...taken from Scripture. One of these was, "I will arise and go to my Father ;" and another, " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest;" and a third, " Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out." The object of the Bagged School,...

...words, " Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out." And this is his invitation, " Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavyladen, and I will give you rest." Do not say to yourself, " Perhaps I am not among the number of the saved." But say this, "I am a lost...

...grace, and hear the voice of invitation from that gentle, gracious Saviour, who has said : ' Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto...

...fruitless thinkng To such, then, it is that Christ addresses the invitation in the text : " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest ! " Not that He will gratify their metaphysical curiosity by revealing to them the secrets they are...

...soothing words, (alluding to tiie presence and goodness of Jesus) saying in gentle toues, "Come unto me me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," a composure more beautiful than aught merely of the earth could have given, settled over his entire...

...near; and I can hear, deep-sounding in my soul those, so wondrous yet familiar words: — "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." It is indeed a lovely picture. A lovely allegory. It spells " rest, rest to the weary." And I turn...

...pray before Thee, for I will pray before Thee. 11 COME UNTO ME. Matt. xi. 28-30. JS Smith. COME unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest, Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me ; (for I am lowly.) meek and lowly in heart, take My yoke upon...

...in the course of being spiritualized. In one of the sayings ascribed to Jesus he says, " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavyladen, and I will give you rest " (Matt. xi. 28). This had then become " one of the sayings." But the sayer himself had been personalized or typified...

...admiration. Above the door is an open Bible in white marble, surrounded with the verse, ' Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.' The interior is not yet finished ; there remains a heavy debt of about ^500 on the church ; and under...

...great rock in a weary land "; who in the New Testament, through the lips of Christ, says, '' Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" ; this ideal of God is surely not to be despised or scoffed at. It answers to a craving of humanity,...