WHAT beautiful horses and what a kind master! We know he is kind, because he is waiting patiently for both horses to drink their fill; and he has taken the bits from their mouths, so that they can drink with ease. God takes account of all these things, and He says: “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.” (Prov. 12:1010A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (Proverbs 12:10).)
Have you a kind master? Perhaps you will say, “I have no master, I am no one’s servant.” So, you think, and so thought a young woman of whom I will tell you.
An aged servant of Christ had been visiting in the family where this young woman was working. On leaving, he handed out some money, and said: “Divide this among the servants.”
The young woman was indignant, and said, “I am nobody’s servant!” A little boy in the family answered her thus:
“Why, L—, you must be somebody’s servant; you are either a servant of the Lord Jesus or a servant of Satan.”
And so, I ask you affectionately, Whose servant are you? Who is your master? If you can subscribe yourself like “Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ” (Rom. 1:11Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Romans 1:1)) happy are you. I know you can say, He is a good, kind Master. But if, alas! you are the slave of Satan, you will find him a hard master. He may give you the pleasures of sin for a season, but the wages of sin is death. O, if you are his slave, I beseech you before it is too late, throw off this yoke, and take Christ’s easy yoke. (Matt. 11:3030For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:30).) May it be true of each dear reader,
ML 04/02/1916