failed me when he spoke. I sought him but did not find him; I called him, but he gave no answer” (Song of Sol. 5:4, 6). The second argument is that our Savior himself preceded us in this experience. Of his struggle and abandonment we read, “In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground” (Luke 22:44) and “He cried with a loud voice, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ ” (Matt. 27:46). The third argument is that the reality