Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-26
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THE MASTERS CALL,


"The Master is come and calleth Tor
| thee. John 11:28.
What JOY must have thrilled the
heart Of Mary when this announce
ment was made to her by her sister
Martha
The sisters were in deep sorrow.
| Their brother, Lazarus, whom they
| fondly loved, was dead. This sorrow
was probably greatly intensified, too,
by the absence of their Friend, who
had become very dear to them, and
so near and dear to their departed
| brother, Jesus, as we believe, had been
| very frequent and a very welcome
| guest at their Bethany home, but
when their brother had been stricken
ooWn by a severe sickness, He was
! not there. They had sent for Him
while he was still living, but He had
not come. And now their brother was
dead. Lazarus was no more. There
must have been feelings of very great
| sadness as the sisters felt that II
Jesus had been there, their brother
had not died. He might have saved
his life. And then, how natural that
with the feeling of regret for His alb
sence, there should have come also
the fear that their Friend did not
really love them as they had so fondly
| thought He had. They had informed
Him that their brother was sick, and
yet He had not come to them. How
natural 1t would have been to have
said within themselves, Jesus surely
did not love us as we supposed He
did. When He was away from us, He
forgot US. He found other friends,
and we are no more thought Of. How
| greatly do such thoughts intensity
our sufferings. How welcome, then,
must have been the declaration Of the
sister as she said, THE Master Is
come and calleth for thee" 1t seemed
to say, He has not forgotten us, He
has not neglected us, He Is come, He
calleth for thee.
How this dispelled the clouds! How
it let the sunshine in! What peace
and comfort; what JOY and gladness,
glad announcement was made. THE
Master Is come, and ca1leth for thee"
At once there would be suggested to
her mind what she afterwards found
was true that He had good reasons
for not coming to them before. 1t was
not for lack Of interest in them nor
for lack of love for them but He could
see the end, from the beginning could
see that a great good might be accom-
plished by His remaining away till
Lazarus should breathe his last.
Doubtless He could see that 1t would
be for their highest good and for the
good of mrltitudes beside them that
He should not come sooner to them
/. And we can now see how much would
have been missed which has been
great benefit to thousands who have
lived and are now gone, and to other
thousands who are still living. How
much the world would have lost, as
we'll as those afflicted sisters, if the
Saviour had not wept with Martha and
Mary
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stop with the thrilling Of Mary's heart
at that time, but coming down through
the ages, they have awakened emo
lions of joy and gladness in the hearts
of vast multitudes who have been
comforted and helped by these mani
festations CT our Saviour'a faithfulness
to His loved ones,
How many are there in this world
like Martha and Mary, deeply afflicted
with sorrow that the world cannot
remove and sometimes when they feel
most deeply tho need of some help
more than the world can give, 1t seems
to them, perhaps, that the Saviour to
whom they try to look has forgotten
them. They do not seem to see His
face. Everything about them seemed
dark and dismal, and the Saviour far
away. How delightful, then, to think
that for some good end which we can
not see, He is permitting this sorrow
to come upon us. Surely it must be for
some good. He has not forgotten us,
nor been unmindful Of our cries. And
then how the heart leaps with joy as,
in our grief, we hear the glad sounds
of words spoken. it may be, by human
lips, or whispered by the blessed Holy
Spirit, saying Come unto Me, !.
will give you rest" The very echo,
1t would seem, of Martha's message to
Mary, THE Master IS come and calleth
for thee"
It was personal call to Mary. 1t
is a personal call to you. 1t seemed
to Mary, perhaps, for time, as If
Jesus had forgotten them, but He had
not He had them all the while in
kind and loving remembrance, and He
was allowing this which seemed to her
like such a sad calamity, to come up
on them for a good end. And so we
may believe that if He allows sorrows
to come upon us, it is for some good
and wise purpose, and that 1t will
WORK In SONS way for good IF we