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AT the above meeting in Dingwall, on Friday, 2nd February, 1962, the verse proposed was Matthew 28:5, “And the angel answered and said unto the women, ‘Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified’.” The proposer evidently asked the speakers to give marks of those who are truly seeking Jesus, as opposed to those who profess to seek Him but have no gracious desire for Him. The presiding minister, the late Rev. William MacLean, Ness, after making some explanatory remarks about the verse, called on several of the professing men present to speak. What follows is the edited version of some notes of the extemporaneous comments of some of the speakers.
Rev. William MacLean, Ness. ” ‘And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified’. These words were spoken to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, who went forth to anoint the body of their Lord. We see that they were afraid and that their faith was tried and exercised by many things — by the stone having to be rolled away, ‘for it was very great’; by their fear of the Roman soldiers on
guard around the grave; by the darkness of the morning; and by their own weakness. Still, they went forth. The uppermost question in their minds was, ‘Who shall roll us away the stone?’ The stone, they feared, came between them and this service which they desired to do for the Lord: to anoint His body with the spices which they had prepared.
“This is still true of those who fear the Lord. They have spices, the graces of the Holy Spirit, and they have this exercise in connection with their graces: that they seek to show their thankfulness to the Lord. This is a fruit of godly fear. ‘What shall I render to the Lord for all His gifts to me?’ These women showed that they had the fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom; filial, not slavish fear, love to God and to all His commandments. ‘Then shall I not be shamed when I Thy precepts all respect.’ While Christ was in the world, these women ministered to Him of their substance, but now they met with this great trial of their faith and hope, in the death of Him who was their hope. He was crucified by wicked men and the verdict of condemnation was sealed by the highest authorities in church and state.
“Great as this trial was to these gracious women, yet it was so that the trial of their faith ‘being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.’ The two disciples on their way to Emmaus proved their love and devotion to the Lord, yet did not understand the necessity for His death. They thought that He was to set up a temporal kingdom, until He came and opened up to them the truth that His coming and dying was to break a yoke greater than that of the Romans, and only by His obedience unto death could sinners be delivered, ‘Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?’
“Those godly women had been tried by the death of Christ, and now were tried in connection with service to Him. Yet they desired to anoint His body. The stone lay between them and the fulfilling of their desire. Satan and unbelief said that they never would be able to roll the stone away. They would be molested by the Roman soldiers; it were better to remain at home. Yet they went forth.
“These same evil powers — Satan and unbelief — still set great mountains in the way of the Lord’s people when they seek to do Him service. Great as the trial was, the women did not say, ‘This is an hard saying; who can hear it?’ They did not go back in the day of trial. The more grace is tried, the more it cleaves to the Lord. ‘To whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.’ ‘Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.’
“All those in whom are the graces of the Holy Spirit, believe that only in
the path of obedience will they find encouragement, whatever great stones may be in the way. The two Marys got what Job got in his day of trial, ‘I know that my Redeemer liveth.’ In going forward, they received this assurance, that they were seeking Jesus of Nazareth. They got a token for good, that they had the fear of God in their hearts. ‘O all ye that do seek the Lord, your hearts shall ever live.’ The stone was rolled away.
‘God doth the counsel bring to nought
Which heathen folk do take;
And what the people do devise
of none effect doth make.’
The sealing of the stone could not thwart the counsel of the Lord, for His counsel and purpose shall stand. An angel rolled away the stone, and in going forward to duty the women got this encouragement, ‘Fear not ye: I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.’
“The children of Israel saw the salvation of the Lord at the Red Sea. ‘Fear ye not, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which He will shew to you today; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever.’ They saw the manifesting of God’s power and they sang a song of deliverance on the other side of the Red Sea. ‘Fear not ye: I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified’.”
Finlay Beaton, Inverness. “Marks are asked of those who seek Jesus who was crucified, but is now risen, as distinguished from those who profess to seek Jesus, but do not. They that delight in the place in which God’s honour dwells have a right to say that they seek Jesus, even if they are afraid. No one else knows where His honour dwells. They came to know it because drawn by Christ crucified. They saw His glory — the glory of Him who was dead, and is alive for evermore. Like the women at the grave, the Lord’s people have fears. Their faith may be almost hidden, but it works by love, and where their treasure is, there will their heart be also. What they are at heart must come out. Their greatest desire is to see Jesus.
“They seek to walk in the way of His commandments, because they behold His glory. Nothing is so offensive to the natural man as the crucified Redeemer. These people may have the question thrust at them, ‘Many people walk as orderly as you, and yet they do not profess faith in Christ, and what have you to say to that?’ It is good that others conduct themselves in an orderly way, and may they meet the Lord there; but the Lord has met with His people, and they know it although they may fear that it is not the right faith they have. The older they grow, the more they see that the good work will be tested, and they seek to make their calling and election sure.
“They are a searching people who dig deep in the Scriptures, and they are the only people who do that. It is not just curiosity that makes them search the Scriptures. They love to hear the Gospel preached. ‘Come ye into His courts, and bring an offering with you.’
“What offering? Oh, a broken spirit and a contrite heart. If only they could. This is contrary to nature. The natural man must bring something, but not a broken spirit and a contrite heart. Those who seek Jesus are afraid that though they have a sore heart, it does not come from a truly contrite spirit. They desire, with trembling, that the Lord would search and try their ways, for they know that He will search and try His people and their work.
“They tremble at the word of God. Why? Because they know that God is an holy as well as a gracious God. He draws them out to Himself as He is in Christ. The world does not understand or care for God in Christ. The Lord’s people desire to know truly what it is to be reconciled to God. ‘All thy children shall be taught of the Lord.’ They betray that they are being taught by calling on His name. They cannot do without prayer, and yet they pray that their prayers be pardoned. They desire to be taught to pray. They often feel more guilty coming off their knees than when they knelt in prayer, and yet they must pray. Like the Greeks their cry is, ‘We would see Jesus.’ Though they have fears that their spots are not the spots of His children, they expect the King of Glory to meet with them.”
Robert Watt, Inverness. “It was the angel who said to the women, ‘Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus. They were afraid but they also feared the Lord, because it is written,
‘The angel of the Lord encamps,
And round encompasseth
All those about that do Him fear,
And them delivereth.’
Those that seek Jesus will find Jesus, and a mark on them is that they seek in hope of finding. It is not a false hope, or a hope set on anything apart from the word of God.
“They are also a people who know well Satan’s devices. He would desire to lead them anywhere but to the Lord.
“They came to know well that they must be born again. If not born of the Holy Spirit they have nothing. When they look back on their past life they wonder at the mercy of God to them — hell-deserving sinners who were on the way to a lost eternity. They know it was the power of the Holy Spirit that led them to seek Jesus. When they found Jesus in a day of mercy, they were not pleased with themselves, but with Jesus.
“Jesus filled their souls with His love. ‘I have loved thee with an everlasting love.’ When Christ revealed Himself to His people they got a view of His loveliness and they could sing of the Lord’s mercy in that day. It was a special day for them. They are different from the world now, though they still find in themselves something that causes them to fear. They fear with a gracious fear because they love and yet they are afraid because they do not love enough. The Lord’s people are a strange mixture — often mourning over the depravity they find within.
“Often at communion seasons they meet with Christ who died in their room and stead, a propitiation for the sins of His people. They expect something from the mercy of God in Christ, who brought them from the miry clay, set their feet on a rock, and put a new song in their mouth. And they will be singing this new song eternally — glory to God and to the High Priest who gave Himself to satisfy the demands of justice. They love Him and fear Him, whereas they once loved sin. Like Paul, they can say, ‘By the grace of God I am what I am.’ The Holy Spirit revealed to them the awfulness of sin and the danger of their state. They are not ignorant of Jesus; no, though they have their doubts and fears. Yet they have a principle within, the seed of the Kingdom, and they are new creatures in Christ Jesus.
“They desire a better country, a city which hath foundations eternal in the heavens. They seek the way to Zion with their faces thitherward. Often they seek in tears, but they do not spread their troubles before the world but before the Lord. ‘This poor man cried, God heard, and saved him from all his distresses.’
“They love their brethren and the ministers who preach the Gospel faithfully. They love to hear a good law and gospel sermon, and rejoice that there are yet those sent by the Lord to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ to their fellow creatures. ‘He is not here, for He is risen.’ The Lord’s people know that this is true. He is risen a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.
“Not only do they know the truth of this, but they know Christ Himself for they have seen Him by faith. Where did they get faith? It is the gift of God, and without faith it is impossible to please Him. ‘Unto you, therefore which believe, He is precious.’
“They hope for a better resurrection. This hope goes right in yonder, whither the forerunner has entered, even Jesus. ‘O Lord, my hope and confidence is placed in Thee alone.’ Blessed Jesus, come to this communion season. Many a happy time we had in this place, Dingwall, with those who have gone home to glory.”
Angus Macleod, Ullapool. “As we have been hearing, these people are ashamed of themselves when they stand before their fellow sinners on a day like this. How much more reason we have to be ashamed before Him who searches the hearts, and tries the reins.
“These people came to be drawn to Jesus with cords of love. They may have been taken in childhood to the house of God, but it was not love to the house of God that brought them there. It may have come to be a duty which they feared to neglect, but in the case of those who seek Jesus which was crucified, a day came when they were drawn by love and brought to see Christ Jesus crucified for them.
“Through grace they received a good hope; they were enlightened to see something of the mystery of God manifest in the flesh and that Christ died their death, His blood cleansing them from all sin. They were bound to Him with cords of love, and constrained to follow Him. They were brought to the banqueting house, but they were also brought through testing times. Faith must be tested, yet the cord which binds them to Christ in His love is not broken, though stretched. ‘The smoking flax shall He not quench.’ Love is the principle that enables them to follow Him.
“This drawing power enables them to go forth in weakness, trusting to His grace. I believe that these women, in preparing the spices, though they had many fears, were supplicating the grace of God before they ventured forth. The Lord’s people must seek grace for every duty, not relying on themselves. ‘Their strength is God alone.’ They make mention of His righteousness, even of His only. Their walk shows plainly that they seek Jesus and they desire to be found where He has promised to be.
“They seek in weakness that the cause of Christ be upheld, and His name exalted. It is true of them as was said of Mary: ‘She hath done what she could’. They are enabled, by grace, to follow on to know the Lord, and they come to taste of His goodness in upholding them and giving strength and grace to deliver, removing mountains, as He rolled away the stone for these godly women. They never expected to see Jesus crucified or laid in the grave, yet that did not sever their love to Him. It was a day of small things — how small and dark! — yet they came to the grave. ‘Many waters cannot quench love.’
“They could not understand. They were walking in darkness and had no light but they trusted in the name of the Lord. In the path of duty they saw the wonderful kindness of the Lord in giving them a view of His glory. ‘He is not here, for He is risen.’ He is gone before you; follow after Him in the means of grace and you will find Him there.”
Alex. MacPherson, Daviot. “Man by nature knows nothing of gracious fear. His fear is that God will bring him to account, and he thinks that if he could get rid of this, he would live happily. The fear of God is not before his eyes. But when God has a purpose of mercy for a sinner, He will put gracious fear in his heart. Where He begins His good work, He will carry it on. The Lord has different ways of bringing sinners to Himself. He uses His Word in the hand of the Holy Spirit. ‘When He, the Spirit of truth is come, He will convince the world of sin.’ We must be brought face to face with sin. How else can we confess sin? If we confess sin and believe in Jesus we shall be saved. There must be repentance, a grieving for sin. ‘Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinned’. ‘They that come to God must believe that He is and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.’ Their desire now is to know God in His appointed way. ‘I am the way, the truth and the life.’ They are brought to believe in Jesus.
“‘He giveth meat unto all those who truly do Him fear.’ If not, their fear might be too much for them. Their comfort is that, ‘underneath are the everlasting arms’. If this were not the case, how long could they stand? ‘Without Me ye can do nothing.’ Their prayer is, ‘Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide in those thy paths divine’. They must, in this world, follow on to know the Lord. ‘O send thy light forth and thy truth, let them be guides to me…Then will I to God’s altar go, to God my chiefest joy.’
“Without shedding of blood there is no peace and no satisfaction to law and justice, but Jesus came into this world, taking a true body and a reasonable soul, to suffer and to die in the room and place of poor sinners. ‘Who, for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame.’ They know that eternal shame would have been their portion if He had not taken their law place.
“These women followed Christ not only when He was in the world, but followed to the place where His body was laid. They seek to follow Jesus even to the grave, as if to say, ‘Come, see the place where the Lord lay’. His work was done lovingly and willingly for His people and He left them the promise, ‘If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also’. The hope and confidence of the Lord’s people is not in themselves but in the Saviour. ‘Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified’.”
Donald Campbell, Plockton. “‘He giveth meat unto all those that truly do Him fear.’ The women got meat from the Saviour who died and rose again. He is the living One. He made an end of death and His flesh is meat indeed and His blood is drink indeed. Those women so feared, that they
could not do without Christ crucified to meet the guilt of their consciences before God. They sought the Lord and desired to know Him as the One through whom alone they could have pardon. He was their life.
“‘The Lord our God is merciful.’ Who but He can speak peace to longing souls? He will supply all their need out of His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. It is a mercy that one is not driven away, but closed in to the Lord, when a great stone confronts us. The Lord’s people have learned their dependency. They have seen their photograph in Scripture. I remember seeing a sailor, who was not favoured with good looks, shave himself at a looking glass. He said to his own reflection, ‘I never saw such an ugly man as you since I was here last’. The Lord’s people see their photograph in Scripture, and know that the seed of every sin is in their fallen nature. But they know also that there is balm in Gilead, and are sure that there is power in the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, to cleanse from all sin. They are prepared to go on oath that this is so. They earnestly desire this cleansing, and daily pray for it. I think such persons bear all the marks of saving grace and are seekers.
“I would like to say also that a sure mark of those seeking Christ is that they like to be where Christ has promised to be. That is, if possible, they make a point of being at the weekly prayer meeting as well as at the Sabbath services. Secret prayer is a sure mark of those who seek Jesus who was crucified. Love much, pray much. Love little, pray little.
“I believe that those who seek Jesus are often confronted with difficulties and have to say, ‘Who shall roll us away the stone?’ The Lord Himself can do this, however great the stone may be. If they are seeking Him, He will speak peace to their souls. They mourn over cold affections, a hard heart, pride and self-seeking, and these are like mountains in the way, especially in the public means of grace.”
Kenneth MacRae, Lochcarron. “It is very difficult, at times, for the Lord’s people to believe that they are His people. It is difficult for them to find in themselves true marks of grace, but Christ sees the marks of grace in each one of His people.
“God has a people in this world whom He loved from all eternity. I remember visiting a godly woman a few days before she went to heaven. After worship she said, ‘I will soon be in eternity, and I hope to see the King in His beauty, and my soul shall rejoice’.
“What cause for rejoicing His people will have when they enter heaven and see Jesus whom they were seeking in this world. The Lord has begun the good work in them, and He will carry it on. Each one of them can say, ‘Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God’.”
Alex. Maclennan, Muir of Ord. “I would like to confine myself to three clear-cut marks. First, the Lord’s people desire to be in the safe path of duty. I have heard it said of a cyclone tempest that while it tears up trees in its fury, there is a safe place in the dead centre, where a leaf would not stir, and we believe it.
“It is also a mark of those who seek Jesus that they believe in His humanity and divinity. He is the God-man. The great God of eternity took our nature and came to this earth. This is a wonder that the Lord’s people can never fathom. When talking with an electrician I asked him, ‘What is the good of an earth wire?’ He replied, ‘For safety. Your house might go on fire without it’. If I have not the earth wire, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, I am in danger of the fire that never shall be quenched.
“These people who seek Jesus trust in the Christ of revelation, not of imagination. ‘Let the heart of everyone rejoice that seeks the Lord.’ ‘Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.’ So, we believe that the person who is not on his two knees seeking the Lord will be without excuse at the day of judgment.”
John Kelly. “We note the names of the women who were seeking Jesus at the tomb, ‘Mary Magdalene and others’. They were followers of Christ, and were at the cross of Christ. These women, although having the natural fear of women, came in the darkness to the tomb and were not kept back by the Roman soldiers from paying their last respects to the One whom they loved, and who saved them from sin. As they were coming, they said, ‘Who shall roll us away the stone?’ When they came they found the stone rolled away, and they were told that Jesus was not there, He was risen. They must have believed that He went to glory, as He said, for they were told to go and tell the disciples. They knew that the Saviour was alive and not dead.
“The seeking soul is fearful because of sin and a past life, and they may try in their own strength to merit forgiveness, but there is a stone in the heart and no light enters because of this stone. When God the Holy Spirit removes the stone, the sinner sees the light and realises that he is dealing with a just and merciful God who is waiting to save. The light of the glorious Gospel enters the heart. He knows that, of himself, he can do nothing. ‘By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight.’ He casts himself absolutely on the mercy of God in Christ.
“He believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He is raised from the dead. He believes that Christ is alive for evermore at the right hand of God, and that He is able to save to the uttermost, and will in no wise cast out those who come unto Him.
“In the mirror of God’s Word he sees something of his sinfulness, and he longs for holiness. He has ceased to put his trust in an arm of flesh. He now knows a little of his own weakness. But God’s strength is made perfect in his weakness and those who trust in Him are not put to shame.
“I was glad to hear that a man who served with me in the army and who was killed in action, had this verse written on his Bible, ‘Fear not ye: I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified’. His Bible was sent home. It gave comfort to his people, and I may say that I rejoiced when I heard it.
“It is a mark on this people that they rejoice to hear of others testifying that they are for Christ. Their question at communion times is, ‘Did anyone come forward to profess Christ?’ They desire God’s cause to be advanced and to give Him the glory.
“God will not leave a poor, seeking soul to wander about in his own strength, but will draw him to Himself. They that seek shall not seek in vain. They will never be absent from the means of grace if they can be there, but sympathise with those who are not able to go. They hope that God will be glorified and that they will be kept.”
Rev. D. A. MacFarlane. “I would desire to say over again what one or two of the brethren said, ‘At morn let me Thy kindness hear; for in Thee do I trust.’ Where that is, there is the breathing of the Holy Spirit. That soul is alive, and among the living in Jerusalem, begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. They desire to know the way, and to be in it, and it in them.”
The Rev. Angus Finlay MacKay, M.A. A Tribute
by the Rev. D.M. Boyd
This tribute by the Rev. Donald M. Boyd was read at the funeral service in Inverness Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, on Wednesday, 14th August 1996.
THE Rev. Angus Finlay MacKay, M.A., was the oldest minister in the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland at the time of his death on Saturday, 10th August, 1996, in Ballifary Home of Rest.
His father, Donald MacKay, was from Breasclete and his mother, Alexina (Lexy) Matheson, was from Kyle. His father joined the Royal Navy and moved to Portsmouth where Angus was born on 28th June 1908.
During the First World War his mother and family were evacuated from
Portsmouth to Muir of Ord. Here he attended Dingwall Academy and the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Mr MacKay remembered visiting the Dingwall manse as a young boy when he was attending the Sabbath School. He had fond memories of the late Rev. Donald Macfarlane, the founding minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, whom he described as having “a bright eye and an active intellect”. Mr MacKay told me that the Rev. Donald Beaton never knew a minister like the Rev. Donald Macfarlane for getting to the heart of a text.
Angus MacKay went south to study for the M.A. degree in Glasgow University. During his studies, he applied to be a student for the ministry, and began his lifelong interest in books. At the time of his retirement, he had amassed a large and valuable library, some of which formed the basis of the present library in the Inverness congregation. After graduating at the University and completing his studies for the ministry, he was ordained and inducted to the Applecross congregation on 24th September 1935.
While in Applecross he was appointed as a church deputy to Canada for 16 months, where he met his future wife, Iona Steedman. After the Second World War, she crossed the Atlantic to join Mr MacKay when he moved from the Applecross congregation to be inducted to the Inverness congregation on 8th January 1947, where he laboured for 40 years.
As one of the largest congregations in the church, it involved him in much pastoral work. For years he held three services on the Sabbath and two Prayer meetings weekly, one in Gaelic and one in English.
Besides these heavy pastoral duties, he continued to serve the church at large. As well as further deputations to Canada, he also went to Australia and New Zealand, and to the Church’s Mission in Zimbabwe, and he was the Church’s tutor in Greek and New Testament studies for many years.
The Synod honoured him by appointing him Moderator of the Church’s supreme court on three occasions, in 1945, 1969 and 1984. He was the Clerk of the Northern Presbytery for 33 years, and his brethren in the Presbytery marked the occasion of his retirement from the Clerk’s office with a suitable presentation to him, on 24th September 1985, the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the ministry.
Two years later, on completing 40 years in Inverness, the Rev. Angus MacKay retired from the active oversight of the congregation in 1987. The appreciation of the congregation for their former minister was seen in providing Mr and Mrs MacKay with a flat in Inverness for their retirement.
However, his work did not cease. He was called upon to hold services in vacant congregations, which he willingly supplied. Then in 1989 he
witnessed the split in his large congregation caused by the APC secession, and he took steps to calm the troubled minds of the people. He wrote a letter which was read to the Inverness congregation on the first Sabbath after the secession advising and exhorting them to hold fast and to remain with the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
As the senior minister in the Presbytery, Mr MacKay convened the first emergency meeting of the Northern Presbytery after the split and thus contributed to the re-establishing of the work of the Gospel in our midst. His health suffered a set-back through a stroke in the early months of 1989, but, as soon as he recovered, his ministerial services were willingly given to help the over-stretched congregations in the north which had been decimated of ministers overnight. He assisted most weekends in neighbouring congregations until new ministers were inducted into these localities, to Inverness towards the end of 1989, to Daviot, Stratherrick and Tomatin in 1990, to Dingwall and Beauly in 1992, and more recently to Dornoch in 1996. He recovered sufficient health to be appointed Moderator of the Northern Presbytery in 1990 which was his last official appointment. He was keen to continue the Gaelic Prayer meeting in Inverness, but in the summer of 1992 the weekly Gaelic Prayer meeting was changed to a monthly one as his strength was failing, and now there is only an English Prayer meeting.
Laterly, he became a resident in the Free Presbyterian Care Home for the elderly, Ballifary House. Here he was tenderly cared for by the staff until he passed away quietly on the morning of Saturday, 10th August, 1996.
Mr MacKay is survived by his widow and three married sons with their families. We extend our sympathies to them and other relatives today. They have happy memories of a father who set before them a pre-eminent example of Christian behaviour. All that knew Mr MacKay do not need an explanation of the statement that he was a Christian gentleman in manners, speech and behaviour.
On meeting Mr MacKay one was struck by his demeanour towards God and man, which marked him out to be a man of God. His addresses to the Most High in the public sanctuary were replete with rich devotional language rarely heard, and his daily conduct was befitting his profession — all acknowledging him to be a Christian gentleman. He laboured to preach the Lord Jesus Christ freely to others, to set forth God’s only begotten Son as the Father’s glorious provision for a sin-ruined world. The older generation in our midst will remember him as a faithful pastor, and some as their father in Christ. He practised what he preached, and he has now gone to his eternal reward.
“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them,” Rev. 14:13.
“Other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours,” John 4:38.
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God,” Hebrews 4:9.