July 2

One that hath a pleasant voice.—EZEK. xxxiii, 32.

Speak gently; for 'tis like thy Lord,

Whose accents meek and mild,

Bespoke Him as the Son of God,

The gracious, holy child.

S. S. Advocate.

There is no one thing that love so much needs as a sweet voice to tell what it means and feels. One must start in youth, and be on watch night and day, at work and play, to get and keep a voice that shall speak at all times the thoughts of a kind heart. It is often in youth that one gets a voice or a tone that is sharp, and it 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. Watch it day by day as a pearl of great price, for it will be worth more to you than the best pearl hid in the sea. A kind voice is to the heart what light is to the eye; it is a light that sings as well as shines.

ELIHU BURRITT.