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The Answering Voice

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 13, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 50.

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The Answering Voice

All was darkness and silence, and the Soul spoke to God out of the depths of its despair, and as of old, while it was yet speaking, God answered, and Assurance walked with Doubt, and Comfort followed after Pain.
“O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.”
“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
“I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.”
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.”
“The light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.”
“The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.”
“Hold thou me up.”
“I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.”
“But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well-nigh slipped.”
“He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
“My sorrow is continually before me.”
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.”
“As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.”
“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”
“God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”—From “The Valley of Troubling.”