I have found a great many kind friends but Jesus is the best. He understands me so well, and has such a way of putting up with my frailties, and has promised to do so much for me when all other loved ones swim away from my vision, and I can no more laugh with them over their joys or cry with them over their sorrows. Oh! when a man has trouble, he needs friends.
When a man loses property, he needs all those of his acquaintances who have lost property to come in with their sympathy. When bereavement comes to a household, it is a comfort to have others who have been bereaved come in and sympathize. God is a sympathetic friend. O the tenderness of divine friendship.—TALMAGE.