Sunbeams for sad hearts

204 Pages·1895·6.525 MB·English

by  Webster, Elizabeth M

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Jlo tbe Btnicte^ an& Sorrowing
/ affectionately dedicate this volume, hoping these leaflets, gathered
year byyear, may wing their way to the sick room and sad -
hearts,asraysofsunshine, cheeringthegloom,mak-
inglighterthe shadows and stronger thefaith
and brighter the hope ofreaching the
Heavenly City, ferusalem.
" Our sweet and holj^ union
Knows neither time nor place
The love which God. hath planted
Is lasting as His grace.
We tread one path to glory.
Are guided by one hand,
And led in faith and patience
Into our Father's land."
PREFACE
J^HE title of this book was suggested by an incident
^-^ which I will relate. The sun had hid his face from
Mother Earth, behind dark clouds and fogs, mist and rain,
in the May day of Spring. All nature with man and birds
seemed to partake of the gloomy atmosphere all desired
;
and longed for the sunshine, to brighten again the hill-tops,
trees and flowers, and chase away the shadows that had
gathered on hearts of both youth and age.
Ten dayshad passed, and it was evening; the western
sky had brightened the dark clouds parted and the golden
;
beams shone forth. Even into the window of my " shut-in
room" they came, and fell upon a vase of roses, bringing
out their rainbow colors brighter and more beautiful, filling
my heart with a thrill of delight.
I exclaimed, "Oh, the lovely sunshine How glad-
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dening its beams." A soft voice seemed to whisper, " Here
is the name jon have desired; " and thus the name "Sun-
beams for Sad Hearts" was chosen. Friends, I would that
thus these verses of song may cheer many sad hearts with
rays of comfort, as did these sunbeams mine, after those
lonely, cloudy days.