p. 460 | The Home Circle by Eben E. Rexford

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 29, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 29.

The Home Circle.

By Eben E. Rexford

LOVING WORDS.

LOVING words will cost but little, Journeying up the hill of life, But they make the weak and weary Stronger, braver for the strife. Do you count them only trifles? What to earth are sun and rain. Never was a kind word wasted, Never one was said in vain.

When the cares of life are many, And its burdens heavy grow For the ones who walk beside you, If you love them, tell them so. What you count of little value Has an almost magic power, And beneath their cheering sunshine Hearts will blossom like a flower.

So as up life's hill we journey, Let us scatter all the way, Kindly words to be as sunshine In the dark and cloudy day. Grudge no loving word, my brother, As along through life you go, To the ones who journey with you; If you love them, tell them so. —Eben E. Rexford.