A Kind Voice.

Hastings Standard, Issue 27, 28 May 1896, Page 4

A Kind Voice.

Thc-re is no power of love so hard to g. t and keep as a kind voice. A kind hanu is deaf and dumb. It may be rough in flesh and blood, vet do the ■work of a soft heart, and do it with a soft touch. But tuere is no one thing that love so ranch needs as a sweet ' : o tr-II - -hat it means and feels ; : r. 1 :: i« f i ■ 'to get and keep It in its ritrh:. One most stain in youth vi i !>, „r. .itch night and day, at w-rk. in.; to get and keep a voice thar -peak at all times the rhungK- f ' kind heart. But this is the time when a sharp voice is apt to be got. You often hear boys and girls say words at play with a quick sharp tone, as if it were the snap of a whip. When one of them gets vexed, you will hear a voice that sounds as if it were made np of a snarl, a whine, and a bark, It is often in mirth that one gets a voieo or tone that is sharp, and that sticks to him through life, and stirs up ill-will and grief, and falls like a drop of gall on the sweet joys of home. We would say to our \-; ovs and girls Use your best • \ r home. Watch it day * a'v as'a pearl of great price- ' be'worth more to you u, • • t come than the test par' b . (i . - the sea- A kintl l. .» a joy like a lark's song to a earth and home. It is to the heart what light is to the eye. It is a light that sings as well as shines. Train it to sweet tones now, and it will keep in tune through life.