God does not say to His needy, sorrowing children, “Go thy way; be warmed and fed.” No; if He calls upon Rachel to refrain from weeping for her little ones, it is because “they shall come again from the land of their bondage.” If He would comfort mourners at Bethany, it is by telling them, “Thy brother shall rise again.”
To mourning saints now, He says.
God has gathered every ray of joy and triumph round this hour, and encircled it with a halo of grace and glory.
“O! morn too bright for mortal eyes,
When all the ransomed saints shall rise,
Caught up with Christ to reign.”