| Thomas Wright - 1872 - 568 pages
...mass, a voice echoing like thunder among the mountains, was heard through the city. It said, " Come unto me all ye that labour, and I will give you rest." The people, terrified and awe-struck, fell upon their faces; when a second time the voice exclaimed,... | |
| William Fraser - 1873 - 406 pages
...God, it directs him to that blessed Redeemer who hath said to the guiltiest and the vilest, " Come unto Me all ye that labour, and I will give you rest." Thus may those whose life has been most enslaved to sin become "heirs of God," and exclaim, "Behold... | |
| Edward Meyrick Goulburn - 1875 - 538 pages
...unclean lips." But Our Lord meets him on the threshold, and lifts him up with the invitation, " Come unto Me, all ye that labour, and I will give you rest," and then reminds him of the infinite Love of God ; and St. Paul, a man of like passions with himself,... | |
| William Gray - 1875 - 76 pages
...remedy." Our Saviour Jesus Christ has told us to come unto him and He will pardon all our sins. " Come unto me all ye that labour and I will give you rest." Give me that rest, O God, that I so much require. Give me understanding to know Thy will, and in knowing... | |
| Isabella Alden - 1878 - 322 pages
...ye shall ask in My name, that will I do ; ' and there's tired folks who know the Bible says, ' Come unto Me, all ye that labour . . . and I will give you rest ; ' and there's folks full of trouble who know it says, 'Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He wilt sustain... | |
| Thomas Cooper - 1880 - 288 pages
...the words have come so powerfully to you, " Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life ! Come unto me, all ye that labour, and I will give you rest!" " That's in the Bible !" you have thought, glancing at the book on the table. I ought to read it; I... | |
| George Dawson - 1881 - 396 pages
...weary man straightens himself after work and lessons, listening to the voice of the Master, " Come unto me, all ye that labour, and I will give you rest." The rest of Christ was what? — Forgiveness of sins, the Fatherhood of God, the House of many mansions.... | |
| Horatius Bonar - 1881 - 408 pages
...consolation. Man laboured and was heavy laden ; but he heard the voice of the true Noah saying, Come unto me, all ye that labour, and I will give you rest. V. Man's expectation was connected with some one individual to be born in due time. Lamech had been... | |
| Jennie Perrett - 1881 - 184 pages
...boy. They look to me like the wearied ones to whom our Saviour gave that gracious invitation, " Come unto me all ye that labour, and I will give you rest." ' 'Ah, you are a heretic,' said the landlord. ' I knew you were an Englishman, though you speak our... | |
| Thomas Martin Lindsay - 1882 - 138 pages
...live in the sight of God religiously, and honestly in the eyes cf man. mitation of Christ. i5 Come unto me all ye that labour and I will give you rest. It is good for us sometimes to suffer affliction. For it maketh us to know ourselves in this world... | |
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