AUGUST 18TH, 1927

AUGUST 18TH, 1927

MY DEAR SISTER IN THE LORD, — With much sorrow of heart we have heard of the departure of your beloved husband, for his visit and service amongst us here endeared him to us, and our affectionate and prayerful sympathy goes out to you in this time of bereavement. There was much prayer for you and your dear children on Monday evening here, and all the brethren would wish to join me in expressing our deep feeling for you in this very great sorrow.

One’s confidence is that the wisdom of infinite love is in all God’s ways with us, and He is working all things in view ^[p. 154] of His eternal purpose. He can even add to the value of His beloved servant’s ministry by thus removing him, and give it a power in the hearts of those who have been privileged to come in contact with it that it never had before. His personal service amongst the brethren has ended, but the spiritual effect of it will continue, and his fruit will remain. And the One who gave him to you in such an intimate relationship, and has enabled you to walk together these years as “fellow-heirs of the grace of life”, and who alone knows what his removal means to your heart, will be to you the abiding stay and portion which you need. You have proved His faithfulness in the past, and you will continue to do so in a new way. The love and prayers of the saints are gathering round you now as never before, and this is just one expression of the active love of Christ and of the Father’s interest and care. I trust that each of your dear children, as well as yourself, may have a deep sense that the Lord is near, and that your hearts may so turn to Him as to get a peculiar and precious knowledge of Him. He loves to use such circumstances to form new and imperishable links with Himself. May our gracious and faithful God and Father give you all the grace and wisdom which the moment requires, and be your sufficiency now and at all times!

With very much love in the Lord,

Yours affectionately in Him,

August 18th, 1927.