MAY 10TH, 1932

MAY 10TH, 1932

BELOVED BROTHER AND SISTER, — I thank you for your very kind gift; and for all the love and precious sympathy of which it speaks. I find in it a sweet cordial at a time of sorrow, for it is a very true sorrow to me to lose the one who has cared for my needs so long, and for whom one has had the privilege of caring in a small way in the recent years of her weakness. Though she has been so infirm, and constantly dependent, her presence had value in the household, and it being no longer here leaves a blank. But we cannot fail to see that the Lord’s time and way of taking her to Himself is altogether the right time and way, and it has been carried out with most tender consideration for her and for us all.

The abounding love of the dear brethren yesterday greatly comforted me, and I felt that the Lord took account of us very graciously.

There is no need for us at present to alter our arrangements here, and we hope it is of God’s ordering that we should just continue here as heretofore.

... With very much love in the Lord to you both and a deeply appreciative sense of your love and sympathy,

Yours very affectionately in Him,

May 10th, 1932.