Her Gifts

From the Grand Forks Daily Herald, March 19, 1915. By L. M. Montgomery.

She gave not out of her golden store,
    For no golden store had she,
And faithful love was her only wealth
    For a gracious ministry.
But royal gifts to the world she gave
    With every quiet day,
And many a heart was richer far
    Because she had passed that way.

She gave of her truest sympathy
    To those who were worn and sad;
She gave a song in a darksome place
    That made the listener glad.
She gave a loving and tender word
    To a tired, discouraged soul,
And lo, it rose in a newfound strength
    To win the wished for goal.

She gave not out of her golden store,
    For no golden store had she.
And never the voice of fame was heard
    To herald her ministry.
But she gave the oil of joy for tears
    And sunshine to banish gloom,
And beauty and sweetness beneath her steps
    Sprang rainbow-like to bloom.