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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