The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22

the risen Christ appeared unto the doubling
Thomas. he. overcome with adoring love.
exclaimed, My Lord and my God! AS
with them. SO with us. 1t is the personal
appearing of the risen Christ that shall
call forth the conservation of Or lives
to him as Lord and Master. The cross Will
call forth love. but tho depth of our devo-
ton is not touched until we see the risen
Christ in his glory.
"Wha that heartfelt expression. Rabbonf,
dala it means to all those that love heir
living Lord. 1t means an acknowledgment
served surrender unto him as the absolute
master of our entire being; it means Christ
our Master. all in all or not at ALL
"Eabboni means his maStersnip over the
mind. the power Of thought. There are those
who claim the right to think as they please
free thinkers. But to state it Is to con
please only when they please to think what
is right, just as you have a right to do as
you please when you please to do what IS
right. Is the Christian then under bondage?
BY no means: but. on the contrary. he alone
has true freedom-the freedom whereWith
Christ hath set him free. the freedom to
The ~thought-life must be under his control
and as thousht-master he will direct the
operation Of the mind. keeping 1t from error
and wrong. and guiding IT into truth and
right. He would nave us think his thoughts
after him.
'Rabboni means Christ's mastership over
Ile neaTt. II IS IIe heart III CHElSC dHu
secondary. 1t is love to him with all the
heart. He is first in our affections. and
above all others. above father or mother,
sister or brother. husband or wife. He that
loveth father and mother more than me Is
not worthy Of me- but the more we love
him the more purely, the more sincerely 40
is divine love inspiring human hearts.
His mastership Of the heart means that
we give him the right to tell us how, whom
and what IN 1--we He would 1nvo n with
the whole heart, all that he has made. out
Of q pure desire for the highest amd hottest
good. He wouli have us love all men as in
world. neither the things OF lust that are
in the world; for he that loveth the world
hath not the love of God in him.
"Rabboni means his mastership of the
conscience. A man once said that ne was
so much the Lords that he did not haye to
pay his debts. but that the Lord would
place in such hypoeriticai pIety and no
place in such a. conscience. Under his Lord
ship conscience gives a clear vision Of the
toward man.. 1t will teach US the relative
Importance Of duties, whether as parents or
children. husbands or wives. friends or
neigh.bors. citizens or strangers. 1t makes
clear the right in all such and kindred re-
lations.
His mastership Of conscience tells us
what is right and what is wrong. what we
ought to do and what we ought not to do.
In some things we feel an obligation, in
others a privilege. This indeed Is true, but
not always rightly interpreted. Many there
be read: above the Bible. may be- read;
above the work Of six days. must be-;
above the worship of one day, may be-
as sacred and binding 2 duty as the other.
All duties are sacred before God and con-
science. With Christ as master of mind
we grow into the measure of our lives in
him.