[1] See notes to outline: THE DUTY OF GLADNESS, chap. xii. 6.
[2] It is in meeting his sorrow with tidings of glory to come,
in brightening the gloom of his humble home with the
hallowed light of eternity, in soothing his days of hard
and heavy toil with her peaceful Sabbaths, in watching over
his bed of sickness with a patience as unwearied as if his
poor chambers were gorgeous with gilded ceilings and silken
tapestry; it is in these things that the Church carries on
that loveliest attribute of Her Lord, "Thou hast been a
strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his
distress."--_Archer Butler._