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be strong to support you over all the rough and difficult places. Only
make Me your trust and you shall be guided safely and upheld firmly.”
Oh, the precious Bible, its truths are full of marrow and fatness.
We may consider and rejoice in the light of the promises. They are the
gracious utterances of an infinite God. His voice is speaking to us out
of His Word. I hope you are of good courage.
This affliction that has come to you, you may not be able to explain.
Everything may remain in impenetrable mystery until the sea shall
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give up her dead. But let not your heart bow down in sorrow, for they
are the Lord’s property and He will do what He will with His own.
This we know, that His love is greater than ours possibly can be, and
Jesus so loved them that He gave His life to redeem them; then let them
rest, and let your heart go out more decidedly after Jesus to supply
every soul hunger, every want
Whatever may be your circumstances, however dark and mysteri-
ous may be the ways of Providence, though the path may be through
the deep waters, and trials and bereavements may afflict again and
again, the assurance still comes, “All things work together for good to
them that love God” (
Romans 8:28
). “I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed
unto Him against that day” (
2 Timothy 1:12
).—
Letter 32, 1893
.
Blessed Are the Dead Who Die in the Lord
Comfort on the Death of a Mother
Dear Sister,
I have read the letter ... in regard to your mother’s death, and I
could but say, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord” (
Revelation
14:13
). For a long time your mother had been very feeble. You have
cared constantly for her. To see her face no more will be a great grief
to you. Were we living nearer you, we would say, Come apart, and
rest awhile. But your duties claim your time. I would say to you, Trust
in the Lord.
You will feel the death of your mother very keenly; but let me tell
you that I sorrow not for the righteous dead, but for the living. I know
that you have laid your mother in the tomb in the full hope that she
will come forth when the trump of God shall sound.... I know what it
means to bury loved ones. My father, mother, brothers and sisters, my