Gerhard and Walther

If all human tribulations were gathered into a single pile and placed into a shell or dish, and then were weighed against the vital glory and joy of eternal life, the two sides would balance out against each other in no other way than like a little grain of sand against the entire ball of earth.—Johann Gerhard, Schola Pietatis I:289

Man is not his own judge; God is.—C. F W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 291.