The Home Circle | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 26, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 33.

The Home Circle.

ONLY A SMILE.

ONLY a smile that was given me In the crowded street one day! But it pierced the gloom of my saddened heart Like a sudden sunbeam's ray. The shadow of doubt hung over me, And the burden of pain I bore; And the voice of hope I could not hear, Though I listened o'er and o'er.

But there came a rift in the crowd about, And a face that I knew passed by, And the smile I caught was brighter to me Than the blue of a summer sky; For it gave me back the sunshine clear, And scattered each somber thought, And my heart rejoiced in the kindling warmth Which that kindly smile had wrought.

Only a smile from a friendly face On the busy street that day! Forgotten as soon as given, perhaps, As the donor went her way; But straight to my heart it went speeding To gild the clouds that were there, And I found that of sunshine and life's blue skies I also might take my share.