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recently traveled. Come near, my dear sister, to Christ the Mighty
Healer. Jesus’ love to us does not come in some wonderful way. This
wonderful manner of His love was evidenced at His crucifixion, and
the light of His love is reflected in bright beams from the cross of
Calvary. Now it remains for us to accept that love, to appropriate the
promises of God to ourselves.
Just repose in Jesus. Rest in Him as a tired child rests in the arms
of its mother. The Lord pities you. He loves you. The Lord’s arms are
beneath you. You have not reined yourself up to feel and to hear; but
wounded and bruised, just repose trust in God. A compassionate hand
is stretched out to bind up your wounds. He will be more precious to
your soul than the choicest friend, and all that can be desired is not
comparable to Him. Only believe Him; only trust Him. Your friend in
affliction—one who knows.—
Letter 1e, 1882
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Mrs. Parmelia Lane was the wife of Elder Sands Lane, who was a
native of Michigan and a successful preacher. Later he became presi-
dent of several conferences in the United States. He was conducting a
tent meeting in Riseley when Mrs. White arrived in England. She and
the Lane family were good friends through the years
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Dear Sister Lane,
I have been afflicted as you now are, and I know how to sympathize
with you. I can understand your feeling that you have sustained a great
loss.
I want to tell you that we received a letter from your husband,
written shortly before his death. At the time this letter was received,
I was wrestling with the solution of many difficult problems and felt
that I could not answer immediately. Later, I began to write in reply,
but before my letter was finished, I learned that he was dead.
I prize this letter very highly, for in it Brother Lane gives an account
of his personal experience, and gives me confidence to believe that he
was a true child of God. Some of our brethren had been a little fearful
that our brother did not see all things clearly, but his letter to us seems
to indicate that he was conscientiously striving to follow in the right
course.
My dear sister, I would be glad to receive a letter from you. I hope
that you may be situated where you may be happy.
I am so glad to know that Jesus our Saviour is soon to come, and
that then we may all meet around the great white throne. I mean to be