WEAR A SMILE by Golden Censer

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 25, 1877

WEAR A SMILE.

By Golden Censer

Ho! for the faces that smile all day, Be the month December or shining May, They bring a summer to every place, For there is no light like a lighted face, And the smile that gladdens a weary heart Is an angel doing a healer’s part.

I know that often there must be tears In the eyes made dim by the spoiling years. Grief draws a curtain across the light And the day grows dark as a gloomy night; But hope and courage and smiles shall win, And shadows vanish, and day begin.

There is a lesson that life must teach, However cynics may coldly preach, God is a Father, his name is Love, He blesses his children from Heaven above, And there is reason for smiles of joy, And songs of praise should the lips employ.

Then wear a smile in the darkest days, And sing for joy of the flowery ways, Be quiet always, though storms may rage, And look for a heavenly heritage. This world of sorrow, and sin, and guile, Has need of many a cheer and smile.

—Golden Censer.