The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-30


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toria. It 10 f.
male figure reclinp
M MA Ing her head up
on an open book,
on the stony pass
Of which this text
appears Thus y
memorialixed tha
death Of Princess
N Elizabeth whA
~ during the con-
AN1 monwealth wars
BaS~N IN England, IAN
guished q prisoner
In Carisbrook castle, where one morn
Ing was found her lifeless form lean.
ing her head upon her Bible. opened
at these words: "Come unto me, and
] will give you rest" Faithful. SOL
emn message, yet sweet and warm
from that cold marblei There b no
rest for the heart, though It be the
heart Of princess. save in Christ
alone.
Gomez" This word reveals the In
finite Savior.heart. From Gods call
to Noah to come into the ark" to tho
last call Of Revelation, LET him that
10 athirst come" It occurs nineteen
hundred times in Scripture, ringing
from every page with earnest entrea.
y and warmest welcome, and telling
Of . love that waits to pour out ID
exhaustless fulness into the heart that
VIII but draw near to receive But
no less does II tell Of the need Of
al mankind that must forake Itself
to and its help In Another. "Coms"
from your helpless ruin; .come" from
your futile efforts at self-help; "comer
from the unrest that sin has made.
and Il WIN give you rest"
-Come unto Me-" Not to q church
are You called. nor to a system Of r.
ligfon. but to Z Person, one Person
alone. It is not Z system Of doctrine,
however true. nor a code Of ethics,
however high. that He Ii offering to
sinful men: It Is Himself. With all
that BE has.
All, who Is this standing up before Q
whole world full Of restless hearts
and offering Himself as q remedy for
all their ills1 Oh, come and see: II
ID my lovely Lordl ID He enoughf
Can He do what He says? Ark any
soul that has come to Himl Every
generation since these words were
spoken has had its millions Of rejoic.
ing witnesses to their truth, and In
every language that men have spoken
new words have had to be found to
express the new blessedness that has
filled mems hearts and lives. Yes, BE
does what He promises, and everyone
can prove II for himself.
And whom IL He calling to HIMSELF
It ID thou, o soul, reading now these
lines-thou who never yet hast come.
It was thee He thought Of when He
said, IAN ye that labor and are heavy
laden" Labor and heavy loads are
tokens Of the curse pronounced upon
creation because Of sin. and no living
being escapes It Doesn't He knowf
Doesn't He know the desolation, the
dispeace, the restlessness In every
lifei When he spoke Of the rest that
He would give was It not because He
knew that Of rest there was none In
hearts where sin has reigned1 Be II
known unto you. then. that this u
your claim upon Him-your need. your
lack Of that which He alone can giva
Oh. the wonder Of It: your din, and
your sin alone, gives you title to come
to Himl
But how and when are you to comet
Just AZ you are and nowi No waiting
for fitness or worthiness. II you could
put away your sin your heart would
flnd rest without Him. II you could
make yourself 6t for His presence
you would not need Him and His invi-
tation would be an impertinence. Al
you are and with your sins, come 10
Him. Fitness 10 not attained, It b Oh.
tained. He gives It'll
And the one thing that above al
others, your heart Is seeking now. n
the thing that you shall find when you
come: REST Rest from all the ter.
rible consequences Of sin-from It'd
guilt and penalty from the awful ~
morse that It inevitably bringA
One touch Of the nail-scarred hand
and the record Of your life 10 wiped
out forever, % that God Himself can
find nothing against you any longer.
He has Himself borne the penalty, 20
that He can on righteous ground Of.
fer you His rest. Rest, sweet resti
Rest from this poor self at last Rest
from bitter memoryl rest from the
chagrin Of a vain and misspent lifei
Restl For this, Oh, Lord, l comet
He GIVES III Only He canl There
are no questions that He has to ask.
There are no conditions to be imposed.
Al you are. and now, come to Him.
and He does It ALI
Seeking etrsngth From ood.
We npnk His Sfron1fh--nOWnP fFOm