SYMPATHY OF CHRIST

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 18, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 36.

SYMPATHY OF CHRIST.

They tell us that in some trackless lands, when one friend passes through the pathless forests, he breaks a twig ever and anon as he goes, that those who come after may see the traces of his having been there, and may know that they are not out of the road. Oh, when we are journeying through the murky night and the dark woods of affliction and sorrow, it is something to find here and there a spray broken or a leafy stem bent down with the tread of Christ's foot, and the brush of his hand as he passed, and to remember that the path he trod he has hallowed, and that there are lingering fragrances and hidden strength in the remembrance, “in all points tempted as we are,” bearing grief for us, and with us.—Maclaren.