An Appointment in Heaven
He wept with those who wept. Edward D. Griffin resigned his pastorate at the Newark Presbyterian Church, one of the largest churches in the nation, to become professor of pulpit eloquence at the newly established Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. When Griffin moved from New Jersey to Boston to assume his new position, he was accompanied by five students who would attend the new seminary. One of them, Lewis LeCount Conger, soon fell seriously ill, and Griffin, who had grown to love the young man deeply, sought to inform and comfort the family of the ailing seminary student. Griffin’s poignant correspondence with those who loved Lewis Conger began: January 2, 1810 My Dear Sir, How often have you and your dear family said, “The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice.” What a blessing it is that He has the appointment of all our changes and trials. . . . You have given a son to Christ, and if He has work for him on the earth, He will preserve h...