how novel the connection between these two words "Learn" and "Rest."
How few of us have ever associated them--ever thought that Rest was
a thing to be learned; ever laid ourselves out for it as we would
to learn a language; ever practised it as we would practice the
violin? Does it not show how entirely new Christ's teaching still
is to the world, that so old and threadbare an aphorism should still
be so little known? The last thing most of us would have thought
of would have been to associate REST with WORK.
What must one work at? What is that which if duly learned will
find the soul of man in Rest? Christ answers without the least
hesitation. He specifies two things--Meekness and Lowliness.
"Learn of me," He says, "for I am MEEK and LOWLY in heart."
Now these two things are not chosen at random. To these
accomplishments, in a special way, Rest is attached. Learn these,
in short, and you have already found Rest. These as they stand
direct causes of Rest; will produce it at once; cannot but produce
it at once. And if you think for a single moment, you will see
how this is necessarily so, for causes are never arbitrary, and
the connection between antecedent and consequent her and everywhere
lies deep in the nature of things.
What is the connection, then? I answer by a further question.
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