"E.H.H. Allenby."


How the bereaved hearts in the midst of crushing grief must have lit up
with gladness at such a record as that!

But to close. The discipline of bereavement consists essentially in the
trial of faith, yet at the same time brings with it the power of faith.
In bereavement, above all other forms of sorrow, comes the felt need of
God; it has been so with countless souls. The answer to the need is the
revelation that God makes of Himself in Christ; then comes the peace of
God, which passeth all understanding, which dries the tears and heals
the broken heart.

_Note_.--The question of prayer in connection with God's foreknowledge
is so admirably treated in "Some Elements of Religion" (Liddon) that we
append an extract:--


"What if prayers and actions, to us at the moment perfectly spontaneous,
are eternally foreseen and included within the all-embracing
Predestination of God, as factors and causes, working out that final
result which, beyond all dispute, is the product of His Good Pleasure?

"Whether I open my mouth or lift my hand is, before my doing it,
strictly within the jurisdiction and power of my personal will: but
however I may decide, my decision, so absolutely free to me, will have
been already incorporated by the All-seeing, All-controlling Being as an
integral part, however insignificant, of His one all-embracing purpose,
leading on to effects and causes beyond itself. Prayer, too, is only a