...pray before Thee, for I will pray before Thee. 11 COME UNTO ME. Matt. xi. 28-30. JS Smith. COME unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest, Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me ; (for I am lowly.) meek and lowly in heart, take My yoke upon...

...soothing words, (alluding to tiie presence and goodness of Jesus) saying in gentle toues, "Come unto me me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," a composure more beautiful than aught merely of the earth could have given, settled over his entire...

...near; and I can hear, deep-sounding in my soul those, so wondrous yet familiar words: — "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." It is indeed a lovely picture. A lovely allegory. It spells " rest, rest to the weary." And I turn...

...admiration. Above the door is an open Bible in white marble, surrounded with the verse, ' Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.' The interior is not yet finished ; there remains a heavy debt of about ^500 on the church ; and under...

...in the course of being spiritualized. In one of the sayings ascribed to Jesus he says, " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavyladen, and I will give you rest " (Matt. xi. 28). This had then become " one of the sayings." But the sayer himself had been personalized...

...great rock in a weary land "; who in the New Testament, through the lips of Christ, says, '' Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest" ; this ideal of God is surely not to be despised or scoffed at. It answers to a craving of humanity,...

...gleam of joy in turning to the Christian life. That is the joy Christ invites men to : ' Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavyladen, and I will give you rest.' That is the joy men tell of in conversion. But when you start really to work-out the new life — then...

...remembered that this confidence was coupled with the sweet spirit of peace which could say : " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto...

...Bacchee of Euripides, and the Mysteries, and in the centre of it — its very heart — " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavyladen, and I will give you rest." In the passages here quoted from the Protrepticus some of Clement's main ideas in the realm of Christian...

...plan go, and take God at His word. Doubt not our blessed Lord for a moment when He says, " Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." — Matthew xi. 28. " Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." — John vi. 37. Stop and...