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OUR MASTER

Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord

General Bramwell Booth.

"As man He suffered--as God He taught."

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.)