Julius A Von Poseck

But beloved, if we through grace have learnt to submit to the "rod of correction," as applied by the hand of a loving Father, we shall surely experience the comfort and power of the "Staff and Rod," held and wielded by His Son, the blessed Shepherd and Bishop of our souls. His eye, once, before it closed in death, weeping with those that wept at the grave of Lazarus, now surveys from the height and light of glory, where He is seated at the right hand of God, all the sheep and lambs of His flock, as we are winding our way through this narrow and dark "Valley of the Shadow of Death," often scattered at the side of its dark mountains, and "fainting, yet pursuing," knowing that His "Staff and Rod" comfort us.