For Letters of Condolence
Be assured of my deep sympathy with you in this time of great sorrow
I know too well that words cannot comfort you
Trusting that you will see the bright side of the dark cloud——I am with deep sympathy your friend
How can I attempt to comfort you in the bitter affliction which has befallen you
Would there were more like——
I regret to hear of your continued indisposition and hope that before long you may return to your wonted good health
A sweet and uncomplaining spirit
I should rejoice if I could be with you
I can only send my sympathy and best wishes for your speedy and complete recovery
Courage——hope remains
Time will heal many heartaches
May the Father of Mercies give you the rich consolation of His grace and preserve and strengthen you for your family
May you be sustained in this most bitter trial
The grateful sense of your kindness will never be erased from my mind
If my services can in any way assist you do not hesitate to ask for them
I am sincerely sorry to hear of your loss
He carried the riches of God within himself
He was a royal-hearted man
We are greatly afflicted by the melancholy intelligence which reached us that——
I knew the sterling integrity of his character
May God breathe into your heart peace and cheerful resignation
My mind is filled with very grateful memories
He was greatly beloved
I fall back upon a very delightful verse of Scripture: “He is able to subdue all things unto himself”
My heart is filled with the deepest gratitude as I think of ————
We send our earnest wishes for your speedy recovery
My most affectionate regards to ————
You seem to have your full share of human vicissitudes
He had such a fund of courage and good cheer
Dear, sweet, loving mother
A letter replete with tenderness and affection
All things work together for good to them that love God
A bruised reed shall he not break
Many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them all
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting
He giveth his beloved sleep
A very present help in trouble
We took sweet counsel together
God will take us into their goodly company some glad day
Glimpses of the reality which we instinctively feel will sometime be ours
The unmeasured things of hope which God has prepared for men
Our lives we must humbly commit to the guiding hand whose blessing we adore
Filled with strong consolation
There are many avenues by which God would come in and richly bless us
He had the secret of keeping the sacred fires aglow
He knew the deep principles of experimental religion
Ordinary consolations do not avail us
He knew the secret of beautiful living
He was a silent witness of right living
Many admiring friends
One who ministered so carefully and tenderly
All the more tragic because——
And this thought will be our comfort that——
Of gentle presence
All the gentle virtues came into full blossom
Looking forward with a Christian’s bright anticipation of a glad reunion
Persisted in keeping mind and spirit on the sunny side of life however hard the trials and difficulties
Mother’s fortitude and hopefulness is a lesson to us all
We send our united and sincere condolences
The news of your painful loss has been a great surprise to me
I have read of your bereavement with the deepest sorrow
You, who have so often comforted others, are now to be comforted
May you live in the confidence that ———— is in the enjoyment of everlasting happiness
It is a great comfort to us that
Words are inadequate to express my feelings
There are times when one cannot express himself in written words
The pen refuses to express adequately my sympathy to you
I sympathize keenly with you in the loss of your excellent ————
They are not lost to us
God will surely give you a kindly guidance in this hour of trial
The intimations of a future life shall some day be realized and we shall see and know again those whom we have “loved, and lost awhile”
Many beautiful traits made up his character
I join with you and his other friends in mourning his death most sincerely
It shocked me very much
I have heard with the greatest distress of——
I had learned to have a very warm feeling for ————
I had been intimately enough associated with him to feel that I knew him very well
Cast thy burden upon the Lord
Thou hast known my soul in adversities
I know their sorrows
A refuge from the storm
A shadow from the heat
In the furnace of affliction
I will hedge up thy way with thorns
Tribulation worketh patience
Our light affliction
In all their affliction he was afflicted
He healeth the broken in heart
For a small moment have I forgotten thee but with great mercies will I gather thee
God that comforteth those that are cast down comfort you
We shall have to bear our crosses with meekness and patience
So good a friend is capable of making any calamity light
The great loss you have sustained has caused me much uneasiness
I know not how to express my sorrow at the news which I have just received
That God may give you great consolation under this heavy burden is my fervent prayer
I should be glad if I could suggest anything to lighten your trouble and make your path a little more smooth and easy
Such a sad circumstance has come to you
Your sorrow’s night
When one’s heart is unspeakably tender
We extend our heartfelt sympathy
In your hour of trial
She was such a beautiful character, loved by every one
In these lonely hours you must not be cast down for there is help from God
His Word says that they that wait upon Him shall renew their strength
She was God’s good angel in your home
Grief that saps the heart
I account you mine
His name will long linger in our household
We must be brave in the face of trying circumstances
Of gracious memory
She bears up with the utmost fortitude
I received the melancholy intelligence last evening that——
He was the kindest, and most generous of men
The sweet remembrance of the just
A workman that needeth not to be ashamed
If God be for us who can be against us
Of whom the world was not worthy
Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth
Let not your heart be troubled
I know that your heart must be sorely grieved
God shall overcome this King of terrors
It is written, “As thy days so shall thy strength be”
We expect to see our loved ones in happier, brighter worlds above
God is able to soothe and sustain the distressed soul
May God’s love shine more and more in our hearts until the day breaks and the shadows flee away
He careth for you
A stronghold in the day of trouble
A covert from the storm
We unite in sending our love and sympathy
With warm regards
We beg you to accept our commiseration
Our hearts sorrow with you
He is such a very great comfort to us
We are uplifted by the assurance that——
A light which sorrow cannot quench
We must all wait the call of God with a calm trust
Let me have the comfort of hearing from you
The hand of God has been heavy
His sterling qualities of character will leave an indelible impress on those with whom he associated
His good life will live on
Dying in the triumphs of faith
Securely anchored in the never failing promises of God
A life of good-will, kindliness of spirit, and firm character
The benediction of his brotherly heart will bless many who knew him
We must live in the blessed anticipation of the glory that is to come
Do not fear, for God knows what is in your heart
Your path seems full of thorns
Your weather is bleak, but the storms will cease
Your sky is dark, but the sun shines
May the everlasting arms sustain you in the flood of sorrow
May God comfort you
Out of the thorn springeth the rose
I know you are in grief and heaviness
We commend you to the mercy and grace of God
The bitterness of affliction
The present floods of sorrow
You will have to cast your anchor in the dark
May your heart be constant
The Lord will surely give you rest from the days of adversity
I would that you should always have the sweet experience of the consolations of God
We all have the good-will of Him who dwelt in the bush
My heart is heavy for you
We must wait till the fair morning of the resurrection
I write my blessing, earnest prayers, the love of God, and the sweet presence of Christ to you and yours
You have suffered a grief which no human friend can assuage
I feel deeply your misfortune
I am grieved to hear that——
We are greatly concerned about——
We are sometimes called to sow in tears, but the harvest will be a series of everlasting joys. This blessed hope softens the trials of life
My times are in the Lord’s hands
I hope it may please God to endue us with a proper temper, and quiet perseverance, and that these trials may help us to purify our motives
One of the severest and most trying dispensations of Providence
Yours is indeed deep sorrow
You have the blessed reflection of having done all that could possibly be done
You have my earnest prayers that the Almighty may graciously support you
That the Almighty may bless, support, and comfort you, is the hearty prayer of——
Be assured of our cordial esteem and fervent prayers
May every consolation and blessing be granted to you
As long as I shall remember anything, I shall remember her virtues and her kindness
I hope I need not tell you how anxious I have been since I first heard of your great loss
May I share with you the deep sorrow you are called upon to bear at the loss of your——
Please accept for yourself my assurance of deep sympathy
Allow me to express my very sincere sympathy for you in the death of your——
Permit me to express on behalf of ———— and myself our deepest sympathy
May I express to you my sincere condolence in your hour of sorrow
Mrs. ———— and I offer you our most sincere sympathy in your great sorrow
Please accept my heartfelt sympathy in your bereavement
I hope you will find some consolation in the tribute of affection and esteem which——
I sympathize deeply with you
I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
II Tim. I., 12
The resurrection of life.
John V., 29
Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
I Cor. II., 9
In my father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John XIV., 2
There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
II Tim. IV., 8
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Heb. IV., 9
We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
II Pet. III., 13
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Rev. II., 10
They shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy.
Rev. III., 4
There shall be no night there.
Rev. XXII., 5
The Lord shall be thy everlasting light and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Isa. LX., 20
He is able to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.
Jude, 24
The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Rom. VIII., 18
Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
II Cor. IV., 17
The riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
Eph. I., 18
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
I Pet. I., 4
So shall we ever be with the Lord.
I Thess. IV., 17
They shall see his face and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Rev. XXII., 4
The righteous shall go away into life eternal.
Matt. XXV., 46
Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.
Ps. XXVII., 14
The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Ps. XXXIV., 22
The Lord knoweth them that trust in him.
Nah. I., 7
Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you.
I Pet. V., 7
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from hence forth even for ever.
Ps. CXXV., 2
The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Ps. CXII., 6
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Ps. XXX., 5
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Ps. XXXIV., 19
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Ps. CXXVI., 5-6
Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more.
Jer. XXXI., 12
I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Jer. XXXI., 13
A refuge in times of trouble.
Ps. IX., 9
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John XVI., 33
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Ps. LXVIII., 5
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Ps. CXVI., 15
My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
II Cor. XII., 9
I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward.
Gen. XV., 1
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Deut. XXXIII., 27
The promise of life which is in Christ Jesus.
II Tim. I., 1
A bruised reed shall he not break.
Isa. XLII., 3