Misfortune Isn't Always Unfortunate

Misfortune does not always come to injure.

Adoniram and Ann Judson

Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)

Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789-1826)

America's unlikely missionaries to the Far East

He had been a cynical actor who rejected ...

Times of Improvement

Suffering times are a Christian's best-improving times.

A Prayer for Affliction

O may God put me into one furnace after another, that my soul may be transparent; that I may see God as he is.

Let the Winds Blow

We cannot be established except by suffering. It is of no use our hoping that we shall be well-rooted if no March winds have passed over us. The young ...

Preach to the Suffering

Preach to the suffering, and you will never lack a congregation. There is a broken heart in every pew.

The Democracy of Suffering

The kingdom of suffering is a democracy, and we all stand in it or alongside it with nothing but our naked humanity.

Taking Advantage of the Floor

When life knocks you to your knees--well, that's the best position in which to pray, isn't it?

Suffering Is a Certainty

We must be made perfect by sufferings. If we do not meet them in our younger days, we shall certainly have them in the decline of life.

Sun Alone Creates a Desert

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.