Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-27

He is, however, ludicrously odd to the Amer.
lean eve in personal appearance is eccentric
Tor aHected) in this regard, and lacks the
manifestations of manliness in his counte-
nance, and frequently in his manner. If he
was more an object of curiosity than respect
to Californians yesterday it was due to the
latter causes, to the ridicule showered on him
at the East, and in part to the present public
conception of the tendency of his teachings.
IN TEE CHURCHES.
In the Seyenth-street M. E. Church South,
Rev. w. Ii. Lsyson, of Oakland, officiated
yesterday. At the Young Mems Christian
Association rooms, Rev. Carroll NJ. Davis
officiated in the afternoon. AT the First
Baptist Church, Rev. DIR. Frost last evening
preached sermon to yourg men. There was
q very large attendance, mostly Of young
men. A brief synopsis is here presented:
Therefore let him that thinketh ne standeth take
heed lest he fall. There hath temptation taken
you but such as is common to man but God Is
faithful who will not suffer to be tempted above
that ye are able, but will with the temptation also
make a way of escape that We may be able to bear
it'll Cor. ", u, l3
What is temptation It is generally used
III Is t1u sGisS. aIu utcdiS al 1ECliNallDu TO 20
wrong, enticoment to evil La broad sense,
good or bad, to hold or press toward speci-
fed object, test of character. God had one
son without sin. but no son without tenn pts
ton. John xiv, 30; Heb. iv., - James
i, 1877
Why is temptation? Man is the highesf
kind of being, viz, G free being. Hence be
is free to do right or wrong, and thus liable
to temptation to the one or the other God
could not make the highest kind of being
without making him free moral agent.
Hence God could not make man
free from temptation. Mans freedom
cessitate temptation. Had man been made
with 10 power to sin, no capability of temp
tation, then there might have been innocence
but no virtue, purity but no holiness, moral
existence but no moral government. Instead
of asking, why temptation? ask, why not :?
As Christ was made perfect Savior by the
things which He suffered. so man is perfected
by t,ial and temptation. Il Peter j., ;
James i, II; Cor. X, L, 10
Whence is temptation! From two sources.
First-Within. A man is tempted when
James l., IA Mans threefold nature-bodY.
soul, spirit-all lie open to temptation. Thus
Christ was tempted in the body by hunger
in the soul, to ambition in the spirit, to pre-
sumption. Thus Eve was tempted by "the
lust of the eyes, )" the lust of the flesh," and
"the pride of life." Man is full of temptible
faculties. He lies open in all his mind, heart
and soul to temptation. The devil came to
Christ and 6 found nothing in Him )" nothing
upon which to fasten temptation. He comes
to us and finds something ia us ready for
temptation-lust, pride, vanity, sel6shness,
envy, jealousy, etc. Il Tim. vi, 9; Prov.
Nat
/; Thss. iii 3 Without: The
the lusts within. "The world,
the flesh and the devil" are an
internal trinity bent upon our destruction.
OF these three, the flesh gives us most trouble.
We can resist the devil and "he will flee from
us =" for season. We can enter our closet
and shut out the world for season. But
the flesh" is always with us, in the closet,
in the church, in the pulpit.
Where is temptation? Everywhere. 1t is
manhood and age ; in the palace and cottage !;
with the learned and ignorant; in solitude
and society in leisure and labor; in the
world and in the church by day and by
night. 1t is common to man, woman, angel
and devil; common to all men, all times, all
places. Not, then, where is temptation :?
But, where is it not?
The foregoing points teach all men eau
ton. II these are facts, "let him
that thinketh he stsndeth tske heed lest
ne fall" Here is caution to the tempted"
The second part of the text affords comfort
to the tempted: eye shall not be tempted
above that ye are able, but God will withevery
temptation make way of escape that ye may
be able to bear it,"
Ten ptstion is therefore ne excuse for sin,
and for the following self.evideht rasons ::
(s) The tempter never forces US to sin never
tempts US above what we "are able to bear"
Ii able to bear it We are responsible il we do
not bear it. (b) The tempter is pe,mi ted to
act only indirectly upon our will. He never
is allowed to exercise our will, or to force it.
Nor is the devil omniscient, omnipote mt nor
omnipresent. His knowledge comes lar ely
by observation and experience. II we would
hold eur tongues more, the devil would know
less about us and trouble US less. (c) God
stands ready to help you He always makes
way of excape. not from temptation
always, but through temptation "a way of
escape to Himself THAT We may b. able to
beari'." Some people meet Satan halfway"
(d) Temptation is, then, no excuse for ain,
but reason why we should not, for during
the time Of temptation be has period to re-
fleet. (s) Temptation is not only no excuse
for sin, but it il, in many cases, an evidence
of sia and depravity. One man has no
temptation to steal ST. eco, although he has
the opportunity. Another man has ire
meudouS temptation to improve that oppor-
tunity. Which of the two men is the worse !?
Which of the two would you trust? ~ II
temptation is an excuse for sin, then the
greater the temptation the greater the eX-
cu,e; the more inclined a III an is to do wrong,
the more excusable be is if he does wrong.
In other words, the worse he is the more ex-
cusable he is-which comes near saying the
worse man is the better he is. Most acci-
dents are on smooth roads, In dangerous
passes in the Alps great caution prevails, and
hence few calamities.
Temptation may be overcome. his is also
a comfort How overcome it. Abhor it
Rom. xii, Q. Avoid it-Prov. iv, 10. By
the word of God-Matt. w., IL; Eph. vi,
1918. By prayer-Mstt. vi, Is. Watch
Matt. XVI, Al !; Peter ", s. Resist it
Eph. vi, 16; l Peter ", 9. By faith in
Christ-Heb. IL, IS, w.. Is; Rev. iii, 10 !;
2 Peter H., Gas examples of those who have
overcome. This affords comfort to the tempt.
ed. Read of Joseph in Gen. xxx. and
of Christ, Matt. iv., IL; Paul q, Cor. xii /,
7. We administer caution that you may re-
cover, and comfort that you may not despair.
Beware, for temptation comes through pow
erty, Prov. xxx, 9 Matt. w., % Prosper
ity-Prov. XXX, 8; Matt. w., s. Worlds
giory-Num. xii II; Matt. w., s. Pre-
SUMPTION Matt. iv, 6; John, il, 16. Per-
veiting Gods word-Matt iv, 6. Worship
ing the dsvil-Matt. iv., 9. Comfort-Temp-
tatlou never ruined anybody; yielding to it
has ruined millions.
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