SUNSHINE AT HOME | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 20, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 20.

SUNSHINE AT HOME.

Oh, let there be sunshine at home, If not in the world outside; Enough of sorrow will come, Though we try from its clouds to hide! Each day has its cares and fears, Each heart its hours of gloom, But a cheerful face and smile Will ever make sunshine at home.

Oh, what if our path doth seem hard At times, as we tread life's road; A kind, tender, loving regard For others will lighten our load! For God's love is over us all; He knows by what way we have come, So let us, with strong hearts and true, Do our best to make sunshine at home.

It may be our burden is hard; If with loving patience we try To lift it, and trust for reward To Him who strength will not deny, His love will be our defense, And lift every shadow of gloom, And husband and children will help In making the sunshine at home.

Let us not keep our smiles for our guest, Who may now and then sit at our board, But give home's dearest treasures the best Of the riches our hearts can afford. Let life's toils be brightened by smile, For partings are surely to come, When how bitter will be our regret If we fail to make sunshine at home! —Selected.