The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-20
HELPFUL SYMPATHY.
written for The Review by w. A.
Cats Fcster.)
Continued from last week

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: Words of comfort when sicerely
sDoken possess wonderful palliative
to the heart crushed with grief or
bound under the burdens Of defeat
and disappointment. We should not
de preciate the value of speech as a
means of expressing feelings OF sym
pathy for one in trouble or handl-
capped by the cruel hand OF fate.
There is comfort in them for the sor-
rowing when tactfully and sympa-
thetically expressed. Often they are
the only medium left through which
We may make known our sympathy
for one in sorrow.
But words cannot take the place
| of deeds or supply the need winch
calls for actiop~ Deeds of love and
sympathy bring to the saddened
heart the beautiful message OF fooa
will and tender concern that cannot
be doubted. Words alone when ac-
ton is needed and opportunity is
present may prove poor comfort and
carry with them but little real help.
But whether of word or deed it is
a ways the kindly thought, expressed
in whatever way it may be, that
cheers and helps and makes it We
coued in times of trial and sorrow.
Sympathy creates in our hearts a
keen interest in the comfort and
happiness of others, and impels the
desire to help-to bring back some
lost joy or supply some urgent need
which we may believe to their best
interest and greater comfort. 10
know that we are helping them to
realize a little more of the real joys
and happiness of life, and making
them little more comfortable, also
brings 10 us of the same joy, happl-
ness and comfort of which we have
given to others. Deep, human SYM
o Athy can never lie downward but
must find expression in loving, &C.
tive service.
Sympathy wins friends and pro-
notes friendship. A cold, selfish
mature is never attractive and from
(which one naturally turns away as
from the chilling blast of a winter
gale. Love is stranger to the heart
that knows no sympathy, for where
there is no sympathy there can be
no love. Their tender concern for our
enjoyment and happiness touches
our hearts, wins our confidence and
makes of us trustful friends. Their
thoughts of us become true minis
tering angels. ever with us i'll our
and sorrows, and seek !
ing to help us into the joy and hap
piness that fill their own lives. In
their continued care for our helpless
condition their faces become angelic
and in their gentle ministratiOn there
IS solace and healing. The tender
'ympathy of a friend, how we treas
ire it in our hearts and love the one
who gives it!
How beautiful are they whose
ouls are filed with tenderest sym
,athies for others less favored with
ife's innumerable blessings! How
warmly we are drawn to them with
ur truest and tenderest feelings
low restful the very thought of
hem to our sometimes weary and
istracted hearts How we ever
ove them and bless them as the
of all that is generous
nd kind, of all that is good and true.
heir memory, ever held dear, be-
ONES a precious inheritance in the
olitary hours of isolation; their>Wel-
ONE presence joyful benediction.
Sympathy How often and ten
erly we speak the word How
instantly its need is felt in every
uman life! And yet how sparing- -
, we too often give it out to a q
orld hungeripg and starving for it!
Net by sorrow or by signing
Can we lift the heavy load
f the poor, the sick, the dying
Whom we meet upon the road;
or we only help when bringing
Faith and courage to their need,
Ihen we set the JOY bells ringing
In their hearts by word and deed