That Cutting Word by Eliza H. Morton

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 27, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 22.

That Cutting Word.

By Eliza H. Morton

It came like a flash from a summer sky, It sank in a heart like a leaden die; The impress was made like a brand of fire, A livid mark from a living wire.

And no one will know the bitter tears, Of the homesick cry adown the years; Be careful, soul, of the words you speak, For the time is short, and the flesh is weak. Eliza H. Morton.