“Be strong, my soul!
Thy loved ones go
Within the veil. God’s thine, e’en so;
Be strong.
“Be strong, my soul!
Death looms in view.
Lo, here thy God! He’ll bear thee through;
Be strong.”
One of the finest examples of comfort in sorrow given in the Scriptures is in Job’s case. In quick succession had come the messengers of misfortune and disaster, telling him of troubles and losses, last of all reporting the death of all his children. When this climax of sad tidings was reached, Job rent his garments, fell down upon the ground and worshipped. Instead of losing sight of God under the crushing blows which had fallen upon him, as so many good people do at first, in time of great sorrow, he turned at once to God, falling at His feet in reverence and homage. His faith failed not. Everything had been taken – all his earthly blessings had been stripped off. Yet in his grief and bereavement he said, “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord.”
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