THE WORDS OF JESUS. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES," "THE FAITHFUL PROMISER," &c &c. John Ros MacDuif. "how "A WORD spoken in season," says the wise man, good it is!" If this be true regarding the utterances of unInspired lips, with what devout and paramount interest must we invest the sayings of Incarnate Truth -"the WORDS OF JESUS!" We have, in the motto-verses which head the succeeding pages, a few comforting responses from the Oracle of Heavenly Wisdom-a few grapes plucked from the True Vineliving streams welling fresh from the Living Fountain. Every portion of Scripture is designed for nutriment to the soul -"the bread of life;" but surely we may well regard the recorded "Words of Jesus" as "the finest of the wheat." These are the "Honey" out of the true "Rock," with which He will satisfy "us. "The WORDS that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." 66 The following are selected more especially as "Words for the Weary"-healing leaves for the wounded spirit, falling from the Tree of Life. Jesus was divinely qualified for this special office of speaking many and comfortable words." "The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I might know how to speak a Word in Season to him that is weary." Let us, like the disciple of Patmos, turn to hear the voice that speaks to us, saying, "I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His Word do I hope." Eighteen hundred years have elapsed since these "words" were uttered With tones of unaltered and unchanged affection, they are still echoed from the inner sanctuary - they come this day fresh as they were spoken, from the lips of Him whose memorial to all time is this: "that same Jesus." Reader, seek to realize, in meditating on them, the simple but solemn truth" Christ speaks to me!" Surely noth. ing can be more soothing with which to close your eyes on your nightly pillow, or to carry with you in the morning ut to the duties (or, it may be, the trials and sorrows) of the day, than -"A WORD OF JESUS." 500 608 JUN 131912 2005 (RECAP) THE WORDS OF JESUS. 1ST DAY OF MONTH. "Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, low "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."- Matt. xi. 28. The Gracions GRACIOUS "word" of Juuitation. which the soul may cona gracious Saviour, on fidingly repose, and be at peace for ever! It is a present rest the rest of Not grace as well as the rest of glory. Reader, hast thou found this blessed repose in the blood and work of Im manuel? Long going about "seeking rest and finding none," does this "word" sound like music in thine ears "Come unto Me"? All other peace is counterfeit, shadowy, unreal. The eagle spurns the gilded cage as a poor equivalent for his free-born soarings. The soul's immortal aspirations can be satisfied with nothing short of the possession of God's favour and love in Jesus. How unqualified is the invitation! If there had been one condition in entering this covenant Ark, we must have been through eternity at the mercy of the storm. But all are alike warranted and welcome, and none more warranted than welcome. For the weak, the weary, the sin-burdened and sorrowburdened, there is an open door of grace. Return, then, unto thy rest, O my soul! Let the sweet cadence of this "word of Jesus" steal on thee amid |