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The Home Circle

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 17, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 27.

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The Home Circle.

By Mrs. L. H. Washington

SMILES.

Like pearls of dew, in the bells of flowers; Like songs of birds, from the woodland bowers; Like the gentle patter of welcome rain, Falls a soothing word on a burdened brain. As peace which follows the battle's strife, Which soothes, yet quickens the pulse of life, So charity's voice, on an erring heart, May love for a holier life impart. Like the first-born blossoms of early spring, Which smile in the gladness and joy they bring, Thus a cheering word may new life bestow To a heart frost-bound by adversity's snow. As fresh as dew on the thirsting corn; As fair as the roseate hues of morn; As bright as stars in the azure blue, Are the words and deeds of a friend proved true. —Mrs. L. H. Washington.