DISCIPLINE OF THE SERVANT NO. 15

DISCIPLINE OF THE SERVANT NO. 15

I heard last evening of your great bereavement; my heart is grieved deeply for you. I cannot attempt to console you, but I know that as you are with Christ outside of all the sorrow here, He can and will console you; yes, He will not only bear you above your deep sorrow, but He will so endear Himself to you as He did to Mary as He walked with her to the grave of Lazarus, that you will be thinking of your gain in Him rather than on your great loss down here. May you be thus fully consoled. I feel so much for you because I know that the dear one removed from your side was everything to you naturally. I do not expect nor wish you to answer this, but when you have light from the Lord as to your future home here,

^[p. 198] where you will be properly cared for, I shall be glad of a brief line.

May the Lord bless you much and use you more than ever for His own still in the wilderness.

“My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the bed of spices” (Song of Songs 6: 2). Is His garden attractive to you? In the gospel He comes to us. In the assembly we leave our own side of things and travel to His side — “Part with me”.