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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 28, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 21.

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SOFTEN THE BLOW.

SOMETIMES we must strike, and it may be with might, For to conquer the wrong and to uphold the right. But if one human heart, though it beats in a foe, Is in danger of harm, let us soften the blow!
Let us grudge not the time that we give to another, When we pluck out the thorn that has wounded a brother, When we pour in the balm that may sweeten his woe— He is under the rod, let us soften the blow!
To be gentle to all is a lesson well learned When we take in the ones who our anger have earned; For the tongue shall be praised that speaks comfort below, And the hand shall be blessed that can soften the blow! —Sel.