SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1932

SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1932

MY DEAR MRS. —, — My heart sorrows intensely to think that your beloved husband is with us no longer. His portion is indeed most precious, for he is with the One whom he loved and delighted to serve, and who loves him. But his departure is a very real loss to the assembly, and a great personal bereavement to many. He has been a choice vessel in the house of God. His ministry, both in the glad tidings and in feeding the household of faith, has been very sweet and edifying, and with conscience-searching power, while his spirit has always greatly affected and humbled me. I thank God that it has been my privilege to know and love him for many years. I can enter in some small way into what you are passing through, and my deepest sympathies and earnest prayers are with you. The Lord will stay your heart upon Himself, and carry you through the present sad experience, and the other loved ones who specially mourn with you, and will make Himself more precious to all your hearts. And in the day when all mysteries are unveiled we shall see the perfection of the divine way, and the wisdom of infinite love even in this.

On our side we can see that your beloved husband did not spare himself when the work of the Lord called for the labour of love. He has served to the end, often not regarding his own strength, and such devotion is a fragrant odour to the Lord, while it is a stimulus to those who remain to be stedfast and immovable and to always abound in the work of the Lord. With much love in the Lord,

Yours very affectionately in Him,

September 6th, 1932.