---
title: 'Dark Sayings on a Harp'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas De Witt Talmage'
date: 1898-12-07
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Providence'
- 'Affliction'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 49'
- 'Romans 8'
- 'Psalms 30'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/talmage-1898-dark-sayings-on-a-harp
---

# Dark Sayings on a Harp

DeWitt Talmage's sermon on Psalm 49:4 probes why the righteous suffer. He teaches trials purify believers, fit them for glory, and that God’s providence turns suffering to ultimate good.

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