Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are they that mourn..." The first reference is to that initial mourning which
ever precedes a genuine conversion, for there must be a real sense of sin before the
remedy for it will even be desired. Thousands acknowledge that they are sinners,
who have never mourned over the fact. .... [also]....The fact is that the closer the Christian
lives to God, the more will he mourn over all that dishonours Him:
with the Psalmist he will say, "Horror hath taken hold upon me because
of the wicked that forsake thy law." ~A.P.
"Blessed are they that mourn..." The first reference is to that initial mourning which
ever precedes a genuine conversion, for there must be a real sense of sin before the
remedy for it will even be desired. Thousands acknowledge that they are sinners,
who have never mourned over the fact. .... [also]....The fact is that the closer the Christian
lives to God, the more will he mourn over all that dishonours Him:
with the Psalmist he will say, "Horror hath taken hold upon me because
of the wicked that forsake thy law." ~A.P.
