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Bearing Affliction Without Complaint

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 16, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 48.

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Bearing Affliction Without Complaint

OUR perplexities and griefs are never alleviated by complaints and murmurings. By dwelling on our sorrows we only magnify them, and make their burden seem heavier still. "When the flail of affliction is upon me," says a thoughtful writer, "let me not be the chaff that flies in Thy face, but let me be the corn that lies at Thy feet." Our Lord has taught us, by his own patient humiliation and suffering, that even the greatest hardships, the severest trials, and the keenest griefs are to be borne in meekness and uncomplaining silence.—Sel.