The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-04-03

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been almost impatient at the time taker
for mastication; but Christ with one
hand beat back the hunger, and with the
other hand beat back the monarch o
darkness. Dye tempted ones Chris
was tempted. We are told that Naopo
leon ordered coat of mai made, but ht
vas not quite certain that it was impen
etrable, so he said to the manufacturero
the coat of mail, Put it on now yoursel
and let us try it," and, with shot aftel
shot from his own pistol, the Emperor
found out that it was just what it pre-
tended to be--a good coat of mail. Then
the man received q large reward. bless
God that the same coat OF mail thai
struck back the weapons Of temptation
from the head of Christ we may now all
wear, for Jesus comes and says, II have
been temped, and | know what 1t is to be
tempted. Take this robe that defended
me and wear it for yourselves. ! shall
see you through all trials, and | shall see
you through all temptations"
"But" says Satan still further to Jesus
"come and | will show you something
worth looking at," and after half days
journey they came to Jerusalem, and to
the top of the temple, Just as one might
go up in the tower Of Antwerp and look
off upon Belgium, 80 Satan brought
Christ to the top of the Temple. Some
people at great height feel dizzy, and a
strange disposition to jump; So Satan
come to Christ in that very crisis. Stand
ing there at the top of the Teinple they
look of. A magnificent reach of the
country. Grain fields, vineyards, olive
groves, forests and streams, cattle in the
valley, aocks on the hill, and villages,
and cities, and realms, "Now," says Sa-
tan, "lll make bargain. Just jump off,
| know it is great way from the top of
the Temple to the valley but if you are
divine you can fly. Jump of. 1t won't
hurt you. Angels will catch you. Your
father will hold you. Besides, III make
you large present if you will. | will
give you Asia Minor, I'll give you China,
Pll give you Ethiopia, I'll give you Italy,
I'll give you Spain, I'll give you Ger.
many, III give you Britain, I'll give you
all the world" What a temptation it
Go tomorrow morning and get in an
alteration with some wretch crawling
up from gin cellar in the Fourth Ward,
New York. mo-" you say, IL would not
bemean myself by getting in such con-
test" Then think of what the King of
Heaven and Earth endured when he
came down and fought that great wretch
of He'll, and fought him in the wilder
ness, and on top of the Temple. But
bless God that in that triumph over
temptation Christ gives us the assurance
that We also shall triumph. Having
himself been tempted, He is able to suC-
cor all those who are tempted. In vi
olent storm at sea- the mate told a boy
for the rigging had become entangled at
the mast-to 60 up and right it. A gen.
tleman standing on the deck said, Don't
send that boy up, he will be dashed to
death" The mate said, II know what l
am about" The boy raised his hat in
recognition of the order, and then rose
hand over hand, and went to work and
as he swung in the storm the passengers
wrung their hands aud expected to see
him fall. The work done he came down
in safety: and Christian man said to
him, "Why did you go down in the fore.
castle before you went upP" "0h," said
the boy, II went down to pray. My
mother always taught me before | un-
dertook anything great to pray" What
is that you have in your vest ?" said the
man. 'Oh, that is the New Testament"
he said ~ thought would carry it with
me if l really did go overheard" How
well that boy was protected! | care not
how great the height or how vast the
depth, with Christ within us and Christ
beneath us and Christ above us and
Christ all around US, nothing shall befall
us in the way of harm. Christ himself
having been in the tempest will deliver
all those who Tut their trust in him,
Blessed be Ills glorious name forever
The third instaklment paid for our re-
demption was the Savior's sham trial. l
call it sham trial-there has never been
SO indecent or unfair in the
Tombs Court of New York as was wit.
messed at the trial of Christ. Why, they
hustled him into the Courtroom at two
o'clock in the morning. They gave Him
no time for counsel They gave Him no
for subpoenaing witnesses.
The ruffians who were wandering around
through the midnight, of course they
saw the arrest and went into the Court.
room. But Jesus friends were sober
men, were respectable men, and at that
hour-tWo o'clock in the morning-of
course they were at home asleep. Con-
sequently, Christ entered the Court
room with the ruffians. Oh, look at
Him lift the lantern until can look
into His face, and as my heart beats in
sympathy for this the best friend The
world ever had, Himself now utterly
and officer Of the Courtroom
comes up and smites Him in the mouth,
and see the blood streaming from gum
and lip. Oh, it was farce of a trial,
lasting only perhaps an hour, and then
the Judge rises for sentence. Stop 1t
is rgrinst the law to give sentence unless
there has been an adjournment of the
Court between condemnation and SEN
tence but what cares the Judge for the
law? "The man has no friends-let
Him de- says the Judge, and the
ruffians outside the rail cry, "Aha aha
that's what we want. Pass Him out
here to US. Away with him, away with
him !" Oh, 1 bless God that amid all
The injustice that may be- inflicted upon
ls in this world we have divine sym
pathizer. The world can not lie about
you nor abuse you as much as they did
Christ, and Jesus stands to-day in every
Courtroom, in every home, in every
store, and says Courage By all my
hours of msltreatment and abuse l will
protect those who are trampled upon"
And when Christ fOrgets that two
o'clock morning scene, and the stroke of
the ruffian ON the mouth, and the
bowling of the unwashed crowd, then
be will forget you and me in the iDjusti-
ces of life that may be inflicted upon us.
Further / remark, the last great in
3tallment paid for our redemption was
the demise of Christ. The world has
seen many dark days. A few summers
ago there was very dark day, when the
sun was eclipsed. The fowl at MONDAY