COME UNTO ME by C. E. Miller

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 31, 1876

COME UNTO ME.

By C. E. Miller

Precious words of Jesus! How welcome to the hungry, fainting soul! “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.” What words of comfort! How our hearts rejoice as the sweet words of Jesus fall upon the ear. He calls and intreats us to come. He stands with outstretched arms to receive us. Jesus wants us to be near him, that he may shield us from Satan’s cruel power. Is he not our Saviour and our elder brother, and will he not fill our hearts with love and joy and peace? Will he not lead us into green pastures and beside still waters? How gently he folds his loving arms around us and carries the weary ones in his bosom!

“The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth, say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.” Blessed invitation! Come, and receive gold tried in the fire and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed. Jesus, our blessed Advocate, is now finishing his work in the heavenly sanctuary; and he will soon cease to utter the precious words! “Come unto me.” Oh! solemn thought! Let us heed this invitation before it is too late.

How can any one stay away from Jesus when there is such blessedness in his service? It is a service of love, and the everlasting arms are beneath us. Are you weary and faint? Come, and be refreshed. Are you poor? Here are true riches. Are you in need of friends? Here is a “Friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” To-day we may come to Jesus; but we know not how soon our probation may be ended, and the voice of mercy forever hushed. Then let us be wise in time, and heed the invitation: “Come unto me.”

“Here mercy’s boundless ocean flows, To cleanse from guilt and heal our woes; Pardon, and life, and endless peace, How rich the gift, how free the grace,” C. E. MILLER.