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Kind Speech, July 11
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The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I
should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary:
he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear
as the learned.
Isaiah 50:4
If we have Christ abiding with us, we shall be Christians at home
as well as abroad. He who is a Christian will have kind words for his
relatives and associates. He will be kind, courteous, loving, sympathetic,
and will be educating himself for an abode with the family above. If he
is a member of the royal family, he will represent the kingdom to which
he is going. He will speak with gentleness to his children, for he will
realize that they too are heirs of God, members of the heavenly court.
Among the children of God no spirit of harshness dwells.
Some pride themselves on being outspoken, blunt, and rough, and
they call this frankness; but it is not rightly named, it is selfishness of
the deepest dye.
Christ is always calm and dignified, and those who labor with Him
will use in their work the oil of grace. Their words and actions will be
soothing.
We must educate the soul to be pitiful, gentle, tender, full of for-
giveness and compassion. While we lay aside all vanity, all foolish
talking, jesting, and joking, we are not to become cold, unsympathetic,
and unsocial. The Spirit of the Lord is to rest upon you until you shall
be like a fragrant flower from the garden of God. You are to keep talking
of the light, of Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness, until you shall change
from glory to glory, from character to character, going on from strength
to strength, and reflecting more and more of the precious image of Jesus.
Christ is ever ready to impart of His riches, and we should gather the
jewels that come from Him, that, when we speak, these jewels may drop
from our lips.
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