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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 12, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 51.

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Just a Smile

By I. H. Evans

I. H. EVANS
Just a smile; but what a lifting To a heart that's cold and dead! It's so like a sunbeam drifting Through a sky all gray and lead. Just a smile! But O, what magic To the soul in trial tragic, To lure it back to hope again!
Just a smile! It costs the giver Neither gold nor toil nor pain; But it gladdens, like a river, Desert wastes to flowers and grain. Just a smile! O, glimpse of heaven! Live with me, my soul to leaven, And teach me man has heart that's kind.
Just a smile! Magician's story Ne'er such wonders wrought and told; For a smile turns earth to glory, Changes dross to purest gold. Just a smile, for friend and stranger, Makes one think of Bethlehem's manger, The Christ of hope and help and love.