The Palatka news and advertiser., 1914-08-28
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!: II Saturday
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" Rest in the Lord" "-Ps. 37:7.

+" Rest in the Lord"-Ps. 37.7. I
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+ There are four kinds or types of I
= rest of which we ought to think. /
+ There is, first, rest from work. I
I This is the kind of rest common :
+ ly considered-rest from work. {
+ There are times when God forbids 1
: work. Such time is that when I
+ sickness is upon US. Providence /
= then ordains rest. And, without 1
+ fretting, we ought to give our +
selves over to what seems the will i
+ Of God. We shall thus be not on 4
+ ly obedient, but more likely to re- =
+ cover than if we gave ourselves +
= over to repining. Rest, in Gods +
+ judgment. Then there are times +
+ when God expressly forbids work. +
r There is the Sabbath season Of +
= which God says positively, In it +
+ thou shalt not do any work" And4'
i; God has set US the example of +
not working on that day. The on +
+ ly exceptions to the law are those +
< allowed by Christ, when necessity +
i or mercy call US to act. Then =
j. there is, secondly, rest for work. j
y Rest is not merely separation, J.
's but a preparation. Rest is not +
+ only for deficiency, but for effici- +
J. ency. 1t is not only for waste, +
+ but for work. Rest rightly thought =
+ Of looks forward as we'll as back i
+ ward. 1t has regard to what shall i
= be done as well as to what has +
+ been done. Your vacation to do +
i you real good must be an invest +
= ment in futures. 1t is to be rest +
I for work. =
j. Then there is rest in work. Does +
i. that look like a contradiction in +
T. terms? Well, it really is not. +
i There is such thing as rest in +
! work. There are souls who go+
j. on, pressed with life's thronging +
!. duties and yet possessed of peace+'
j. that passeth understanding. The
+ Psalmist sang of such an expert +
+ ence when he said "ln the midstF
j. of my cares within me thy .om- +
: forts delight my soul" JesuE eX- J.
+ perienced it, when, weary with his +
\ journey. He rested by the well OF :
!. Samaria; and there found rest in +
+ His work for the Samaritan wom- +
+ an Paul realized it when, amid +
Il abounding cares and duties thai +
!. pressed him above measures, he j.
i. could say: 81 can do all things i
+ through Christ which strengthen +
i. eth me-" 1t is a wonderful grace, +
!. versatile genius that can rest +
4 in work and gain inspiration FOR +
= our tasks out Of the tasks them +
4 selves.
= The fourth grade of rest is rest i
:. after work. Alter the day Of i
+ duty, the night of rest. After +
:. the week of worl:, the Sabbath of !
+ repose. After the agony and la l.
+ Dor of penitence, the peace that =
+ passeth all understanding At +
+ ter the 40 years of wilderness +
+ wanderings, the rest of the prom +
+ ised land. After the good fight +
+ of the faith the rest of eternal life.+
+ Beautiful crowns on every brow, +
i Bautiful palms the conquerors
+ show:
!. s.Beautiful robes the ransomed wearF
beautiful all who enter there. +
I Thither l press with eager feet; +
sThere shall my rest be long and +
]. sweet.
+Zion, Zion, lovely Zion;
+ Beautiful Zion that l love-" +
|. ]. NJ. B. +
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