"WHEN TEARS ARE WIPED AWAY" - Frank L. Cox

                  WHEN TEARS ARE WIPED AWAY

                           REVELATION 7;13-14

      This wonderful word-picture from the pen of the

         beloved John  closes with a tender expression:

     "God shall wipe away tear from their eyes."

        These are not the tears of all men, but the teas

     of God's prople. Out of the great tribulation they

        they had come. Because of the tribulation tears

     had fallen. With their tears the pages of history

        are stained.

   1.  There are tears of pity-compassionate people

           weeping the fearful doom of hardened

          sinner. (  (Luke 19: 41-41)

   2. There are tears of sympathy---tender-hearted

          friends who share sorrow, who weep with

        those who weep. (John 11:35

   3. There are tears of bereavment---David

         weeping for his son Absolum. ( 2 Samuel

       18:33) ,A Rachel weeping for her children

         because they are not (Matt. 2:16-18).

      Every day and every hour of the day such

         tears are falling.

   4. There are tears of penitent souls, who

         weep over the memory of tragic

       mistakes (Luke 7:36-38; 22:54-62).

   5. There are tears of anxiety---earnest workers

         who are deeply concerned with the moral

      and spiritual well--being of the people with

        whom they live and labor (Acts 20:31).

   6.There are tears of sacrifice--tears of good

        people who suffer privations to the end that

      the family of God (His church) may grow.

Yes, someday life with all of its tribulation will be over.

     The Lord as a loving shepherd  will wipe away all

tear from the eyes of the faithful Christian. This

     means thst he will remove the cause of sorrow---

sin and death. From his unwastng fullness, he 

     supply all our wants.