The Penn's Grove record., 1915-07-30
REST IN The LORD
Sweet Is His Invitation to the
Weary That They "Come
Unto Him."

The tasks we perform every day
bring us a specialized strength, SO
that we can dispose of them with in
creasing ease. Still those tasks by
their monotony and exertion bring US
a sense of WEAKNESS. Sorrow comes
and its effect is to stun and perplex.
A great sorrow will drain away our
strength and ambition and cause a
greater WEAKNESS than the longest
and hardest day of manual toll. The
intensity of life is also exhausting.
He is a are man who can be in the
restless crowd and not be whipped
up to an unhealthy speed. In every
crowd are many in distress, and no
one can touch human distress and try
to relieve it without feeling that vital
energy is gone out of him. To be a
light to the world and bring some
brightness into the lives of others re-
quires the burning up of self, like a
candle. In no other matter, unless it
be in sin, is there such a uniformity
of human experience as in WEAKNESS.
The Lords invitation to the weary to
come to him and find rest is one OF
his universal invitations.
Hours that are spent with the Lord
bring freedom from the cares and wor-
ries which weary us. A botanist de.
scribes how the game preserves of
France become useless because of the
sweet flowers. In May the lilies Of
the valley grow as thick as the grass
in every shady place, and the scent
of game will not lie upon the miles of
fragrant blossoms. A better protec-
ton than streams of running water
are the broad plains and valleys of
white lilies. Cares and worries trail
us more closely than the hounds
track the stag. They follow US to our
beds and drive sleep away. We take
a journey but they travel with us in
the al They sometimes accompany
us to the House of God. But when he
prepares a table for us, he holds back
u enemies while we are his guests.
Into his presence the troubles and
frets of life cannot follow.
Wrong Impressions OF Life.
Times of retirement and rest bring
us accurate views of the events and
experience of life. Nothing is more
confusing or unsightly than an oil
painting that is viewed from the dis
lance of an inch. We get a wrong
impression of life when we are in the
thick Of it. Dangers and cares as.
sumo enormous proportions when
they are close at hand, but viewed
from a distance and compared with
other things they may become insig-
%nifcant. Nor is each event in life
to be taken by itself, any more than
each word on the page is to be taken
by itself. We must link it with what
goes before and what m after in
order to understand. The hours OF
rest bring comfort and courage be-
cause they help US to put things in
their right proportions and relations
But especially the hours of rest
may bring us a vision of the things
which are unseen and eternal. Few
are expert enough to see God every
where and in everything, as Christ
did, in every wind that blows, in
every flower that blooms, in every
sparrow that falls, in every seed that
is sown. But at the time which he
has appointed. and in the place which
he has appointed, apart from the dis
fractions of life, the veil of the Tenn.
pie may be rent for us, and we may
see the unseen. Such visions give
new peace and strength and purpose
and cure our WEAKNESS.