“Come unto Me”
Of those who receive Him.
(The Gospel History, Section 88)
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
“Come unto Me”
(The Saviour of the World, Vol VI Book II Poem XVII)
Come unto Me, ye heavy laden souls,
Striving and crying for the weight ye bear,
For burden of perplexity and care,—
While no man shares, nor any friend consoles.
What ails ye that ye cannot be at rest?
Uneasy as the waves of ocean, rise
Your troubled hearts before the silent skies,
Uncomforted of any, all unblest.
“The thing that I must bear, I bear alone,”
The proud man utters in his misery;
Go to, My son, it is not meant for thee
Or any man to make his peevish moan,
Alone and burdened more than he can bear;
Come unto Me and I will give thee rest!
I know the oppression heavy on thy breast;
Shall I not ease those burthens that I share?
E’en as an ox is with its fellow yoked,
And those two share the weight and drag the plough,
So, treading as thy Master’s steps allow,
No more shall prick the goad by pride provoked.
Aye, pride, perverse, the unwilling shoulder jerks;
But take My yoke on thee and learn of Me,
And thou shalt rest in My humility,
And, going in My strength, shalt do My works.
And, ah, My children, easy shall ye go
Delivered from that burthen of your pride,
Content as infant at his mother’s side;
Come, learn of Me, for I am meek and low!
St. Matthew xi. 28–30.
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