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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 1, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 3.

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Sympathy.

By Adams

He who has had experience of great and sore trials, and has borne them well, is the most cheerful companion to a sorrowing heart. Having sounded the depths of affliction, he can best guide his friend in them. Desponding Christian, in the river of Death, said to Hopeful, “I sink in deep waters; the billows go over my head; all His waves go over me.” Hopeful said, “Be of good cheer, my brother; I can feel the bottom, and it is good.” Having partaken of the affliction and of the consolation, such a one can bring a smile of peace and even joy upon a careworn soul, when prosperous friends would only deepen the gloom. Let the angel of the Lord encamp around me to deliver me, but give me the “Man of Sorrows” for my friend. I want a friend who has been “stricken, smitten of God and afflicted.”—Adams.