Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-12-02
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Lesson for December S
CHRISTIAN REST
BY REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIsT.
Dean Of the Moody Bible Institute
Of Chicago.
@ Western Newspaper Union.

CHRISTIAN REST
LESSON TExT-Matthew 11:2S-SO: He.
brews fill
GOLDEN TEXTLCome unto me. an Va
that labor and are heavy laden. and +
WIN give you rest.-Matthew 11:28.
PRIMARY TOPIC-When We Are Triad
JUNIOR TOPIC-God's Great Tnvitation /
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC.
How Christ Gives Us Rest.
Christian Rest.
"Time, like an overriding
stream, bears all its sons away" so
sang Isaac Watts in 171g. One won
ders what he might say todayl The
mad rush Of modern Iife-its relent-
less drawing Of rs all into its terrific
tempo-leavey us distraught, nerv-
GUS, overanxious. Nervous disor-
ders are on a rapid increase, even
among children The condition pre-
walls in the country as well as in the
city, although it is aggregated in
metropolitan centers.
Let us lay down the burdens Of
the universe for a Bit and counsel
quietly about that almost forgotten
Christian virtue, rest. Nowhere can
the troubled spirit find calm of soul
as surely and as quickly as in Gods
Woodland IN the One revealed
there, for true rest is
T. Found in Christ (Matt. 1923
BOD.
Rest for our souls is found not in
the cessation of activity, bat rather
in joining with Christ as our yoke
fellow and M going on WITH him i'm
meekness and 10w1iness of heart.
Most Of liferS restlessness is the re-
suit of PRIDE Of driving ambition to
be somebody or to attain something.
True humility removes all such dis
turbing factors.
But we do have yoke and a. bur-
den to- bear. Yes, it is true that not
all is easy in the Christian Fife. But
as someone has suggested, tie bur-
denS are like the burden OF" feathers
on bird. They may seem to- be- too
heavy for his little body, but as a
matter Of fact they are the thing he
flies within Such are the ''burdens''
of Christ.
III. Received BY Faith (Ffeh. 4:3D.
Those who believe enter into rest.
Faith IN Cod through Jesus Christ
brings a man into an abiding place
that the storms Of life may beat.
upon but cam never move. Fair
weather followers of Jesus, who, fall
into . frenzy Of fear and worry
when sorrow or loss comes upon
them need tor learn to walk by faith.
BE not disuayed whate'er betide,
God vTFll take care Of you,'' Isl more
than tine pious expression, of a. hymn
writer, it isE q statement of fact.
III. Rejected by Unbelief" CFIehA
Al, GID.
"The worst thing in the woridf' is
unbelief because it effectuallw
closes the door to Gods, blessing.
Jesus could not do ''many mighty
works" inltis home town of Nazareth
because, of their unbelief' (Matt.
1859. wnbelief will keep us from
the rest: that God has prepared for
his people, for it not only hinders
men from coming ton the Saviour,
but keeps them from nesting in Hmm
after they are saved.
w.. Necessary to Useful Living
". lid.
Only when the follower of Christ
appropriates that rest of soul which
results from turning from his own
effonts and trusting himself fully to
Chris4 will there be. that absolute
surrender Of every detail and prob
lem of life to him which win bring
ont IN daily living the glorious beau
tyr and power of a life at rest with
God.
A poem by Fay lnchfawn which
has blessed theSwriter's soul is here
passed on, with the prayer that il
may help you whc read these notes:
well. am don@ my nerves were ON tho
rack.
I've laid them down today:
It was the lasA straw broke the cancels
I've laid THAI down today.
No, I'll not fumeA nor fuss, nor fight:
I'll walk by faith hit and not by sighN,
think the universe viii work all rtgAA
I've laid n down today.
so. here and now. the overweight. the
worRy.
IN lay II down today:
The all-tooranxious heart; the tearing hurxys
I'll lay these down today.
o eager hands. o feet so prone 10, run.
think that He who made the stars ana sun
Can mind the things you've had 10 leava
undone.
Do lay them down today"
How true it is that we are prone
to bear all the burdens of the uni
verse when Gods Word has told US
to cast all our care upon Him, for
He careth for us Il Pet. SD. It
is a powerful testimony for Christ
when distraught and worry-ridden
non-C Christians see Gods children
walking steady and true in the midst
Of disappointments, trials, and sor-
rows. And the opposite is also true,
that failure to trust God is q prac-
teal denial of our l,rofessed faith.
A Good Patriot
To be a cool patriot. a man must