“God never would send you the darkness
If he felt you could bear the light;
But you would not cling to his guiding hand
If the way were always bright,
And you would not care to walk by faith,
Could you always walk by sight?
“Then nestle your hand in your Father’s,
And sing, if you can, as you go;
Your song may cheer some one behind you
Whose courage is sinking low;
And, well, if your lips do quiver–
God will love you better so.”
A great preacher has said, “It is worth our thought how small that audience must be that would assemble, life through, to listen to a gospel that said nothing to sufferers, nothing to sorrow.” An old theological professor said to his students, “Never go through a service without some word, in sermon or prayer, for the troubled; for in every congregation there will be at least one heart hungering for comfort.”
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