FEBRUARY 13TH, 1945

FEBRUARY 13TH, 1945

BELOVED BROTHER, — My heart moves me to send you a few lines to say how I have thought and felt for you and yours in the bereavement you have sustained through the departure of your dear son to be with Christ.

I am sure that you have great comfort in knowing how faithfully he was set to follow and serve the Lord, though in one way this adds to the sorrow of his departure at a comparatively early age. But it is a very real cause for thanksgiving that he had come to so much spiritual maturity, so as to be a help to others, and one whose example will continue to bear fruit in those who were privileged to come in contact with him. We can never say of any servant of the Lord that his work is finished, because it goes on, like Abel’s, long after he has personally left the scene of service, and it will go on in a most blessed way in the glorious future when “his servants shall serve him”.

The Lord has said, “Blessed they that mourn, for they shall be comforted”, and I am sure He will fulfil His word for each one of those who sorrow over your dear son’s departure. All that He does is in the wisdom of perfect love. He perfects His work early in some, while some of us who did not expect a long life have to be retained until old age that we may learn what His love would teach us.

May the consolations of God be great in your hearts!

I have been laid aside for four months, but I was able to be present at a fellowship meeting here on February 3rd. With much love in the Lord to you and yours,

Yours affectionately in Him,

February 13th, 1945.