The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-03
CHRIST CHURCH.

Morning, Afternoon and Evening Ser
vices Mt Christ Church-scrmon by the
Rev. DR.. Thompson on Resisting
Temptation.
The Rev. DR.. Hugh Miller Thompson's church,
Thirty-1fth street and Fifth avenue was attended
yesterday morning and afternoon by large and
fashionable and also very devout congregation.
Tho morning services consisted Of prayer and the
administration OF the holy sacrament 1t being the
monthly communion Sunday. large number Of
the congregation approached the molly table Of the
Lord and partook of the sacred elements
In the afternoon the Rev. DR.. Thompson
preached. He chose his text from the Gospel
OF the day, which will be found Ia st. Matthew, w.,
1-"Thsn was Jesus LED up Of the Spirit into the
Wilderness to be tempted Of the devil And when
He had tasted forty days and forty nights He was
afterward hungered. And when
THE TEMPTER CAME TO HIM,
IF Thou be the Son OF God command that these
stones be made bread.'" The preacher here intro.
duced his discourse by abiding to the suferings
Of our Lord in the wilderness, and how the devil
came to Him and promised Him Kingdoms and all
their possessions If He would fall down and wOr-
ship him, and how He watched prayed ana suf.
iered for the welfare OF mankind. We keep during
these forty days OF Lent the memorial OF one OF the
greatest transactions that ever occurred on this
DURING THESE FORTY DAYS
our Lord prepared himself Tor what came after
wards. He knew that He was to oirer mp His life
to be sacrificed for the salvation Of mankind. Dur
Ing this holy season must not give ourselves up
to the distractions OF this life. We must try and
follow eur Lord through oil His Affections and suf-
ferings, that we may know more fully how to
initiate Him. We are tempted a. our Lord was.
The devil, II we are poor and hungry, whispers
into our ears that II we will fall down and worship
him he will give US all that we desire in this
world. Let us not listen to the tempter, bat like
our blessed Saviour say, "Get thee hence Satan;
for II Is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and Him only shalt thou serve" Thousands
OF men who call themselves Christians fall down
every day and
WORSHIP THE DEVIL.
Beware my brethren. OF the tempter. man may
go on lying, cheating and scheming, robbiug the
widow and orphan; he may mount the pinnacle OF
wealth and fame, but let God place His hand upon
him and he will fall to the ground crushed. Look
at the men who have gone ON day after day
cheating and lying bringing nation into
disgrace, all for their own selfish purposes. Is
not this the work Of the tempterf There
Is something more than the getting OF bread to be
sought after In this life you mark one mans life
you will see that he has mounted the pinnacle OF
fame BY cheating and lying. He may hold his Ill
gotten possessions for one, ten or twenty years.
but one day God Will put His hand on him, and In
His omnipotence he VIII crush out this creature
who has yielded to the tempter. The reverend
doctor closed his remarks by telling his hearers to
spend the season Of Lent in doing good, initiating
as near as possible the life OF our Saviour.
services OF prayer and singing were held In the
evening, which ended the religious exercises Of the
nrst sunday OF Lent at this church.