Why linger, turn away, or idly grieve?
Where else is rest–the soul’s supremest need?
Grandly He offers; meanly we receive;
Yet love that gives us rest is love indeed.
The love that rests–say, shall it not do more?
Make haste, sad soul, thy heritage to claim.
It calms; it heals; it bears what erst ye bore,
And marks thy burdens with His own dear name.
No words Jesus spoke have found welcome in more hearts than His promises of rest to weary and heavy laden ones. No other word touches the deep need of human lives as this word does. What is this rest which Christ gives? It is not rest from labour, for work is one of the laws of life, and is necessary to health, growth, and happiness.
“Rest is not quitting
The busy career;
Rest is but fitting
One’s self to one’s sphere.”
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