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MARY AD MARTHA I SORROWBYROBERT S. CADLISH, D.D 1871PREFATORY OTE.This little Volume, consisting of papers selectedfrom the Author's published works, is issued inthe hope that, in this form, they may be wel-come to readers to whom he would gladly beuseful.Edinburgh, ovember 1870.COTETS.I. Mabtha and Mart, their common butDiVEBSE Grief diversely comforted . 9(From ScHptwre Cha/racters.)II. The Word to Martha— Jesus the Re-surrection AD THE Life ... 48(From Life in a Risen Saviour.)III. The Hope of the Resurrection—The
 
Trial of Abraham's Faith ... 88(From EscposiHon of Genesis.)IV. KiSMASHIP WITH CHRIST f THE RiSEBody .122(From Life in a Risen Savumr.)I.MARTHA AD MARY — ^THEIR COMMO BUTDIVERSE GRIEF DIVERSELY COMFORTED." It is better to go to the house of moumingthan to go to the house of feasting : for that isthe end of all men ; and the living will lay itto his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter :for by the sadness of the countenance the heartis made better. The heart of the wise is inthe house of mouming : but the heart of foolsis in the house of mirth." Such is the voiceof wisdom (Eccles. viL 2-4). If this is truegenerally as to the effect which should be pro-duced by familiarising the heart with the devoutcontemplation of death, and of the grief whichdeath occasions, it must be especially true whenwe have Jesus as our companion.It was our Lord's custom, in his visits toJerusalem at the feasts, to retire in the evening,after the toils and trials of his daily ministry10 THE MOURIG SISTERS:in the temple, to the quiet village of Bethany,and the peaceful abode of Lazarus. There he
 
found the rest and repose which he needed, inthe holy endearments of a congenial familycircle; — the nearest approach, for him who" had not where to lay his head," to the warmheartiness of home.That house is now the house of mourning.Let us visit it in the company of Jesus ; andlet us observe how he is received there, andhow his presence cheers the gloom.The sisters, Martha and Mary, greet himwith the same pathetic salutation, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died."And this might seem to indicate an entire simi-larity in their sorrow. But if we look a littlecloser, we see a striking difference of demeanour,corresponding to the manifest difference of theircharacters generally. And this difference ismarked in our Lord's different treatment of them. In every view, this record of sisterlyaffection is an interesting study. We maylearn from it, on the one hand, how much same-ness there is in grief, as also, how much variety;and, on the other hand, how much compass thereITHEIR COMMO GRIEF. 11is in the consolation of Christ, as capable of being adapted to all varieties of grief — ^to grief of every mould and of every mood. I speak chiefly throughout of the grief of true Christians ;for I am surely warranted in assuming that,notwithstanding their great contrast in respectof natural teniperament, the two sisters werepartakers of the same grace.
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