“They had never seen the dog before, and knew not to whom it belonged. But the grateful widow felt sure that her Father in heaven had sent him for their protection that night. And her faith was stronger than ever at the mysterious working of his providence.”
“Say not, my soul, From whence
Can God relieve my care?
Remember that omnipotence
Hath servants everywhere.”
The last lesson taught us by the burial of Christ is—a lesson of comfort.
If Christ had not suffered, and died, and been buried for us, we should have no comfort when we come to die. The thought of having to lie down in the grave would have been terrible to us. But Jesus died and laid in the grave for us, on purpose that we might not be afraid to die.
It is true as the hymn says, that:
“The graves of all his saints he blest
When in the grave he lay.”