July 20

There is but one . . . Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Cor. viii. 6.

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. — MATT. xxiii. 8.

BOTH by precept and example our blessed Saviour teaches us the greatness and the glory of a meek and lowly spirit. — that superiority comes by subjection: that mastership goes hand in hand with ministration: that the only true greatness is the greatness of him that serves. He washed his disciples' feet, and said, "I am among you as he that serveth." He declares of himself that he came "not to be ministered unto, but to minister," and says, "Whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant." How often he said, "He that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted"? The teaching of his entire ministry, and especially the teaching of his cross, is against the desire to be called "Rabbi."

One is our Master, even Christ. How deep a want of our being is answered here! We must have a master; we were formed for reverencing and loving, for learning, following, and obeying. Such a master we have in Jesus Christ our Lord; and upon him we may expend those feelings of boundless admiration and passionate attachment and devotion which we may cherish for no earthly master. Let us sit at his feet and learn of him. Let us take our orders from him. Let us be loyal to him.

J. Spangler Kieffer

O Master, let me walk with thee In lowly paths of service free. Tell me thy secret; help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care.

WASHINGTON GLADDEN.