Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-08-21

ing said unto. Him, Master; We hays
ts1ed all the flight, and have taken moth.
ing; nevertheless at Thy word I will let
down the net" The disciples are fishing
and all the night they have toilsd and
taken nothing. but the Master makes
slmple suggestion, as a result OF which
they gather in so many fish that their
net brake and their, partners came to
help them and fill both the ships so that
they began to sink: He Is the Master to
help us in the time Of perversity and Trial
| and Business. difficulty There. is no an
noyaness s r. f. the heb home = but What might be
anxiety il business but what might be
avoided Or met if He were really in the
seat OF power in our lives; there is no
difficulty SO great or no annoyance SO
trifing as to be beneath His thoughtful
| suggestion. If, as He said Himself, the
| very hairs of our head are numbered,
and not sparrow falls to the ground
without Gods care, then we may rest as
sured that He will turn to US with COM
| plete deliverance if He only be recog-
| nized as Master.
Third-He is the Master of the home
particularly, and is the secret of victory
IN every time Of difficulty or trial. John
went her way and called Mary, her SIS
ter, secretly; saying; the Master is come
! and calleth for thee.'' There is no home
more beautiful in all the world than the
| home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus,
only because, the chief guest of that home
was JESUS; and the one controlling their
| Again in Luke 9: 50, we read, ssAnd be-
hold man of the company cried out say
| ing, Master, I beseech Thee, look upon
| my son; for he is mine only child" It
will be q happy time when we have
learned to bring our children to Him, to
place our loved ones in His care; in
word. to recognize Him as the Master OF
us all:
A very dear friend of mine, one Of
family of seven sons, told me that his old.
| Scotch mother almost broke her heart in
the old land because one Of her seven
sons was prohigate. There came into
her home one day an aged neighbor who
| said, why do you sorrow so; you have
six sons saved let John CO." And my
mother, said my friend, rose tremblingly,
leaning upon the chair heavily and said,
II will never let him go. l gave him to
God before he was born. carried him
into the kirk as soon as could walk, and
he is Gods child, and He will have him if
He turns the world over to get him." and
see him Christian; Judge of +le high'
| est courts in America and an officer in
| the church.
Fourth-But of all the expressions the
one used by Mary in the text is the most
striking. ''Rabboni," which is to say.
"My Master!" Since He has redeemed
Us and God has given us to Him, and we
have ourselves in way yielded to Him,
would it not be we'll for us to let Him be
our Master in fact as we'll as in name,
and make this sort of covenant with
Him on this day:
First-I will let Him rule in my mind,
and will think only of those things tha.
| nd nd nd ho1l n
to make me like Him.
Second-I will let Him dwell in my
heart, remembering that out of the full
ness of the heart the mouth speaketh,
and remembering also that the heart is a
fountain sending forth streams either bit
ter or sweet according as either Christ or
His great enemy be in control.
Third-He. shall be the Master of my
hands. I will lay hold of no thing that
would be against Him, and I will remem-
Der that I am in this world in His stead
to minister as He would minister and help
as He would help.
Fourth-He shall have absolute control
of my feet. l will strive to go on errands
Of mercy as He would CO. to do the
things that I feel sure would have the
seal of His approval In word, I will
give Him control of my whole being,
spirit, soul and body shall be under the
sweep of His influence. AS matter OF
IdcC he uOeS now cOnCrOl IN our spirits
He came there the day of regeneration
and the Spirit in the body Of a man is like
the holy of holies in the plan of the Tab
ernacle. for just as when Christ was cru
cited the veil of the temple was rent in
twain, so now [ make covenant that ]
will lay hold upon Him as my Master
counting myself to have been cruciied
with Him, buried with Him, risen with
) Him and seated with Him, believing that
, He will thus infuse nv whole being
breaking down any barriers between my
nature and making me to be as He would
. have me be.