THE DEPARTING SERVANT

THE DEPARTING SERVANT

I conclude you have heard of the passing away of dear G. V. W. I believe a great check to evil and a great encouragement to good has been removed, like a ridge of mountain forming a natural breakwater for the only harbour.... It only remains for us to unite together in divine masonry to supply the loss through God’s grace. I remark that every departing servant commends the saints to God and not to a successor. In the Old Testament there is a blessing for the survivor given by the departing one.

I do not think, if I were dying, I should so much regret the time I had lost as the way I had shared my heart with other things beside the Lord. The more we know of God the more we seek Him; thus the objective produces the subjective, and the sure mark of progress is seeking Him. Much will have more. Love and pray!