Sunday Companion Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad. The celebrated Dr. R. W. Dale, of Birmingham, used to be fond of relating how he was cheered once by a poor woman's earnest words. He was feeling dejected and as if all his strength was gone, when, passing through a street in Birmingham, he met a decently dressed stranger, laden with parcels, who stopped and said, "God bless you, Dr. Dale!" Her face was unknown to him, and he answered, "Thank you. What is your name?" "Never mind my name," was the response; "but if you only knew how you have made me feel hundreds of times, and what a happy home you have given me! God bless you!" Then she was lost in the crowd, but she had encouraged a man whose books are in every library, and whose name is dear to the universal Church. (Sunday Companion.) Parallel Verses KJV: Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.WEB: Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. |
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