SYMPATHY by Eliza H. Morton

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 18, 1878

SYMPATHY

By Eliza H. Morton

Some people think that sympathy is a weakness, and therefore they scorn to notice the afflictions of suffering humanity. This is wrong. Sympathy enlarges the heart and makes us generous and self-forgetful.

When we are sad and weary, how cheering is the gentle voice of a friend. When sickness darkens our dwelling, how consoling is the sympathizing word. When the world seems gloomy and pleasure not near, how sweet to feel the warm pressure of a kindly hand. When sorrow overshadows our home, how comforting to mingle our tears with those of tender-hearted friends.

The great heart of Love overflows with sympathy for every child of earth. Some of that sympathy should brighten our lives, and through us comfort others. The gentle word is never lost, the tear of love never wasted, the kind deed never unnoticed above. When the Good Shepherd returns, the heart-work of life will be summed up, and glorious and rich will be the reward of the redeemed. May we share in that glory. ELIZA H. MORTON.