Comfort for a Dying Minister
Job THROGMORTON, a Puritan minister, who was described by his contemporaries as “being as holy and as choice a preacher as any in England,” is said to have lived thirty-seven years without any comfortable assurance as to his spiritual condition. When dying, he addressed the venerable John Dodd: “What will you say of him who is going out of the world, and can find no comfort?” “What will you say of Him,” replied Mr. Dodd, “who, when he was going out of the world, found no comfort, but cried, ‘My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me?’” This prompt reply administered consolation to the troubled spirit of his dying friend, who departed within an hour after, rejoicing in the Lord.