“From my inmost soul I delight in the knowledge that God does or permits all things, and causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him. He and He only knew what my dear wife was to me. He knew how the light of my eyes and the joy of my heart were in her… But He saw that it was good to take her - good indeed for her, and in His love he took her painlessly - and not less good for me who now must toil and suffer alone, yet not alone, for God is nearer to me than ever.”
Hudson Taylor on the death of his first wife.
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