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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 7, 1902

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 40.

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If you have a happy voice, Sing that others may rejoice, Till it soothes the mourner’s woe, Peace and hope on him bestow, Breathing pathos in each word. Frozen fountains may be stirred; Slumbering souls may wake again At some long-forgotten strain. If you have a precious thought That to you has gladness brought, Shrine it not within your breast: Write it, and make others blest! Oft some written thought will reach Hearts grown loath of human speech — Hearts by faithless promise grieved — Hearts by lying lips deceived.
If you have a loving word, Speak it where it can be heard: Souls are languishing to-day For the words that you might say. Earthly burdens sorely press, Loving words can make them less, And no soul can suffer loss Thus who lifts a brother’s cross.
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