In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

Chapter 7
Christ Our Example
November 9, 1895 Armadale Campmeeting
Talk, The Bible Echo, February 3 & 10, 1896
“Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My
yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your
souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is
light.” (Matt. 11:28-30)
I wish especially to call attention to these
words: “Take My yoke upon you, and learn of
Me.” Everybody knows that Christ is our example
in the Christian life. It would be useless for me to
take your time or mine to set forth that fact. There
are a great many who desire to imitate the example
of Christ, a great many who do not know how, and
the purpose of our study this afternoon will be, if
possible, to help some one to know how to do this.
I take it for granted that every Christian knows that
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