p. 399 | IN THE SUNSHINE

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 8, 1881

IN THE SUNSHINE.

SUNSHINE is good for health. The flowers are all brighter for it. It brings warmth, and light, and life. How gloomy it must be to live in the distant northern regions where there is no sun to be seen for six months! But on the other hand, how bright and beautiful it must be there when the sun shines for six months! So if there is a long night, there is a long day to follow.

Sunshine in the face is also very beautiful. This can come only from a sunny heart. We like to see boys and girls with bright, sunny faces, looking as though they felt happy. It is not pleasant to see a child with a dark frown like a cloud on its face. We have seen such children, who would make a warm room chilly. Ugh! how everybody shivers when they come near. They are so cross, ill-natured, selfish, and gloomy, that nobody is pleased with them. On the other hand, there are children whose faces are always bright, and they make everybody happy who sees them.

Remember, then, to have the heart full of light, and joy, and peace; and the face will be sure to show it. If the blessed Saviour dwells in the heart, he will surely bring the sunshine, and not only our faces, but our daily lives, will show it. It will be seen in our treatment of parents, and brothers and sisters, and friends. Keep in the sunshine!—S. S. Advocate.