Come Unto Me — Charing Cross
Story★★★★Alfred Noyes told the following story: In the midst of the First World War an enormous crowd was gathered near Charing Cross to welcome the returning wounded British soldiers. First came those who were slightly wounded; they were bandaged, but could walk. They were greeted with cheers. Then came those who seemed drunken or insane; they suffered from shell shock. Then came the closed ambulances, containing the desperately wounded. The crowd was silent. At that moment of in- tense and universal stillness two men held aloft an enor- mous sign, where all could see it, and on this sign was printed: Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
The point
During WWI when welcoming wounded soldiers, observers displayed a sign quoting Christ's invitation to the weary and heavy laden, connecting their suffering to salvation.