Sympathy in Sadness One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Frederick Booth-Tucker, Commander of the Salvation Army in America, preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never come back, you wouldn’t be saying what you’re saying.” Tragically, a few days later, the commanders wife -- Emma Booth-Tucker, consul of America of the Salvation Army and daughter of the armys founder, William Booth -- was killed in a train wreck. Her body was brought to Chicago and carried to the same Citadel for the funeral. After the service the bereaved preacher looked down into the silent face of his wife and then turned to those attending. “The other day a man told me I wouldn’t speak of the sympathy of Jesus if my wife had just died. If that man is here, I want to tell him that Christ is sufficient. My heart is broken, but it has a song put there by Jesus. I want that man to know that Jesus Christ speaks comfort to me today.” -- Source Unknown
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:01:29 +0000
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