SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1924

SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1924

MY BELOVED BROTHER, — I greatly value your letter of loving sympathy. It is a sweet cordial to my heart, which comes to me in all the precious fragrance of those affections which fill the heart of Christ, and find expression through His members here. I feel, and shall feel, the departure of dear — very much: and the circumstances under which it happened give one much exercise. But I have no doubt that it is all the action of perfect wisdom and love. The normal progress of his disease would have entailed a long period of intense weakness and suffering, and the Lord in merciful consideration has taken him home by a shorter and less painful route. And one can only give thanks that, as he said to me on Friday: “All is as well as love could make it”.

There were a large number at the burial yesterday — I heard 150 — and there was a precious sense of the Lord’s nearness, and of complete victory through him. He will be greatly missed in his local meeting, where his quiet and godly ^[p. 121] spirit, and true care for the saints, and his devotion to the Lord, have gained him the esteem and affection of the brethren. I have no doubt his service and example will continue to bear fruit.

With very much love and many thanks for your affectionate sympathy,

Yours very affectionately in the Lord Jesus,

September 11th, 1924.