THE EVERLASTING REST

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 2, 1877

THE EVERLASTING REST.

ONE of the sweetest passages in the Bible is this one, “Underneath are the everlasting arms.” It is not often preached from; perhaps because it is felt to be so much richer and more touching than anything we ministers can say about it. But what a vivid idea it gives of the Divine support! The first idea of infancy is resting in arms which maternal love never allows to become weary. Sick-room experiences confirm the impression when we see a feeble mother or sister lifted from the bed of pain by the stronger ones of the household. In the case of our Heavenly Father the arms are felt, but not seen. The invisible, secret support comes to the soul in its hours of weakness and trouble; for God knoweth our feebleness, he remembers we are but dust.

We often sink very low under the weight of sorrows. Sudden disappointments can carry us, in an hour, from the heights down to the very depths. Props that we have leaned upon are stricken away. What God means by it, very often, is just to bring us down to “the everlasting arms.” We did not feel our need of them before. We were “making flesh our arm,” and relying on human comfort or resources.—Sel.