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GENTLE WORDS

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 20, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 1.

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GENTLE WORDS.

The sun may warm the grass to life, The dew the drooping flower; The eyes grow bright and watch the light Of Autumn's opening hour— But words that breathe of tenderness And smiles we know are true, Are warmer than the Summer-time, And brighter than the dew.
It is not much the world can give, With all its subtile art, And gold and gems are not the things To sanctify the heart; But oh! if those who cluster round The altar and the hearth, Have gentle words and loving smiles, How beautiful is earth!—Sel.