DISCIPLINE OF THE SERVANT NO. 12

^[p. 196] DISCIPLINE OF THE SERVANT NO. 12

Your letter was the first intimation I have had of this great trial to you. I am sure you will and do feel it much. The more deeply we feel any trial the more the Lord’s intention in it is promoted. If in nearness to the Lord you find compensation for this loss, you will gain immensely, and your gain will be great joy to me. I see in my own history when a trial was endured as Job endured it, that my heart expected some compensation as a balance or set off to my loss, as Job did, and eventually he found “the end of the Lord ... is very pitiful, and of tender mercy” (James 5: 11); but I have found lately that when the sympathy of Christ was realised — drawing me to Himself, that I had a compensation for my loss more than any earthly mercy could be to me. The Lord grant that you may know this compensation in your present trial. I hope when the Lord has opened any way for you that you will kindly write to me. Be assured, I shall rejoice in your welfare. May He bless you in nearness to Himself.