From Pax Vobiscum, by Henry Drummond
Rest, Joy, Peace, Faith, Love, Light—these words occur with such persistency in hymns and prayers that an observer might think they formed the staple of Christian experience. But on coming to close quarters with the actual life of most of us, how surely would he be disenchanted.
It is astounding how so glaring a misunderstanding of this plain sentence should ever have passed into currency. Did you ever stop to ask what a yoke is really for? Is it to be a burden to the animal which wears it?
Rest, physical rest, moral rest, spiritual rest, every kind of rest has a cause, as certainly as restlessness.
There is one kind of cause for every particular effect, and no other; and if one particular effect is desired, the corresponding cause must be set in motion.
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