none can come to the Father save by the Son (.Tno. 14:6, 17:23). He is the door to heaven, He has the keys. What will become of those who deny the Son of God? Of what value all earthly wis- dom if it avails not to reveal God as Father? Of what use all education if the Son is rejected who alone can re- veal the one truth worth knowing? If He be not God manifest in flesh, what blasphemous words are those He speaks, and if He be indeed God what blas- phemy to couple His name with other names and to fail to bow at His feet and give Him place in heart and life. (4) INVITATION. " Come unto Me." From the awful judgment pronounced upon the cities of Galilee, He turns now to give a personal invitation to the sons of men. He knows the hearts of men. This is but the echo of the call given to Israel (Isa. 14:3, 28:12). To those who find the world a weary place He now gives His gracious invitation. This is the turning point in the life of our Lord. He is not only the King of Israel, but He is the Son of God. The Call to Comfort. Come to me. Surely no one but God can give rest. Men need rest of conscience from sense of sin.and guilt, rest of soul in contem- plation of eternity. The world caftnot give it, the church cannot give it. Mary the mother of Jesus never said come to her. Mrs. Eddy cannot give it. Philoso- phers never pretended to give it. There is but One who ever offered it and He gives it. It is a world-wide invitation to all men in all ages. This voices the heart cry of the Son of God, He wept over Jerusalem because they would not come. He longs for the people of the cities of Galilee, for Pharisee and Scribe, for publican and sinner. The one universal panacea for all earth's ills is to. be found in Him as He says, "Come.'-' No works are to be wrought, no promises made, no prayers offered, just come. Come in your guilt and sin, come with your broken hearts, come law- burdened Jew and merit-seeking Gen- tile, come from your self-righteousness, come just as you are. Only One who had been touched with a feeling of our infirmities (Heb. 4:15), and who was acquainted with our griefs could give sufeh a call. Take My Yoke. By nature we are yoked to Satan and his service and that is what makes life such a burden. God's yoke is easy and His burden light; not easy or light for Him, but for us who wear it with Him. His yoke of fellow-
ship is lined with love. When the head is bowed, the heart surrendered, the will yielded and we enter into the sweets of fellowship with the rejected Son of God, our souls are refreshed. We know His peace, His comfort, His strength and life; our service with Him is humble, restful, joyful. Come to Him, poor, tired pilgrim; come and fine rest for your sin-sick soul. PRACTICAL POINTS. (1) See four views of Christ: Judge, Supplicant, Sovereign, Saviour. (2) See three looks of the Son: To- ward Judgment, Father, needy world. (3) To the Jews John was too ascetic and Jesus too accessible. In judg- ment men's guilt will be measured by the privileges and opportunities accorded. (4) Words of warning in the Word are signposts to the passing pilgrim. (5) The childlike are chosen; from the worldly wise, light is withheld. (6) All power is placed in His hands; He proclaims punishment to the wicked and promises peace to the weary. TRUTH FOR YOU. Previous to the Torrey meetings the Institute issued an edition of 50,000 copies of a little booklet entitled " T r u th For You.'? It was compiled by our esteemed president, Mr. Lyman Stewart. A copy was placed in almost every home in Los Angeles. At Mr. Stewart's request, Mr. J. H. Sammis, of the Institute faculty, has spent a good deal of time in revising the publication and it has just come from the press. Competent judges have declared that this vest-pocket edition is the best compilation of the kind ever printed. All of the great doctrines and truths essential are gathered under appropri- ate heads, so that at a moment's glance the scripture is at hand. It is carefully indexed under different subdivisions. The pages on Eddyism, Seventh Day Adventism, Spiritualism, Millinial- dawnism, Mormonism, and Roman Cath- olicism are worth more than the price of the book. We want the young people to have this booklet. One Sunday school teacher with a large class of young women has ordetred a hundred for his class. The price is 10 cents for a single copy, three copies for 25 cents, or $6.00 per hundred.
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