In this same precious truth there is a cure for a broken heart. Oh, how
many broken-hearted people there are in the world to-day, especially in
these days of war and bloodshed and death! Many of us here have lost
loved ones. Many more of us in all probability will during the months
that are just ahead of us. But we need not have a moment's heartache
if we only know the communion of the Holy Ghost. There is perhaps
here to-day some woman who a year ago, or a few months ago, or a few
weeks ago, or a few days ago, had by her side a man whom she dearly
loved, a man so strong and wise that she was freed from all sense
of responsibility and care; for all the burdens were upon him, and
how bright and happy life was in his companionship! But the dark day
came when that loved one was taken away, and how lonely and empty and
barren, and full of burden and care, life is to-day! Listen! There is
One who walks right by your side, wiser and stronger and more loving
than the wisest and strongest and most loving husband that ever lived,
ready to bear all the burdens and responsibilities of life, yes, ready
to do far more: to come in and dwell in your heart and fill every nook
and corner of your empty, aching heart, and thus banish all loneliness
and heartache forever. I said this one afternoon in Saint Andrews Hall
in Glasgow. At the close of the address, when I passed out into the
reception room, a lady who had hurried along to meet me, approached
me. She wore a widow's bonnet, her face bore the marks of deep sorrow,
but now there was a happy look in her face. She hurried to me and
said, "Doctor Torrey, this is the anniversary of my dear husband's
death" (her husband was one of the most highly esteemed Christian men
in Glasgow) "and I came to Saint Andrews Hall to-day saying to myself,
'Doctor Torrey will have something to say that will help me.' Oh," she
continued, "you have said just the right word! I will never be lonesome
again, never have a heartache again. I will let the Holy Spirit come
in and fill every aching corner of my heart." Eighteen months passed;
I was in Scotland again, taking a short vacation on the lochs of the
Clyde on the private yacht of a friend. One day we stopped off a point,
a little boat put off from the point and came alongside the steam
yacht. The first one who clambered up the side of the yacht and onto
the deck was this widow. Seeing me standing on the deck, she hurried
across and took my hand in both of hers and with a radiant smile on her
face she said, "Oh, Doctor Torrey, the thought you gave me in Saint
Andrews Hall that afternoon stays with me still and I have not had a
lonely or sad hour from that day to this."
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