---
title: 'The Mission of Sorrow'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Gardiner Spring'
date: 1863-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Affliction'
- 'Providence'
- 'Theism'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 17'
- 'John 17'
- 'Deuteronomy 32'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/spring-1863-the-mission-of-sorrow
---

# The Mission of Sorrow

Sermon excerpt arguing that sorrow and affliction are God’s witness — chastening that reveals divine providence, combats atheism, and draws mourners to know and trust God.

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