"Do not tell me that I have a house, or that I have anything to think of, except Christ Jesus, His Father and the Holy Spirit. Get you gone, vain thoughts! I cannot meddle with you, keep your distance, I have had enough of you. You have had your six days and you have pinched and pained me enough.
Now my soul has passed through the wilderness, sits down at the well of Elim, sends down its pitcher, draws up draughts of rest, climbs the tree path, plucks the sweet fruits and enjoys them in anticipation of the feast before the Throne of God."
Ah, this will be good for your bodies, good for your souls, good for you in all respects. And my sermon shall not be in vain this morning if I have made you think every Sunday, "The birds will come down on the carcasses, but I will drive them away." Nor will it be in vain if, by God's grace, you
will come to look not only on this one day but on your seasons of prayer and meditation as being unloading seasons. When the ship that has been sinking in the water almost to its edge and seems as if it would go down altogether is unloaded—and rises up and floats higher than it
did before. When the eagle gets the chain untied and leaps from the rock, up to its own native eyrie in the skies—when your poor bandaged captive soul that has been lying in the dark dungeon comes out to perfect liberty and takes its stroll abroad, forgetful of the prison and the
chain.
Oh, for those heavens on earth—those precious queens of days! Time is the ring and these Sabbaths are the diamonds set in it. The ordinary days are but the walks in the garden, hand trod and barren. But the Sabbaths are the beds full of rich choice flowers. This day is Care's balm and cure, the
couch of time, the haven of divine calms. Come, my soul, throw yourself upon this couch. For now the bed is long enough and the coverlet is broad enough—rest and take your ease— for you have come unto Jesus, to a finished sacrifice, to a completed righteousness and your soul may
be satisfied in the Lord and your spirit may rejoice in the Lord your God. This is to keep Sabbath-Days.
An unconverted man cannot do this and there are many of you, I fear, here present who never knew what Sabbath means—never had a Lord's Day in your lives. In vain do you keep the day unless your hearts keep it too. Oh, may your hearts know how to find in Christ a perfect rest! Then shall the land
have rest and shall keep her Sabbaths. May God give you grace to know your sin and enable you to fly to the Savior and find in Him all your soul wants. May He enable you to rest in Christ today and then you shall keep Sabbaths on earth till you keep the eternal Sabbath before the
Throne, "for thus says the Spirit, They rest from their labors."
"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ" and you shall have rest. Trust Him and so shall you be saved and your spirit shall be at ease.