The Saviour's Invitation.
“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11 : 28. These are the words of Him who is infinite in power and love; who made all things, and who upholds all things: who in the days of his flesh, by his word caused the dead to arise, hushed the raging of the sea, fed thousands with a few loaves and fishes, healed the sick and cleansed the lepers. He it is who now speaks to thee, and bids thee come to him with all thy woes and sorrows, be they ever so trying, ever so bitter. Art thou mourning the loss of a dear relative? Go to Jesus Christ in humble prayer, and beseech him to support thee under the trial. Art thou lamenting the loss of thy property? Go to Jesus; he can, by the gift of spiritual blessings, more than make up all thy temporal losses. Art thou destitute of health? Go to Jesus; he can heal thy diseases, and renew thy youth like the eagle's. Ps. 103 : 5. Art thou weary of thy sins, and is the remembrance of iniquity a burden to thy conscience? In these circumstances thou art peculiarly welcome to Jesus; for “he gave his life a ransom” for sinners. Matt. 20 : 28. He came to call sinners to repentance. Matt. 9 : 13. Oh! go to him with all thy burdens, and be assured he will not cast thee out. John 6 : 37.