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

The Dangers Bcsetting Business Mem
The Different Versions OF the Tempta.
lions OF Christ and How They Cam BE
Reconciled-Scrmon by Bishop Odcn-
heimcr, OF New Jersey.
The morning service at Calvary church, corner
OF Twenty first street and Fourth avenue, was well
attended yesterday. The music was, as 1t usually
Is, very good and the sermon was pregnant with
material for pious reflection. It was delivered by
Bishop Odenheimer, Of New Jersey, who chose for
his text-"And when the tempter came TO Him
and said, III thou be the Son Of God command
that these stones be made bread.' But Jesus
swered and said 1T is written man shall not live
by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth
from the mouth OF Goa "-Matthew w., 8-8.
The object Of the sermon, the gist OF which will be
found below, was to disprove the s0phistries
which OF late years have obtained ground amsng
the people OF the country, especially the critical
and educated.
THE SERMON.
The words have just said to you have been 80
construed by some persons as to mean that Christ
was man alone and not God. The persons who
PROFOUND this doctrine say that II Christ was God
He could not have been tempted. 19I4s G.G
They seem to forget that Christ was man as well
as God, and that the fact of His having been
tempted Is suficient TO prove that He was man,
and His resisting the temptation suflcent to show
His divinity. Then. again, these same critically
wise people seem to have their doubts as to the
authenticity OF the Word, 'for," say they,
Matthew's and a C.aI ~. .gT
LUkE's ACCOUNTS OF THE TExrrATIoNs DIFFER
in point OF order" Those who speak thus expose
their sflallOwness, because the two men are moro
In contrast than In comparison. The one was
fisherman and stated things In their chrome
highly educated, made an ethical classi
oS son has Of sa Ss@ and IN hs
dobt but that Matthew's version OF the temptations
that that Of Luke is in the order Of their signh-
cance In Luke we have, first, the lust Of the body,
next the lust OF the eyes, and lastly the pride or
life. This Is q regular graduation, while that OF
Matthew, the fisherman, ls q plain, unyarnished
tale Of the events as they happened. None can
same, consequently the order in which they are
given does not detraCt from their authenticity.
Allow me hear to state parenthetically that people
OF little faith and weak minds are carried away by
pliers, who cast q slur on the veracity Of the In
spfred Word and contend that science and religion
are Incompatible. My friends and brothers, let me
warn you that faith alone can In this millennium OF
Christ-iike into wilderness Of Temptation. Men
are every day tempted by the gt
LUST OF THE BODY,
by the lust OF the eye and the PRIDE Of life OF ali
these besettng dangers the lust OF the eye Is the
most dangerous. We are tempted to get what we
see others possessed Of and are more likely to
follow the
wILL-O'-THE-wIsP OF MATERIAL FORTUNE
than we are to fall into any other snare the devil
may make for u.s. Knowing, then. these facts, let
Lent by trying to resist these temptations, and
with Gods grace you will succeed, and on the go-
rious morn Of Easter which hope you will live to
enjoy In soul and body, be better men and women.