The alabaster jars

The alabaster jars of your love and tenderness

"A woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head." Mark 14:3

Do not keep the alabaster jars of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words — while their ears can hear them.

The things you mean to say when they are gone — say before they go.

If a sermon helps you — it will do the preacher good to tell him of it. If the editor writes an article that you like — he can write a still better one next week if you send him a note of thanks.

If a book you read is helpful — do you not owe it to the author to write him a word of acknowledgment?

If you know a weary or neglected one, or one over-burdened — it would be a holy work to seek to . . .

put a little brightness and cheer into his life,

manifest true sympathy with him, and

put into his trembling hand — the cup filled with the wine of human love!

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