Hidden Woe by Eliza H. Morton

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 14, 1878

Hidden Woe.

By Eliza H. Morton

EVERY heart has hidden chambers that all eyes cannot see. Thoughts never told often fill the mind, and feelings never expressed surge over the soul. This inner is a part of human life. If the veil could be lifted that hides the sorrow of the world, a dark picture would be revealed. Homes that are outwardly the abodes of love and peace, would be shown to be inwardly the dwellings of jealousy, strife and iniquity. Faces that wear a smiling exterior would be revealed as the coverings of unutterable anguish and suffering.

It is natural for man to seek to cover up sadness; and heart-aches are deemed too sacred for the world to know.

The close observer of human nature can trace on the countenance the lines of care, left by sorrow; but all the hidden woe of life is known to Him who noteth the sparrow's fall. In the great day all coverings will be dropped and all lives be revealed in their true light. The "oil of joy" will be poured into the weary heart of the saint and "sorrow and sighing forever flee away."

Discouraged brother or sister, your trial is not unnoticed. The blows are dealt in love, and if borne patiently will mold your life in the divine likeness. Other hearts are lonely and cast down. Seek to alleviate their pain. By so doing your own soul will be refreshed and your own sorrow forgotten.

ELIZA H. MORTON.