Reflections on Spiritual Rest
By S. C. Perry
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: It was my privilege to attend the tent meeting held in Orange, June 19 and 20, which to me was very interesting. Though there were no great demonstrations of the Spirit, occasioning happy flights of feeling, yet there were some very pointed truths spoken, which rest with no little weight upon my mind. The remarks of Bro. Littlejohn concerning the rest into which the people of God will enter, were clear and forcible. He clearly showed that only those who need rest will receive it; and those who need rest must be weary from labor. But the rest which is promised is a rest, not from physical labor merely, but from which a rest cannot be obtained here. Hence it must be from spiritual labor. Therefore only those will receive that rest who are weary and exhausted from toiling in the spiritual warfare. As I examined myself in the light of these facts, I became fearful that I should fail of obtaining that rest, for I know that not a tithe of the time, since a knowledge of present truth has been entrusted to me, have I spent in its advancement, or for the good of my fellow-men! But as Bro. and Sr. White followed with earnest appeals for us to become more active, and work for the good of others, saying that the weakest mind could find enough to do, I became encouraged to try. I determined to do something in the cause of my Saviour. As I look about me, I am satisfied that if I come short of that rest, it will not be because there is nothing which I can do. I see more chance for spiritual development than I ever did before. That the Lord will give me zeal according to knowledge, and willingness to work in the humble sphere allotted me, is my prayer.
S. C. PERRY.
Ionia Co., Mich.