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pray that We enter not into temptation. And
what say 10 you say to all, Watch"
Secondly, let us consider


TIE TEMPTATION ITSELF.
Observe how the attack was commenced.
Satan said, "If thou be the Son of God" Ap-
parently he would irsinuate doubt as to our
Saviour's true Messiahship. And thus does
the devil tempt the child OF God in circum-
stances of adversely. He comes to him and
says, "Surely you cannot be Gods child.
Would he leave thee thus If thou vert his
childH' Whatever you do, hold fast your col-
fdence. Say with Job, Though he slay me,
yet will trust in him."
The first temptation is to distrust. Com
mand that these stones should be made bread
Christ was tempted as man. As man Christ
was under the limitations and laws of our COM
mon humanity. 1t was his duty, as ours, to
trust his Fathers providential care. Now, If
Christ had yielded to the suggestion, he would
have been placing himself outside his Fathers
care. This first temptation comes TO the
Christian in adversely. A way out of diff
culties is presented; policy of relief is sug-
gested; but the way is dishonorable AMI the
policy crooked. What should be our reply
MAN shall not live by bread alone" &c. Re
ferring to the history of the Israelites and the
wonderful supply of mama, our Lord would
have the devil understand that when all ordi-
nary supplies fail God can still supply the need
OF those who trust him. Under no conceivable
circumstances of distress is man at liberty
to doubt or distrust Gods providential care.
THE SECOND TEMPTATION
was in a direction the very opposite to the
first. Christ will not distrust. The devil
now seeks to get him to presume. Taking
Christ to the ba.tlement of the temple, he
says, "Cast thyself down." The Jews looked
for Christ's visible descent in the vicinity of
the temple, and the devil, referring to this,
says, "Cast thyself down." Further he
quoted Scripture; but always beware of the
DEVILS quotations of Scripture. The promise
is given to the Messiah, but under certain con-
ditions, "He shall give his angels charge to
keep thee in all thy ways" Now, this was
not one of Christ's ways, and the devil knew
that If he had quoted the whole passage he
would have destroyed the force of the tempsa-
tion. Christ replied, "Thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God" No man is at liberty to
presume on Gods care.
THE THIRD TEMPTATION
was to secure the end of his mission by the
use of unlawful means. The Kingdoms OF this
world belonged to Christ; they were his by
covenant engagement. To establish this en-
pire Christ came into the world, and when re-
demption shall reach its eliminating glory the
Kingdoms of this world shall have become the
Kingdoms of our. Lord and of his Christ But
observe, Christ had to found his empire in
blood not the blood of his foes, but his own
precious blood. He must tread the wiue-press
alone; he must expire on the cross. Now the
devil suggests that Christ should spare himself
and the Church all the suffering before them
and accept the kingdoms of this world from
himself. When we are thus tempted to think
that the end justifes the means, let US remeu-
Der him who would not even pass the cup, but
drained it TO is bitter dregs. Learn from the
subject to expect temptation, the way to meet
it, and the victory that will crown successful
resistance.
MR.. WEBB is AN ENGLIsHMAN,
about IS years of age, and was received into
the Virginia conference at its last session from
the English Wesleyan church. He is tall and
Of commanding appearance, with a clear, ring
ing voice, and speaks with great fluency. The
vast audience listened to him with rapt atten-
tion for more than an hour. The singing dur
ing the service was such as is rarely heard on
a camp-grOund.
When the congregation was dismissed the
vast multitude dispersed and repaired to the
dining court, boarding-tents and carriages for
dinner. About six hundred dined at the hotel,
including the regular boarders.
At 9 O'Clock children's meeting was held
in the tabernacle under the direction of Rev.
W. l. McKenny. Addresses were delivered by
Rev. j. c. Star and Messrs. Ashley and Nve.
At 3 o'clock the bell called the congregation
az ain to the stand to listen to
SERMON BY REV. MIR. NORRIS,
pastor of Dunbarton-street church, George
town. His text was in the prophecy of Isaiah,
xiv ::22-"Look unto me and be ye saved, all the
ends of the earth The first thought which
he deduced from the text was that THE
necessity of salvation is evident from the fact
hat man is sinner against God, the Divine
Law-giveT, who has declared that sin shall not
20 unpunished; secondly, salvation is COM
plete and perfect deliverance from the guilt
ani power to sin; thirdly, salvation is offered
on terms which are simple, just and elninently
merciful."
The sermon was clear and strong and de-
livered with great earnestness. Mr.. Norris
never fails to meet the responsibilities of any
position in which he may be placed. At the
same hour an overfowing meeting was held in
the Southern Methodist tent, in which earnest,
burning addresses were delivered by Messrs.
Charlie Nye, Jack Reynolds, Major Hall and
Buh Eggleston. These Christian gentlemen
have lost no opportunities for doing good
since they came on the ground. They are
in lators.
Soon after the afternoon services
THE CROWD BEGAN TO THIN OUT.
The whistle of the locomotive announced that
The train was about to move cityward, and
there was q general movement toward the
depot.
It is 4 little remarkable that, notwithstand-
ing the great crowd, with all the attending cir
there was no accident of any kind,
as far as could be ascertained, and the order
was almost unexceptionabe.
Among those in attendance were Mayor
Chas. Miller, Messrs. Tlton and An
ierson, Miss Quinn, Mr.. Will Beckman and
Miss Beckley, all of Frederick; Hon. Mont
eomery Blair, Judge Bouick, W. J. Done and
W. W. BluIt, of Rockville; Grafton Monroe
and VIM. H. Hiss, of Annapolis.
Rev. DR.. McCauley, president Of Dickinson
College, will preside to, night.