Night of Weeping - Tapa blanda

"Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) is best known for his many hymns, including 'I heard the voice of Jesus say' and 'Fill Thou my life O Lord my God'. According to one of his fellow ministers, he was happiest and found comfort as he wrote them. He was a Church of Scotland minister. At the time of the 'Disruption' in 1840, he became a minister in the breakaway Free Church of Scotland. He was able to evangelise over a wider area than formerly, as he had always longed to do. He suffered much in his own life, and his book portrays his experience of the Lord's dealings with His children through suffering. I did not find it an easy book to read, partly because of the 19th Century language. The more important reason is that it raises the question of whether God allows suffering or actually sends it to draw His children closer to himself in repentance and discipline. I think it is a valuable book and worth the effort of studying it with the relevant Scriptures. It might change your understanding of a loving God's dealings with you."--RC, CLC Book Reviews A pastoral classic from one of the great Scottish ministers of the nineteenth century.--Evangelical Times

Some Christians believe that God shows his approval by the amount of material blessing they receive whilst on this earth. Yet God tells us in Hebrews 12:6 (quoting Proverbs 3:11f) that 'whom the Lord loves, he chastens'.