The noblest, richest, purest, and most fruitful lives in this world have always been lives of sufferers. There are elements of loveliness in the depths of every human soul which the fires of pain alone can bring out. The photographer carries his picture into a darkened room to develop it. God often takes his children into the chamber of pain and draws the curtains while he brings out the features of his own image, which before had been there in but dim and shadowy outlines.