Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-05
THE RUTLAND HERALD
SATURDAY, JULY 81. 1859.
The Power of Kind words.

FROM a pleasant little article that came |
under our notice not long since termed |
"a TRAVEL TRIPLE" We CLEANED the |
sentiment, He that hath dried single |
tear has not lived in vain" With CLEAN
ing, came thoughts of our own-remem-
ORANGES of hearts rich in sympathy, who
il days gone by had given us kind words
and loving smiles, soothing us in our desc
lation; and, though words came not in
return, for there are times when grief is
too deep even for grateful utterance, the
pulsations of the heart beating less wild
ly, as the comfort was given US, with the
thought that there were friends left us.
however much we may have erred and
strayed from the path of duty. We all
know full well the value of kind words
an their power upon the heart, in sad
and troubled hours. There is a magic
spell in soft and gentle words. Those
who have felt their influence should never
ibrget the chord it awakened in their own
Asarts-they should never forget to awak
q in other hearts the same rich music.
Now and then there are plants that
pssssure of a footstep brushes them, and
there are others that even the dewdrops
bead to the earth. Thus it is with the
human heart. Som etimes, though we
meet with spirits strong to endure, with
purpose mistaken, following ever the true
and the right, whom nothing can daunt.
If crushed let US ever speak kindly. This
world of ours is full of sorrowing ones
who have need of sympathy. A smile,
word may cheer them on their way.
Speak kindly to the young-never cast
Il cloud over childhood hours. Enough OF
sorrow will come by-and-by to sadden the
spirit, and it is wrong not to cherish the
fresh young heart in its joyousness and
purity.
Speak kindly to the old, soothing words
cost us nothing and they fall like bless
ings to the dust, they Will rise again and
linging from them the bitter remember
ances of the past go on their way unmur-
muring, with strange faith and more per
feet trust But often we meet with gentle
spirits, who like the frail flowers of the
early spring time can scarcely bear the
pearls of the morning dew. Never pass
by the aged with a careless, slight cold
tone. Never forget that the sushine OF
their life is past, that there are few flower
left for them to gather that they are worn
and weary.
Speak kindly to the orphaned ones
They have need of sympathy, for around
their pathway clouds have gathered. The
charm that bound their household band il
severed, the hearth-stone around which
they We're wont to cluster is desolate
Ere their loved ones passed away, there
were heartstrings vibrating for them
alone. Now they have only the echo OF
rich music past Then speak gently.
speak soothingly to the orphan.
Speak kindly to the invalid. You may
not know how slowly the weary hour>
pass by, when health and strength are
gone. You may not know how ones life'e
joys decay, and ''its hopes go out mid it,
leHSIntIeu Slrllt. men give hillu WOEur
to invalid ones They will be to them
bright sunbeams in their shaded path,
soft rays of moonlight in their night OF
life, and thus their faith in the good and
beautiful will be strengthened, and THEN
hours of pain seem less wearisome.
Speak kindly to the stranger-let 1t
matter not whether rich or poor. Speak
kindly, even though he seems naughty
and cold. Every heart hath its burden OF
care every heart hath its bitterness, and
we may not know the depth of feeling
struggling within the soul. Gentle
words may touch the heart-they cost us
nothing.
Let us speak kindly ever, not to the
loved ones only, but to all who may
chance to come in our pathway. Let us
cherish well the magic power of a soft,
low tone. 1t will bring around us low
ing hearts. Let sympathy for earth's
saddened ones gush from the soul all
pure and free, and thus the good we might
do will not be married by harsh words.
Perchance we may cheer one sorrowing
spirit-bind up one breaking heart-dry
one tear, and then 1--WE shall not have
lived in vain