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Night of Weeping: When God's Children Suffer

Horatius Bonar (Author)

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Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Christian Heritage
ISBN#: 9781857924411

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Description: Does God correct his people?

The church is being influenced by materialism and selfism. Some Christians believe that God shows his approval by the amount of material blessing they receive whilst on this earth. The concept of a God who would use poverty or pain in order to help them grow spiritually is totally alien, if not blasphemous.

Yet God tells us in Hebrews 12:6 (quoting Proverbs 3:11f) that 'whom the Lord loves, he chastens'. In Revelation 1:9 we are told that we are 'brothers and companions in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.'

The path of the Christian is not an easy one, but it is one of great reward--just as Christ's path was. As Bonar says in the preface 'the way is rough, and the desert blast is keen.' But, for those who accept God's chastisement, 'He will satisfy their craving souls; He will turn their midnight into noon; He will give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness.'

"Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) is best known for his many hymns, including ‘I heard the voice of Jesus say’ and ‘Fill Thou my life O Lord my God’. According to one of his fellow ministers, he was happiest and found comfort as he wrote them. He was a Church of Scotland minister. At the time of the ‘Disruption’ in 1840, he became a minister in the breakaway Free Church of Scotland. He was able to evangelise over a wider area than formerly, as he had always longed to do. He suffered much in his own life, and his book portrays his experience of the Lord’s dealings with His children through suffering. I did not find it an easy book to read, partly because of the 19th Century language. The more important reason is that it raises the question of whether God allows suffering or actually sends it to draw His children closer to himself in repentance and discipline. I think it is a valuable book and worth the effort of studying it with the relevant Scriptures. It might change your understanding of a loving God’s dealings with you."
--RC, CLC Book Reviews

"A pastoral classic from one of the great Scottish ministers of the nineteenth century."
--Evangelical Times
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