AUGUST 9TH, 1945

AUGUST 9TH, 1945

BELOVED BROTHER, — I thank you for your letter which comes laden with comfort in Christ, and consolation of love, and fellowship of the Spirit ... I seem to be left here just to experience what love there is in the hearts of the saints. It is, indeed, abundant, and I am thankful for it, though I feel how little I have ever done to serve them. And now I am almost laid aside from activity and I do not even get regularly to the local meetings....

^[p. 350] I am interested in what you say as to your own movements. I believe the more we have service before us the more simply and fully we can count on the grace and guidance of the Lord. The household of Stephanas appointed themselves to the saints for service. It was not that the Lord appointed them; it was a spontaneous action of love on their part, and it was very pleasurable to the Lord. I suppose they had a deep sense of the value of the saints, and this is a true spring of readiness to serve them....

With much love in the Lord,

Yours affectionately in Him,

August 9th, 1945.