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The Mastery of Self

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 18, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 20.

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The Mastery of Self

MAN was intended by his Creator to rule himself and the material universe. That is a greater achievement in God’s sight than to be a crowned victor on the bloody battle-field, or a crowned hero as an explorer, or a lauded discoverer of a new star, or a world-famous inventor; for the mastery over self affects not only man’s entire life, and his destiny in the beyond, but it may affect the spiritual and eternal well-being, here and hereafter, of multitudes of his fellow men. As the spiritual is higher than the material, so the conquest involved is of greater significance. Solomon says: “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.” The fact is, man must master himself, or he will be mastered. It is a question of bondage or of freedom, of servitude or of liberty.—United Presbyterian.