Does death bring to Christians unassuaged sorrow?

Answer

"I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope." 1 Thess. 4: 13.
NOTE - The loss of loved ones God often uses as a means of conversion, and of severing the ties
which bind to earth. Persecution; sickness, the loss of sight, hearing, or limb; the loss of property; or other
calamities, may likewise be instrumental in drawing us nearer to God. See Ps. 119: 71; Isa. 26: 9.

What encouragement is held out as an aid in attaining this experience?
And how may we know that we love the brethren?
What is the result of willful sin?
How did God reprove their disobedience?
From what time was Christ, the Word, associated with God, the Father?
What song will they sing?
What change will then take place in both the living and the sleeping saints?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle