Our Master

Our Master

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OUR MASTER
Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord
BY
General Bramwell Booth.

"_As man He suffered--as God He taught_."

TO
MY WIFE

Contents.
Preface
I. The Man for the Century
II. The Birth of Jesus
"_For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord_." (Luke ii. 11.)
"The firstborn among many brethren." (Rom. viii. 29.)
III. Contrasts at Bethlehem
IV. Christ Come Again
"_And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger_." (Luke ii. 7.)
"Christ formed in you." (Gal. iv. 19.)
V. The Secret of His Rule
"_For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin_." (Heb. iv. 15.)
VI. A Neglected Saviour
"_And He came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy_." (Matt. xxvi. 43.)
VII. Windows in Calvary
"_And they crucified Him, and parted His garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet. They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched Him there_." (Matt. xxvii. 35, 36.)
VIII. The Burial of Jesus
"_And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and, took the body of Jesus_." (John xix. 38. And following verses.)
IX. Conforming to Christ's Death
"_That I may know Him . . . being made conformable unto His death_." (Phil. iii. 10.)
X. The Resurrection and Sin
"_Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was . . . declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead_." (Rom. i. 3, 4.)
XI. "Salvation Is of the Lord"
"Salvation is of the Lord." (Jonah ii. 9.)
"Work out your own salvation." (Phil ii. 12.)
XII. Self-Denial
"_If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me_." (Matt. xvi. 24.)
XIII. In Unexpected Places
"_And . . . while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know Him_." (Luke xxiv. 15, 16.)
XIV. Ever the Same
"_Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His: and He changeth the times and the seasons_." (Dan. ii. 20, 21.)
"_I am the Lord, I change not_." (Mal. iii. 6.)

Preface

The present volume contains some of the papers bearing on the Birth and Death and Work of our Lord Jesus Christ which I have contributed from time to time to Salvation Army periodicals. I hope that in this form they may continue the service of souls which I am assured they began to render when, one by one, they were first published.
Much in them has, I do not doubt, come to me directly or indirectly by inspiration or suggestion of other writers and speakers, and I desire therefore to acknowledge my indebtedness to the living, both inside and outside our borders, as well as to the holy dead.
Bramwell Booth.
Barnet, May, 1908.

I.
The Man for the Century

I.
The Need.
The new Century has its special need.
The need of the twentieth century will be men. In every department of the world's life or labour, that is the great want. In religion, in politics, in science, in commerce, in philanthropy, in government, all other necessities are unimportant by comparison with this one.
Given men of a certain type, and the religious life of the world will thrive and throb with the love and will of God, and overcome all opposition. Given men of the