It was certainly a sacrifice for Christ to come into this world, and
deny himself; and it was also a sacrifice for the Father to send his
Son, when he knew all the sorrows and wounds there were in the cup
which he was to drink in this world of sin.
You will see your daughter much changed from what she was fifteen
years ago; but I am confident that when that day comes, which will
be longer than any day we have seen in this world,--when He whom the
Jews could not bear to hear called king, shall sit upon his throne,
judging the world,--then all troubles, sorrows, and separation from
friends will appear to the Christian as the small dust of the
balance; and I think that it will especially seem so to you, when
you see a band of Nestorian girls on the right hand of the Redeemer,
whom you, through your daughter, were the means of bringing there.
Yes, justly might they have been left to dwell with Satan forever;
but instead of that, they will have joyful life with Christ in his
kingdom.
I can never repay your love; but there is one so rich that he can
give you what man cannot, and I ask him to reward you in heaven.
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