You haven’t lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.

In Havner’s characteristic pastoral style, the saying reframes bereavement through a Christian doctrine of death and reunion. To “lose” something implies irretrievable absence; Havner counters that if one knows where a loved one is—ultimately, in God’s keeping—then the separation is temporary rather than final. The second sentence sharpens the point: death may “hide” (remove from sight and daily fellowship) but cannot “divide” (sever spiritual union or the hope of future reunion). The line functions as consolation, urging mourners to interpret death not as annihilation but as a veiling that faith can see beyond.