The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-09-12

ing EatH unto Nimt hlAHEeff We nave
toilod All the night, and have taken 10th
ing; nevertheless nc Thy word / VIII lot
down the net" The disciples are fishing
and all the night they have t0iItd and
taken nothing. but the Master makes q
simple suggestion, a. q result Of which
they gather in so many fish that their
net brake and their partners came 10
help them and lill both the ships so that
they began 90 sink. He Is the Master 20
help as IN the time al perversity aud trial
and business difficulty There Is no am
noyance In the home bat what might be
right If He were in control; there is no
anxiety in business bot what might be
avoided or met ii He were really Ia the
seat of power IN our lives; there is NO
difficulty 30 great or no annoyance so
trifing as TO be beneath His thoughtlui
suggestion. If, as He said Himself. the
very hairs OF our head are numbered,
and not a sparrow falls 10 the ground
without Gods care, then we may rest as.
sured that He will turn TO us with conn
plete dehverance 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
IL: %, "And when she had 80 said she
went her way and called Mary, her sis
ter, secretly, saying, the Master is come
and Calleth for thee" There IS no home
home OF Mary and Martha and Lazarus.
only because the chief guest of that home
was Jesus, and the one controlling their
every movement was the Son Of God.
Again in Luke Q: IS, we read, "And be-
hold q man of the company cried out say
ing, Master, l beseech Thee, look upon
my son; for he is mine only child" IL
will be a happy time when we have
learned to bring our children to Him, to
place our loved ones in His care, in a
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 a prohgate 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,
"I will never let him 60 ! 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 hin" and
she lived long enough, said my friend. to
see him a Christian, a Judge Of the 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 a way yielded to Him,
would it not be well for us to let Him be
Mogto,s IN Fn nall -,
and make this sort OF a covenant with
Him on this day:
First will let Him rule in my mind,
and viii think only of those things that
are pure and good and true and shall tend
to make mo 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. l will Ley hold of no thing that
would be against Him, and win remem-
Der that / 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 / will strive to go on errands
of mercy as He would go, to do the
things that feel sure would have the
seal of His approval. Ip a word, I viii
give Him control of my whole being,
spirit soul and body shall be under the
sweep of His influence AS a matter of
fact He does now control in our spirits.
He came there the day of regeneration,
and the Spirit in the body of man is like
the holy of holes in the plan of the Tab
ernacle. for Just as when Christ was cru
cited the veil of the temple was rent in
will lay hold upon Him as my Master,
counting myself to have been crucifed
with Him, buried with Him, risen with
! Him and seated with Him, believing that
! He will thus infuse my whole being,
breaking down any barriers between my
nature and making me to be as He would
have me be.