AUGUST 20TH, 1935

AUGUST 20TH, 1935

BELOVED BROTHER, — I thank you for your letter telling me of your marriage, if God will. If I am anywhere within reach I shall certainly hope to be present on that occasion, for it has already been my privilege to pray for you both in relation to your taking up this divinely appointed union.

I can hardly say yet where I may be in a month’s time, but I hope that matters may turn out so as to be favourable to my being with you, to add my Amen to the prayers of the brethren.

I trust you will both be greatly comforted and encouraged in taking up this new and holy relationship. I have confident assurance that you both desire to be for the Lord, and to serve His interests here, and my prayer is that you may both be strengthened and enlarged in this desire, and in practical ability to give effect to it, by coming together. I look for further help and support to be given to what is for God locally through your marriage. His grace alone will suffice for this, but it will not be lacking, for your hearts will confide in Him to bestow it. There will be a new channel for that grace to flow in — a channel which will, I trust, be continually deepening and widening as the knowledge of God expands in your souls through your individual and common exercises in faith. I trust you will have many a seed-time and harvest together, and prove that both in summer and winter, and day and night, the faithfulness of God continues its stedfast course, and turns all to blessing to His elect.

I am thankful to know of your good district meeting, and I am looking to the Lord for heavenly showers to fall on His inheritance tomorrow.

Yours very affectionately in Him,

August 20th, 1935.