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3. Jesus wept! and still in glory,
He can mark each mourner's tears;
Living to retrace the story
Of the hearts He solaced here.
Lord, when I am called to die,
Let me think of Bethany!

4. Jesus wept! those tears of sorrow
Are a legacy of love;
Yesterday to-day - to-morrow
He the same doth ever prove;
Thou art all in all to me,
Living One of Bethany!

It has rained here all last night and to-day, and everything seems so gloomy. Still, "at even tide it shall be light," and the promise seems to be literally fulfilled.

I cannot tell you how much you are all on my heart, nor how sorry I am that the clouds of sorrow lower so heavily over your heads. The gloom envelopes us too, for the ties of christian fellowship bind our hearts in joy or sorrow. But, "From every