when we know that her anguish and His agony are undergone for us; that, of every pang she feels, we are the cause; that every suffering of His soul is the result of our sinful thoughts and desires; every torture of His body the result of the sins we have committed with our five senses. Oh! God help the poor soul that cannot sympathize with its suffering Brother and Lord. God help the poor heart that does not melt with compassion in response to His feeble cry: " Have pity on Me, have pity on Me, at least you, My friends.,,
Pity will be not only akin to love, but will become love itself if we listen to His third and last invitation: " Oh all ye that labor and are burdened, come to Me and I will refresh you, and you shall find peace for your souls." Who of us can afford to reject that blessed invitation? Who of us does not, at times, find his cross lie heavy upon him and the enemies of his soul persecute and torment him, and his life devoid of all but desolation of spirit and misery of mind and body? Who of us who does not, at times, find the work of salvation hard labor, and the yoke of God a heavy burden? No; in all the world there is not one who does not need frequent spiritual refreshment to bring peace to his soul. This refreshment and this peace he must seek for, in meditating on, and comparing Christ's sufferings with his own. The thought of these sufferings will make his own seem light; he will forget his own trials out of pity for his Saviour. When he remembers that his Saviour suffered all that for him, love will take possession of his
