RT Journal
A1 Harris JC
T1 OLive trees in a mountainous landscape
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 2012
FD October 1
VO 69
IS 10
SP 992
OP 992
DO 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.109
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.109
AB 
Vincent was a man of melancholic temperament,2 and his focus on sorrow, consolation, and rejoicing in his first invited sermon was to remain with him throughout his life. Two of his favorite biblical verses are about the Old Testament Isaiah, the suffering servant, despised and rejected by his fellow men, who brought vicarious healing by bearing the suffering of others (a “man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” [Isaiah 55:3]), and the New Testament Paul, who wrote about those who are “sorrowful yet always rejoicing” (2 Corinthians 6:10) about what is to come.3 Vincent identified with Christ's human qualities: his suffering and doubt, and his mission of selfless ministery.