Let Us Be Kind

​Let Us Be Kind
 
     Let us be kind;
The way is long and lonely,
And human hearts are asking for this blessing only -
     That we be kind.
We cannot know the grief that men may borrow,
We cannot see the souls storm-swept by sorrow,
But love can shine upon the way today, tomorrow -
     Let us be kind.
 
     Let us be kind;
This is a wealth that has no measure,
This is of heaven and earth the highest treasure -
     Let us be kind.
A tender word, a smile of love in meeting,
A song of hope and victory to those entreating,
A glimpse of God and brotherhood while life is fleeting -
     Let us be kind.
 
     Let us be kind;
Around the world the tears of time are falling,
And for the loved and lost these human hearts are calling -
     Let us be kind.
To age and youth let gracious words be spoken,
Upon the wheel of pain so many weary lives are broken,
We live in vain who give no tender token -
     Let us be kind.
 
     Let us be kind;
The sunset tints will soon be in the west,
Too late the flowers are laid then on the quiet breast -
     Let us be kind.
And when the angel guides have sought and found us,
Their hand shall link the broken ties of Earth that bound us,
And Heaven and home shall brighten all around us -
     Let us be kind.
 
by W. Lomax Childress
 
Walter Lomax Childress was born on 26 September 1867 in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America. He became a Christian protestant minister, a writer, a hymnist, and a poet. Walter Lomax Childress passed on at 69 years of age on 4 October 1936 in Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States of America.