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A Mite Song

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Nov 16, 1876

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 2, No. 46.

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A Mite Song.

ONLY a drop in a bucket, But every drop will tell: The bucket would soon be empty, Without the drops in the well.
Only a poor little penny, It was all I had to give; But as pennies make the dollars It may help some cause to live.
A few little bits of ribbon, And some toys; they were not new, But they made the sick child happy, Which has made me happy, too.
Only some outgrown garments; They were all I had to spare; But they'll help to clothe the needy, And the poor are everywhere.
A word now and then, of comfort, That cost me nothing to say; But the poor old man died happy; And it helped him on the way.
God loveth the cheerful giver, Though the gift be poor and small; What doth he think of his children When they never give at all.