February 29

Incline your ear, and come unto me. — ISAIAH iv. 3.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. — REV. xxii. 17.

THE Bible is God's message to mankind, and its contents may be summed up in a word, — come. We have "Come," in Genesis and in Revelation; "Come," in the prophets and the gospels. Under righteous sentence of death on account of sin, God bids us come into the Ark for shelter. Though he is holy and just, and we are guilty, yet may we come to him, — for he can make away with the crimson of our guilt and the scarlet of our transgression. Athirst for peace and rest and joy and bliss, he bids us come to the never-failing, the ever-satisfying waters. We have nothing to give him in return, but he bids us come without money and without price. To every soul burden-worn and weary, Christ says, "Come unto me and rest." Burden of sin, burden of sorrow, burden of care, burden of temptation, each may be brought to him. None can be turned away, for he says, "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." Nor shall any coming one fail to find satisfaction, for Christ says again, "He that cometh to me shall never hunger." The last chapter of the Bible, almost the last verse, repeats the call. It is the call of the risen Christ now. He came from heaven to give once more heaven's invitation to earth, God's message to man. Let us therefore come.

Robt. M. Offord

Come, ye dying, live forever;

'T is a soul-reviving flood.

God is faithful; he will never

Break his covenant sealed in blood,

Signed when our Redeemer died;

Sealed when he was glorified. J. MONTGOMERY.