| The Ministry of Comfort |
Chapter 7 |
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A beautiful story is told of a devout Jewish home in which were twin boys who were greatly beloved. In the absence of the father both boys suddenly died. When the father returned, no knowing of the sorrow in his home, the mother met him at the door and said,–
“I have had a strange visitor since you went away.”
“Who was it?” asked the father, not suspecting her meaning.
“Five years ago,” his wife answered, “a friend lent me two precious jewels. Yesterday he came and asked me to return them to him. What shall I do?”
“Are they his?” asked the father, not dreaming of her meaning.
“Yes, they belong to him and were only lent to me.”
“If they are his, he must have them again, if he desires.”
Leading her husband to the boy’s room, the wife drew down the sheet, uncovering the lovely forms, white as marble. “These are my jewels,” said the mother. “Five years ago God lent them to me and yesterday He came and asked them again. What shall we do?”
With a great sob, the father said, bowing his head, “The will of the Lord be done.”
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