Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-05-22


nestle close in the roses folds, and, rocking
to and fro, with every passing breeze, they
sparkle there, till Aurora floods the eastern
sky with golden light. So gently, so silently
they fall that the little violet seasce opes its
eye to note the iutruder,-or petal OF the
Jasmine vine scarce trembles as it receives its
diamond treasure They descend like gentle
xephyrs from silyery clouds, kissing the flowers
and hanging in pcary coronets around the
rose while all nature seems, with one accord
to spread ride its flowery arms TO receive so
gentle, so grateful refreshing The most
acute observers fail to note their descent, but
still they know the glorious power that babe
the sparkling diamonds fall.
Though so small, dew drop often does
more real good than the pelting rains which
shalter the delicate corollas. How constantly
they dcscend-how nevcr,failing their minis
try! AS soon as twilight deepens, the thirsty
flowers spread wide their petals to drink these
heavenly tears.
lJe too are but due dew drops in this vast
world. Shall these sweet emblems be to US
as the /" idle wind which We regard not?" A
drop is the smallest measure Of liquids, and
yet,
"What if the little dew should say
So su.a drop us [
Can nc'er refresh the thirsty fclds,-
Iii turry i'll the sky.
"What ii the shining beam of noon,
Should in its fountain stay,
| because its feeble liz int alone
| Cannot create day.
I" Go thou, and strive to do thy share;
On. talcnt,-lesS than thuc,
Improved with steady zeal and care
Mould gain rewards divine
A smile requires no effort, and, as the dew
drops to the withering, thirsty blossoms so
is u sweet smile 10 the tried and weary heart
ed. Gas face answerc,h face in water, SO the
heart of man to man. Did you never feel
your heart bound with pleasure, as your
mother's smile beamed upon you? What words
Il mother's smile conveys! What sympathy,
what encouragement '.ris precious dew
drop, rich and lasting, whose influence is silent
yet omnipotent Cheering words and deeds
are often as refreshing as the shower that
greeted Ahab in his chariot.
There was in q distant city, a little lad, the
sole support Of widowed mother and help
less sisters. BY dint OF labor and economy
he had obtained the means 10 purchase few
oranges, hoping by their sale to obtain few
more coppers SO AS TO purchase wine for one
Of his sisters who was in q dying state.
Standing ut tue wharf, as o magnificent
steamer landed, he timidly approached one
of the passengers, Offering Lis little all for
I purchase. Tie gentIe'tan, impaticntIy say
ing "don't trouble me" thrust him aside, up
setting his tray and rolling the oranges int"
Tie sea. Far, far away from sight even. his
hard earned treasures PASSED. 1t WAS too
much The pale, dying face Of his sister
seemed reflected in the gliStcI'ing waves, and
The quivcring liz, the mixing pulse, the need.
ed wine all rose before him, and, bis little
heart swelling with tears, he turned aside,
that strangers might not see him weep. But
Il noble heart had witnessed the scene, and,
turning 20 the lad with smile said, "comr
my boy don't stop to gricvc over your lost
fortune pluck up courage, begin again" He
gave him moncy-the wine WAS boug lt and
forgotten, but the kind Word was remembered,
and making it his watchword, it gained him
princcly fortune ga word spoken in sea-
son how good is it,
Wlat would that noble man Of God, Jud-
.on, have done without the smiles and gentle
words of his self.>acriiicing wife! Despair
not. The dew drop has its mission-and 60
has every creature on Tic habitanlc globe.
Smiles and gentle words are dew drops, rich
in blcssing-all powerful in influence. "Let
us then be up and doing Would that from
every spear Of grass to every leafy bough-
every brilliant star to every opening flower,
there might be hung gar!ands Of these gis.
tering drops, emblems Of little acts which, in
reality, make up the sum of human happiness.
Grains make the mountan-miuutc, the
ycar-and drops the ocean. HERlTAS.