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There could be no doubt that they had been lost in their gallant attempt to carry succour to their fellow-creatures on the wreck. Mrs Hadden was a widow and little Ben was fatherless. "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth," repeated the bereaved woman over and over to herself.
It is not only in punishment of our sins that we are made to suffer: God's runaway children must be brought back to their home and their blessedness, back to their Father in heaven. It is not always a sign that God is displeased with us when he makes us suffer. 'Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
"He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes." Prov. 13: 24. When the morning boat touched at Nantucket pier there were among the throng which poured ashore two fine-looking gentlemen one in the prime of life, the other growing a little elderly who sought out at once a conveyance to 'Sconset.
'Your Father which is in heaven cares much more for you, she continued; 'but "whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." God is dealing with you as His son, Stephen. Can you bear the sorrow which is sent by Him? 'If the Lord Jesus will help me, he murmured. 'He will help you, my poor boy, said Miss Anne 'Oh, Stephen, Stephen, how can I tell you?
Flathers," remonstrated Mrs. Ivy, with a finger on her lip, "never forget that whom He loveth He chasteneth." "I don't, Mrs. Ivy, I don't. I keep that in mind. If it wasn't fer that, Mrs. Ivy, I declare I don't know what I would do. Now you comin' to-day was a answer to prayer! I just ast that some way would be pervided 'fore the rent man come back at six o'clock.
That they do not usually denote want of love in God, is manifest from the declarations of his word "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons if ye are without chastisement, then are ye bastards and not sons."
These may be evidences of God's displeasure; we may have in our prosperity forgotten to give Him the glory due unto His name; yet by these afflictions we may know that we are beloved of God, for whom he loveth He chasteneth.
If God has loved us, if God will receive us, then let us submit loyally and humbly to His law "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." All Saints' Day Sermons. I believe that the wisest plan of bearing sorrow is sometimes not to try to bear it as long as one is not crippled for one's every-day duties but to give way to sorrow, utterly and freely.
"My dear children!" said the father, coming forward, as soon as he could recall his bewildered senses, and taking both in his arms, "the long night has at last broken, and the blessed sun has thrown his first bright beams upon us. Let us look up to HIM who chasteneth his children for good, and bless him not only for the present joy, but for past sorrow it was not sent in anger, but in mercy."
Sure enough I made an idol of the lad, and we read somewhere in the Bible, Miss, that 'the idols he will utterly abolish. But I don't like looking at the sorrow that way neither. I would rather think that 'whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Well, Miss, like father like son.
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