YES, anxious pastor, you may be assured of that.
You must not think that you are wholly and totally forgotten. Many forget you, who once remembered you at the throne of grace. They have forgotten their own sins, and wants, and dangers. Yea, they have forgotten their Saviour, and it is not strange, therefore, that they have forgotten you. But all have not forsaken you. A few, if not the many, carry your wants and burdens on the heart of their most tender love to the throne of grace. The whirl of business, or the love of pleasure, may have swept your work, and your wants and sorrows, from the minds of even many of the disciples. But cheer up. That poor widow—that obscure saint, little known to the world, with great burdens and wants of her own, yet there is a place in her heart for you. In her humble dwelling your name is dear. You have fed her and comforted her, in your ministrations, when you knew it not; and her humble gratitude seeks to repay the debt, by asking the richest of Heaven’s blessings upon your person and your work. Precious are those prayers. How many evils they have averted! how many blessings procured!