The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-08-22 00:00:00

THANKB AND REST AFTER A BUSY WEEK.

The Rev. J. IL Scott, at St. Mary's Church on Sunday
morn i n .a ch. il si bgulirly appropriate, alter tit'
rush of t 144 se •. The Rector chola hie text tram
Mark v.., 31 - 'Aol lie said unto them, ' Come ye_your-
selves •pti low. desert place, and rest awhile' " He
spoke of the two clause of people to whom this was mid
—the mourners for John the Baptist, reuntly slain, and
the triumphant apostles, returning from the mission an
which Jesus had sent them, to heal all meaner of sick-
nue and duelists, and when the evil spirits had yielded
to their power. Red is necessary for all after cork, and
we note the tenderness of Jesus in that He called His
disciples apart into • duert niece for rest. We hear
Gal's voice so dimly in the rush of the world that it is
necessary to come aside, cod Caere are many such desert
placee—bersavenniat, foe instance, sickness, and u-
tian for Christ, and God somitkines calls us there, because
It is there we sharpen our weapons for our work. But
God has other retting-plsoes /snits sorrow, sickneu,
bereavement, and disappointment ; the very word
" Sebreth" means rest. Cied's hones Is • restini•plaret
the grave is a resting-plus, for they sleep in Jesus,
heaven Is. resting-pis., for • rest remains for the people
of God. Whatever Christ la there is rat. But the rest
I. for " awhile," the invitation is limited to tame: the
call is from sorrow and toll, but Christ foes not "Give it
up; abandon your work, think no more about it." For
otherwbe, He who said "Rest awhile." the some says—
"Go work to-day in my vineyard." Rest is only rightly
used.. preparation for full service it is not a hermit's
111,. or stclusion that is our duty, for to the idle soul
Christ sus— Why stead ye here all the day idler
Remember that Christ said—" Beet awhile." Loth the
mower mow the It u beau,o he tarries to whet his scythe /
Rest is found in the anj iyment of sympathy with Christ.
He Is the Prior, of Pose, he soothes the sorrowing heart.

Mere want of occupation is not rest,
A mind that's vacant is • mind distressed."
Rest ii found in the sanctifying effects of God's blessing.
Just as when Moses went up low the Yount wita Gsd,
hie face shine, so you cannot ire in the society of godly
persons without receiving benefit. All holiness bring' rest,
because it brine• our 1t... lot harmony with the mind of
God. Let us remember that doing work and toiling is not
everythine, let us try to show what we really are; oh to
he with Christ, and then to tell of Christ. In coacluding
the Rector said: I deeire this mania* to take this the
first oppertunity of thanking you as s congregation, &al
especially the circle of kind true friends, wider evils than
this eoneregation, for your liberal and ready response to
the lipped I made lime time a. lean honestly say I
look back upon this past week, and all that has happened.
with satialett!on and pleasure. Indep.dently of the
large sum which has been raised, I thank God perhaps
more than all for the earnest endeavour' for the hearty
welcome. for the warm sympathy. for the cheering co-
operation, for the self•leoying Isbour, which this • Hort
has called fnrth. I believe it has bound us t 'gather in
bsnds of fellowship which will become strong r and
! stronger as time goes on, and though some have held also'.
I ran only thank God. R-ligion is • deveton se well es •
creed, aryl that you have proved. I desire this morning to
express in, thanks publicly to our churchwardens, who
have borne the brunt of the battle, to the sidesmen who
have sop,otted them, and to the commi.tee. I thank
them all from the depths of my hew t.
The collection next Sunday will be on behalf of the St.
Mary'. National School.