...might walk. Daily and hourly the smoke of its sacrifices gave to sinful men the invitation: "Come unto me, all ye that labor, and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." In all the sacrifices in which an animal was offered up, atonement is either the prominent or the underlying...

...most abandoned ; whose perpetual voice as it moved among the desolations of earth, was : Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest — this is the love which now hovers over you, and with all the fulness of grace, and all the mercies...

...Father; no one knoweth the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Here every word is expressive of the depth of meaning in which Jesus calls himself the Son of God....

...day, and hallowed it. "The son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath-day." (Matt. xii : 8.) " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." (Matt. xi : 28.) " Let no man judge you ... in respect of ... the Sabbath-days: which are a shadow...

...by the text which is painted across the front of the Temple, just above the platform : " Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." A striking indication of the tendency of the Jews who come to the Temple is seen in the fact that not...

...philosophy, nor ethics, nor sociology, nor even in theology, but iu the gospel of Christ: " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Then the leading motive to the life of love must be regard to and trust in him personally ; the love must...

...death. His voice brought life-giving hope. When He came to them with those words of grace, " Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," * the'weary, sullen despair which had settled down upon their hearts, like the. blackness of darkness,...

...travelling in the greatness of His strength. Hear His words of calm confidence and power: " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." THE APPROBATION OF GOODNESS IS NOT THE LOVE OF IT. ROMANS ii. 21-23.—"Thou therefore which teachest...

...feel grateful to that Savior who has redeemed us by his blood. And when Jesus Christ says, " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," this is what he means. We must love Christ . We must regard him as the friend who has, by his own sufferings,...

...himself hath suffered" he is able and ready to succor them that come to him. Hence he says, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest : take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light, and ye shall...