'The flowers are growing,
The flowers are growing, to scatter around their coffins
There is a great host of weary men and women toiling through life toward the grave , who sorely need just now the cheering words and helpful ministries which we can give.
The flowers are growing, to scatter around their coffins — but why should they not be scattered in their paths today?
The kind words are lying in men's hearts unexpressed, and trembling on their tongues unvoiced — which will be spoken by and by when these weary ones are dead; but why should they not be spoken now, when they are needed so much, and when their accents would be so pleasing and grateful?
"The lips of the righteous know what is fitting" Proverbs 10:32
"The tongue of the wise brings healing." Proverbs 12:18
"How good is a timely word!" Proverbs 15:23
"Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones!" Proverbs 16:24