDWORTH.

Springfield, Mass.