DISAPPOINTMENT by Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Nov 28, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 46.

DISAPPOINTMENT.

By Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D.

GOD keeps a school for His children here on earth, and one of the best teachers is Disappointment. My friend, when you and I reach our Father’s house, we shall look back and see that the sharp-voiced, rough-visaged teacher, Disappointment, was one of the best guides to train us for it. He gave us hard lessons; he often used the rod; he often led us into thorny paths; he sometimes stripped off a load of luxuries; but that only made us

travel the freer and the faster, on our heavenward way.

He sometimes led us down into the valley of the death shadow, but never did the promises read so sweetly as when spelled out by the eye of faith in that very valley. Nowhere did he lead us so often, or teach us such sacred lessons, as at the cross of Christ. Dear old rough-handed teacher! We will build a monument to thee yet, and crown it with garlands, and inscribe on it: ‘‘Blessed be the memory of Disappointment.’’—Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D.