Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-13

- Rev. Junius B. Remensnyder
'y ,,.on under my body and bring
But . NH Col. TX. p.
in0 ' nan IS q king, and to him Is
Eyer! - scepter of a kingdom. His
''D =. 't tnII Of vital forces and his splr-
boy D osr and turbulent powers. II
o. wi, masters, holds these well
b 9n5l his will be a successful and
b D"DG l,po But if he allows these
b2N 70 rim wild, to know no firm
p'S,' inf at caprice, his life will be
lallu-. nostIa here, first Of ali, calls at
In' Lux 70 rhe need of bodily self-mas-
SD"'D IL keep under my body" The
S! onr most excellent servant, but
DOW nous master. It's appetites and
y .D~, rnnsr be governed, subjected
'S ,'..;nIfns That the body is largely
U ,oo+ Of temptation and that, as our
D' nrs "Tr must be kept under" is
FA' , Va, Of the value of the church
l" If Lent 1t means that it is
S'. gas. IN DENY the body than to lose
he soul. ,oon+ A., 90
,7,os and temper. The heart feeds
g"' .nrinps Of the soul and is the nurs-
era that moves it to deeds. A real
will he master of his thoughts,
, ,. and desires. That the world
~, mt spp them does not concern him.
Il ,oos them and he will not tolerate
b,. which is not clean, just and noble.
u0rn # is. in this inner secret cham
l., that men and women are made or
rnrodp AS man thinketh in his
,oort 81 IS he. He who keeps under
4,clnIlnp his impulses and affections
rr hp master of his words. He will
,or he at the mercy Of his temper. He
rfI NOT sneak hasty words. His out
hsaks will not pain those who love
him He will be cool under public
strpss iudicious in speech, calm under
TRIAL. kind and gentle in his home. In
sDv test he will illustrate the Scrip
nrp He that ruleth his spirit is bet
Ter than he that takeh ely"
To a true self-mastery we must keep
Under the spirit Of selfishness. This
tendency is one of the most insidious
and powerful in human nature. The
great majority Of people almost uncOn-
glOnSly lead selfish lives. Their hearts
do not 90 out in true brotherhood. They
Do not enter into fellowship with need
and suffering. They pass by on the
other side" Of scenes of sorrow and
woe.
Sir Philip Sidney, as writer, soldier
and cOurtier. was the admiration of his
age But his noblest act was when dy-
Lg from a bullet wound on the field Of
battle he Instantly handed the water
brought to quench his burning thirst to
wounded soldier carried by whom he
saw looking eagerly at it, with the re-
mark They necessity is yet greater
than mine Such fine self-repression
can come alone from a discipline OF
obedience to the rule Thou shalt love
Thy nejghbor as myself
The struggle for self-masterv is the
secret Of Individual fate. Victory or
oeleat, salvation or ruin hang on the
&Ue. This Is the temptation that puts
every man. woman and youth to the
@Sr TO tell of what moral stuff they
sre made.
1t is ruin to anyone" says Ruskin,
ne let's himself alone, does not keep
Mnsef under the curb and spur of dis
dpine"
10 Virgil II Dante's great poem first
"AeS the poet through all the expert
'TeS OF hell and purgatory and then
ia MIN to be his own guide, saying ::
master over myself | now crown and
nitre thee"
10 gain this self-control requires a
",Ep light against our lower nature
ruu success can alone be won with the
IF neIp Of God Here religion offers
0 supreme aids: Prayer, the Bible
s-u the church. with her uplift to
1'o.eNs altar, and perilous and won
% n, Is that course before every soul
-, ,~e On earth, with its dangers and
o n.alphs and then the spirits flight
amid the stars.
And the first requisite needed for this
5.,. venture is self-mastery, that thou
nn s' myself, body and spirit, all thy
s Sr~g'S and fates under wise and firm