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now, like questions humbly waiting for reply, fallen at the
Redeemer’s feet, patiently waiting for the hour when it
shall please Him to remove the veil.
Toms, 9th March, 1839.
Your letter, my dearest Frances, has made me both sad
and happy; sad, because I have so little deserved it, and at
the receipt thereof, I could not but reproach myself very
deeply for not having earlier congratulated you on the birth
of your little son; happy, on account of your hearty and
loving words. I have often longed to speak with you about
life’s fullness and beauty, and to share with you your happi-
ness in the future, which probably is in store for your chil-
dren. Love and purity in the home, harmony between
the pareuts: this is a blessing to the children ; it opens at an
early age their eyes and hearts to all that is good and noble
in life. Ah! well may we rejoice at having been born in
this world, although here is much of evil, much of suffer-
ing, if we only would see that our life is an education, lead-
ing to perfection, under the guidance of an all-good and
Almighty Father; if we would but see that it is a progress
upwards to a heavenly home. You know that affliction has
to me been a heavy burden in this world, both to my heart
and to my mind; yes, it has dimmed for me all the beauty
of this world of ours; but the happiness which, during
these latter years, I have deeply felt, has opened my eyes,
while the Crucified One has reconciled me to the sufferings
on earth, or has chased away its darkness and bitterness,
through the light which He has shed beyond the grave,
beyond all earthly darkness, sorrow, and affliction. There
is a last and highest court to which mankind can appeal for
the solution of all life’s enigmas; a Judge to whom we can
refer those cases on which no earthly tribunals can give a
verdict. But that One is all sufficient. With our eyes
steadily fixed on Him, we can confidently wander through
life, rejoice at the good, and, each in our way, add our mite
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