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CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 17, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 7.

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CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY.

It is well to cherish the sympathetic spirit as we move among the bereaved and disappointed of earth. Even though we may sometimes fail to receive one response to our sincere outgoings of heart from the objects of our sympathy, there is ample reward in that which we ourselves gain. Prayer is more real and effectual while the heart is kept tender in this way. Our own sorrows are more easily borne when we lose sight of ourselves in helping others. The great Burden-bearer seems nearer to us then, and the longing for a purer clime, where sorrow and pain are unknown, is deeper and richer. It is better to go to the house of mourning than of feasting. The unregenerate heart may wonder that it is so, but the children of God declare it to be a fact.
We doubt if anyone can come to fullness of experience in divine things, who is unwilling to engage in ministry for others walking in shadows and in need of help.—N. Y. Christian Advocate.