The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23
Dew Upon the Heart.

..What we want is not so much' no'
half so much, light for the Intellect. as
dew mon the heart;" if Robertson mao =.
snosen but this one sentence ne Woulo
have been the worlds benetactor'
Childhood is charming because it mas
not lost the dew; old age Is beantiiul
when it RECEIVERS it. We wonder when
men of intellect select for their 1r'ehas,
or choose for their wives, those greatly
inferior in mind; but the reason is SIM
pie, they desire only "dew upon the
, heart" ''' '' "tI -
the street; they know not what me, tney
want: they think il they had q little
more leisure, money or tame, they
wonId be n rest; but what they want
IS ..dew upon the heart" 1t makes
one charitable to think of these dusty,
toll won men and women, rum
hither and thither to no purpose ana
with so much pain. =, r..
How is this dew to be gained? flrst'
bv irving to give it to another: no~
can we Do this? In many ways, in little
as we'll as great. What power the
: human voice has to shed = dew upon!
the heart" Ask not tor the voice OF
, the singer, charming as is the GIT; ask
4 rather Tor what was once calleu oy
: numb e, ignorant woman. "a k1hu
y voice !" How it melts The heart! How
9 conyincingly It teaches that we are OF
I one family on earth. and shall be one
Il family in Heaven. How rudeness soft
e ~. ond co,rseness retines before the
q mower Of a gentle, persuasive voice. so
q that the rude and coarse are reouSeu
IL into silence as in the presence OF deatn'
,, Sympathy, appreciation, placing our
"a selves in imagination in anothers TO-
re viii shed "dew upon the heart. we
~ are too given to advice, rebuke, blame
n criticism. The large.hearted, charl'a-
" y; bic, loving people are the true reform hnt
I'd ors of the race. cannot believe that
'p- thare ia any one 80 fallen that be cannot
10 be- melted BY loving voice, ana De-
" lieve that many an apparently colo' ~. u.
ri different nature is pin'ng tor woro oI
y We shall find this dew upon the
:. heart in the writings of good men,
y, the, need not 10 great men. have you
w never come across in some humble
w book, or in . newspaper, sentence
~. tull Of feeling and reireshment! ter
wy wy haps your heart was dry and burning
L. :. and those words, spoken BY another
10. "a. heart, shed dew on yours.
Iu' have hymn which read almos
f''e daily; there is nothing wonderful abou
- :, TT, vet the more 1 read it the NOR
a 'naa strength it gives me. 1t is more to M
~ "as than 8 fortune; for it sheds ''dew upo'
"a. my heart" .s,..#,s..,.,. !,
s But more than anything we can d
'n- for Others, or any others can doforus, d
was we need to seek the dew Ot Heaven: A
~ the flowers gladly drink the dew whlc
~ not only rcfreshes, but retouches the
o !. faded colors, SO should we open tn
ssIo'' retals Of our hearts to receive tnos
. %o Heavenly influences. those klndi,n
t :un aspirra,t 0ns which our Heavenly tatht
a nun' is 50 much more ready to give than "
~ w. to receive; for we forget. If we hay
us as ever learned, that ''what we want is n
Tot so mu III, not half 50 much. light Tor !, u
T. o ~. intellect. as dew UPON the heart -
- -" BuDtiSt Weekly.