The Archive · 1937

Christ's Offer of Rest

(Continued from page 2) orchestra play a symphony, Each voice end each instrument blends with the rest, so that the music appears to be produced by one wonderful voice, or one instrument. But let one of the singers, or one of the players, assert his independence and strike out notes of his own, and the result will be unbearable discord. Rest in nature is order, entailing infinite knowledge and endless work.

Then we should also note that rest not activity with self as final and cause, The selfish man can, know ne peace, Sometimes the very sense of duty, which bids us forget ourselves, seems to be the only thing which takes our peace of mind away. This, sense of duty compels us on and on "Why can't my conscience leave me alone?", we sometimes feel inclined to ok. "It takes my rest away. But it is not so: this very sense of duty is the voice of God, recalling us again to walk slong the only path that leads to rest.

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