The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
MISCELLANY.
SYMPATHY.
.:Her; soothing tones with peace beguile
g The weary hours oi PAIN -
And makes The lonely sufferer smilc'
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And makes the lonely sufierer shi''''
And 10y TO c1me again.
How sweet is sympathy to the sad
and hopeless heart So cheering IN IT'S
sweet, calm, angel-lke influence that
soothes and comforts you into rest, and
fills all the winning pathways of the
heart with music, which yibrates in
perfect harmony with every genue
thought and impulse
&. ..The heart is the labratory whence
character springs and from it flow our
thoughts, and both blessings aud cur
sings. And SO l think that expressions
ofsympa,hy and love, to touch the hear''
n,ust come from the heart
Genuine sympathy soohes tie ln'
ward pain, aud quickens tie warm al
fect.ons Of the excessively sensitive
tbose Whose hearts and minds are so
delicatcly organized, that their very i't'
arusxansg1Pa ,e wretched aud unhappy by asso
! with pers ms who have no synpa-
|[| hheir souls low many ways
In us to show and extend our
: Il : Z s $upathy to the sick, poor, aud
! + hes whom We daily meet In the
of life Kind, gentle Words
s pleasant smiles, the willing heart
syer ready hand, the little gift OF
flowers, or fruit, as modest mementoeS'
whereby We may show that VIC feel for
them. Much, very much, inthls way
could be done by every one to ease tie
breasta and brain of the. unfortunate
And how much better We love those
who seek with large, loving hearts to
minister to the needy aud sufierl"g.-.
Charity and sympathy are SO closely
allied that We cannot possess the one,
hut that lowering near We fud the
y mate in fact, feel that they are the.
saule.
"Now abid, d,th Faith, Hope, Charity,
but the greatest of these is Charity. -
And what is t,is last, greatest gem III
the human heart, pou,iag forth its
brightest lgl.t-outShining the dia-
mvud in lustcr aud beauty-but puie
and holy synpat!y? How many 90
hand in baud, heart pressed to heart,
othrough e'jouruey of life, who do not
understand each other; who scold aud
fret, aud dive from their homc-heaith
tue angel of happiness, because no word
Of loving sympathy is ever spoken to
cheer each other On the rugged, weari
some path which, at inns, all must
tread
How may wrong is donc-how
many young trusting hedrt forever
crushed-how usny home made un-
happy-how many high aspiru'iOus
forever quelled, aud dashed upon the
rock of unrequitted affection and loving
rconGdiug trust, by simply falling to
speak words Of cheer, by never point
ing to the silver lining above the cloud,
or thrilling the yearnihg heart with
sympathy! None but the All-se'iug
One knoweth how keeuly the heart eau
suffer when kind natures nourshi &
fo of loving kinduess is withheld.
:. How dark, at times, to all of US, Is
the future; how rayless the heavens
above, when friends seem cold ADD un-
feeling; aud when, all at once, Ill Or
u ter despair, warm hands are EXTENDED
e. to grasp ours, tender smiles quicken the
sluggish pulse, and hearty TOMS 0. syu,-
plthy thrill each nerve, and quiver
aiopg every heart-string, like sweet mu,
sic from unseen angels voices, we are
Z. comforted aud encouraged The sun
beams are dancing Ger our pleasant
path; flowers which, in our gloomy sea-
sons, we did not notice, are sprinsius
beside our liie-way, and the world seems
TO have gained new beauty. Tie birds
sing swceter, the gentle shower is mule
refreshing, and all nature, smiling in
%. the blush of Gods goodness and tender
mercy, fills our hearts with praise aud
:: glory to him who implanted IN each hu
man breast the tender germ of loving
sympathy. Then it is that every pros
pect pleascs, and hope peacefully reig' s
in the buoyant heart.
Sweet and pure are the flowers Of
~. feeling, clustering thick in the gentle
e.. heart which is alive to the wants, sor
rows, and woes of kindred hearts
Brightly do they bloom on earth, and