God’s Providence in Affliction

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 2, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 37.

God’s Providence in Affliction

GOD does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men. We read that he is very pitiful—that "as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." He has borne our griefs; he has carried our sorrows; he has known our estate; for he "was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." We are not to suppose that God cares nothing for our experience in this world. He holds these things in his hands, and administers them for the good of men. We shall in time see the wisdom of his unerring providence.—Sel.