Shall we trust our Father only when he is giving us pleasant things, and shall we not trust him also when he brings the shadow over our hearts? Do you think God is good only when he makes all things such as please you? Is he not just as good when he gives you pain or losses? It is the will of God that our home-sorrow shall make our home-life sweeter, purer, kindlier, Christlier. If we believe in God and take the pain from his hand with the same confidence as the pleasure, then the shadows will be as rich blessings to us as the lights and the sorrows will be steps upward on which our feet may climb toward God.