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DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 8, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 14.

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DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE.

THE sweet-toned bell rings out sweetness, however gently or rudely it is struck, while the clanging gong can not be so touched as not to respond with a jangle. There is the same difference in people. From some you learn to expect always a snarl, or a whine, or a groan, while others ever give words of cheerfulness and joy.
When the grace of God fully possesses mind and heart, you will respond with a sweet spirit to every touch, kind or unkind, rude or loving. You will be a voice for God, in whatever place or company you are thrown, a witness for charity and kindness and truth.
“When a man lives with God,” says Emerson, “his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn.” Be a sweet-toned bell.—Cumberland Presbyterian.