The Master's words, from his: "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" while he, a child, tarried at Jerusalem, to the tearful expression of victory over self as he prayed in Gethsemane, "Not my will, but Thine, be done"—his words, all his words, his work, his whole life was one grand anthem of consecration to God. As we retrace his journey from Bethlehem to Calvary, we realize, indeed, that his Father's business was his work and his Father's will, his impulse.
We half forget the bloody persecutions of the Inquisition when we catch again a glimpse of the Truth in the consecration of the martyrs. It was the consecration of Luther that moved on the Reformation. Looking back, we see that the progress of every reform is measured by the consecration of its leaders and adherents.
How many of us to-day, are breathing and living and working because of the consecration of one who, guided by the same star that led the wise men of old. has followed obediently, labored untiringly, and conquered gloriously? Thank God, thank God for the consecration of our Leader!
