Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-03-09

eight h.tlo hours have come and gone. OF
thsse We have lsbored one hundred snd
nineteen, and to night wo are weary, glad
indeed that the hour Tor quiet has come,
and that we can let the pen rest awhile
You know there are times when the clouds
hang very low, ard 'he heart i. tired, weary,
longing. They ceme upon all Of Us. They
come to the deepest hearts, but kind words,
s"ft hands loving smi'es, trusting con6len-
c"s, b h.Lo,ea ret and the fova which
strengthens 70 it grow. will lif them from
the shy OF life AID we can breathe free again
Did yon ersr lo,k Tor letter which would
never come? Did you ever writs and re-
ceive no an>wer7 Did You ever look for .
prze and draw = bitter bs:k2 Did YOU
ever open letter directed in a well Known
hand, 10 hud in it nothing. or that which
was rot look for? Did YOU ever open a cas-.
kst which was long q com,ng and fad in i:
pretty things for another, when you thou nh !
they wore for your And how much tber. is
81 al this in life. How few Of US csn cay We
never drew h'anks. But for all lhis, there
comes ray OF light 30 each Of ns. The
Sa'urday nights are the changes step
ting sicas ia the wonderful liver We cam
not i!ng-r Oh them Ms We hasten 10 reach tho
tank which lives he laud Of the dead We
cann"t stay here lJas-ftw Of us care tn,
"hcn every stepping stone passed lessons
The enc between us and the rest eternal.
As we lock back o:er these lodges by the
way let US see how many are car;.e.tt. with
KIND words. Aud as We Journey on, let us
drop tho ugly words into the deep drop
them long before We reach the shore, and
leave gentle sentences and pleasant manor-
'es beh ID US, 70 rest the fee, and s;iIi tho
o"t fall Of thOse " 40 .auss walk with or b..
h'Dn Us over The rugys1 way.
Mind words cost nothing. And do yoa
know they come to US on every wind oy
every mail, At all hours G d knows ~
hold them sacred for they are the brish,est
Je"e's IN the crown Ct life; the ones which
never tarni h ; the roses which never lose
their fragrance; the rain bows which never
sde ; the spring which keep the heart from
breaking as it IS tossed agan.t the gentle
wallis OF lite, strife, tod aud ,oiiin- Labor.
Man OF heart--man OF h>me-x0ma1 nf
love-angel Ct ideas, ana home ones, ir.rh,
all, aud every where, be not sparit,s If hiii
words They cost nothing they live tv.4v, :.
They come t. W. in the dead hours o| '''.: =
They come on the wings of love rs "" l. .-'
IN prayer. They come to US is dr,"lns T. =
they l'nRer sacredly by the bed 81 e t' v,",
who suf'r. They E-h. our Way t. !ne 10 49,,
they th'"w Oh, she y'Y darkness frn:u G...
grave; hey bloom ani losson frou. o"r
roli bed. long aad /! a, after We are sleepn,
there to 1--we over AID over aga in the teaI,s
If those who love US and are dear~I .hau
words.
W. rkin, man, nse kind word, always.
Thi'k b~fare YOU -p"ak. When vvu 20
home speak kindly The "a .nt wife nae,Is
your kind wor g. for no tori. gives such
strength no c'o;hlng gives such wa.:uit If
y"" have r"t means 70 b"ao-i ysur hr!e~
carpet your heart and hang pic; ;ures on vnrr
soul by using words cf hlGiies. to vnur
home ones These n.hts are ,a>si"g a~a,.
Twill not be long b. :ore car i,,t article - |
have been written: before your last wotL
shall have ended, and in all the earnes,ne.s
f out-pokeo manhood and friendship, Wa
ask you 10 use kind words contjnusIy Tee
tleI tn her; u e them 10 taem use them ~
If You preferred hem, not nnly this but every
day, and every Sihr1ay niytf.