The Home Circle | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 17, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 27.

The Home Circle.

GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE.

"Tell your sorrows to your pillow."

THE world is bright enough, my pet; Young hearts are light and free from care; And long, long may you journey yet Ere life for you is hard to bear. But when it comes, as come it will, The slow decay or sudden blow, Take up your burden and be still, Nor let the world your sorrow know.

Nigh threescore years and ten have laid Their pages open to my view; I've journeyed on through light and shade. And this I've learned and proved it true— That he who sends us grief to bear Is near us in our deepest woe; We never are so much his care As when his hand hath laid us low.

And so, whenever griefs befall, Still hold them sacred, all your own; No heart but one can feel for all The burdens on our shoulders thrown. So, when the friendly darkness falls And watchful eyes are veiled in sleep, Bring forth each care with silent pray'r And give them all to God to keep.