Never Alone

Our Lord is the leader of this society. He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He was tempted in all points as we are. Nobody ever walked through so dark a valley, and he walked it by himself. We can never suffer as he suffered, die as he died. He has been through the valley and we need fear no evil for he walks it with us.

So cheer up mv fellow traveler; wending your way through danger, toils, and snares you will meet a host of kindred souls. You have joined the brotherhood at the price of heartache and tears. Only the initiated know the password. And, best of all, as with the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, there is someone else in the fire; you are in the company of the supreme sufferer who drank the bitter cup to the dregs. Your grief is but a passing twinge compared to the agony of his soul. Though I Walk Through The Valley, Vance Havner, p.23, 24.