See how wonderfully the Word of God fits down upon this? Take that remarkable passage that, to me, is as beautiful as anything can be, where He says: "Come unto Me, all ye that labor"--I know what that means in the struggle under sin--"all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give"--I will give: it is mine. You cannot earn it: you cannot buy it; you cannot find it; you cannot dig it out. It is mine--"I will give you rest"--the blest pardon that only God can give. Then, in the very next second and breath, He says: "Take my yoke upon you"--that means work--"and learn of me"--that is more work--and, "For I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find"--that is yours; I do not give that to you; that is not mine to give; that is yours. "Ye shall find rest to your souls." That is the rest that comes from the crystallization of the character in righteousness; that comes from the habit of believing, and the habit of obeying, and the habit of praying; from the habit of righteousness, until the old saint is ready for any struggle, and never expects to be turned aside. That, I take it, is God's plan of building up saints, and for fitting them for the rest that is in God, that abides. WHYTE EXPERIENCE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Alexander Whyte, senior minister of St. George's Free Church, Edinburgh, was born at Kirriemuir (Thrums), Scotland, in 1837. He was educated at Aberdeen University (M.A., 1862), and at New College, Edinburgh (1862-66), and after being assistant minister of Free St. John's, Glasgow, from 1866 to 1870, became at first assistant minister, and later (1873) minister, of Free St. George's, Edinburgh, a position which be still retains, having had there an uninterrupted success. He is the author of a number of biographies, his most recent work being "An Appreciation of Newman." WHYTE BORN IN 1837 EXPERIENCE _And patience; experience; and experience, hope_.--Romans v., 4.