p. 16 | Come unto Me

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 5, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 18.

Come unto Me

“Come unto Me.”—How blessed is this invitation of the world's Redeemer in these days of unrest, strife, and turmoil! All the science of the ages, all the man-made religions the world has known, all the theories of Church and State, all the Utopian schemes of social reformers, all the panaceas offered by the world's dreamers, all the discoveries of modern times, cannot give rest to one human soul. Unrest is evidence of sin. Sin separates from God, and takes away the peace and rest for which so many aching hearts are longing. To all these comes the invitation of Him who has purchased our pardon with his life, who “is our peace,” “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Yea, precious rest amid all the strife and care and turmoil of the world. As the young Hebrews in the fiery furnace were not burned, so those who accept Christ's invitation are not harmed by the surging billows around them. Christ is to them as a rock in the midst of the sea. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee,” says the prophet to our God; therefore “trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is the rock of ages.” Jesus is all of this and more. In these evil days he is a “hiding place from the wind,” “a covert from the tempest,” “a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm,” “the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Sinner, reader, do you not long for such a friend? Such is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, to all those who will yield to bear his yoke, to accept his service. And why not come to Christ? Why not come now? “Behold, now is the accepted time.”