The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-10

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another. There Ia not q person In the
house but has been tempted, whether
you realize II or not. | never Ike "a
hear a man say: 20, IcOnldn't DO tempt
cd the way that man TO-" He could not
be tempted the way you are A lion can
not understand why q hsh should bf
caught with hook, and n ish cannot
understand why the lion should be
caught with q trap. You may DO free
from certain kinds OF temptation, but
there are other kinds after you,
You see some men with q phlegmatic
temperament, "Why," you say, that
man has no temptations At ALL" You
mistake MIN. He has temptations u
Incidence, u cenaOrlOnaneaa, TO hink
down into mere latitude aud longitude
of fatness, to lie down on the ROAD oil
Of life, 10 atop great enterprises. He has
Just an many temptations IN one direc'
IIOn aa you, being OF q nervous ahd OK
cltable temperament, have temptations
~ another direction.
You will see SONS aged man arise In q
prayer meeting, and ut eighty years OF
age no talks 40 sweetly OF Christ and
heaven, YOU say: "That man has lived
without temptation" Ask him, He has
as many temptations NJ eighty years OF
age ~ he had NJ twenty, They are only
different styles OF temptation AsR lhal
aged man whether he has lived beyond
the reach OF tho powers OF darkness In
thia world, aud no will aay II has been
A eopf ct ali the way through,
Sixtua was a Cardinal, aud no wanted
the Pontlhcial chair, and history saye ne
pretended to be sick and crippled, lie
said; snow, II you elect me TO that
char shall occupy ana ! shall n9t
live long anyhow, and then You VIII
put some one else IN the chair lie was
elected TO thai position, He moved TO II
on crutehes. Getting IN the chair he
threw aside the crutchea, He SAID:
while hunting for the kryl OF b. Peter
II was appropriate st0opedi but, hay'
Inc found the keys Of 81 Peter there IL
no reason why should stoopany longer
50 his crntchea were gone ana no was
we'll. Oh, how suggestive Of temptation
II seems at one time TO be wan and weak
aud crippled, but give II u throne anh II
bpcomea a tyraut to grind your soul iDIo
ruin .
Well, now, you say: "All persons
being tempted, what ara we 10 DO when
W. are assailed OF temptation When
the wave dashe9 against us IN there no
thing IN hold on TOP ls u man 10 go In.
TO this war with the world, the fash and
the devil with no helpY Twin tell you
my friends. rhe wiapst thing for you ~
d In the day OF temptation IN, ike lhese
disciples Of my text, TO 20 and tell
Jaaua. In the eyes that wept with he
Bethany slalers | see abinlng hope. Ia
that voice that broke the silence OF the
tomb until the widow OF Main got bhck
her son aud atupendOna sorrow made up
In the arms " rapture aye, IN that
yOice--l hear the command aud the
"Cast thy burden on the Lord
aud lie will sustain thee" lie Knows
all about temptation, Tempted IN all
points like as we are, Go aud tell Jeans,
TO THE sLANDERED AND PgRsEcUTEp,
Again, | commend this behavior OF the
4 Disciples In my text TO oil those who are
llandered aud abused aud prosecuted,
" hen these disciples saw that Herod
had taken the head OF John the Biptiat,
they knew their own heads were not
,afe. Every John has hia Horod, There
ire people that DO not think oyefmuch
Jf you Your mlafortnnes would DO
honey comb 10 them. They hiss NJ you
their teeth, ana m,slnterpret
your actions, and would he glad TO zee
you upset. They would be the most
mOurners at your fnueral
Every one comes, during the course OF
lie, to be pummelcd. Some Islander
'Omea at you, horned and lusked aud
loOted, TO trample aud to gore YOU, and
,0u think you are peculiar IN that re-
pect. No. "All who llyi godly Ia
IhriHt Jesus must suffer persecution
I You are able thls morning 10 say: II
lYven't an enemy In oil the world" IL
roof positive you have no, done your
uty; for when n man does hls duty no
aalleuges all earth aud hell, aud that
hallenge will bring agalnst him oppo'
lliOn and sc0rn aud persecution. II IL
o In all circles OF life,
One would haYr thought that II any
laH ought 10 have been free from per
ecu lon II was George VIII tleld, bring
ng great mas4ess Of the people into the
,lngIOm OF God, wearing himself out
or Chfists sake; aud yet the learned
lr, Johnson called him mounte6ank,
lObett II M preached about the glories
I Heaven M no uninaplred mAn ever
reached about them, aud II was said
lhen no preached about Heaven hia
ice ah0ne like M angeles aud yel goot
John Foster writes OF Robert
tall saying; "R)bert Hall laa mere 40
lr ami when he talkg about Heaven tho
mile on his face IL the reflection Of hia
wn vanity" John Wesley stirred all
,lgland with reform, aud yet he was
by all The small wlta OF hia
ny. He was pict0rlalized, history eaye, |
n the board fences OF London, aud
no was the target for the
yet John Wesley stands 10 day |
store all Chriatendom, hls name
lghtler than any other name except |
tho name that In above every other
ame," the name OF Chrlat, Aud can |
on expect 10 escape hardship aud M
lult and abuse and elander You will |
OF.
But what are you 10 do when you are |
ed about and assaultedp Are you 60
lg 10 hunt up the elanderp While you
70 explaining one falsehood thore Will
o ffty people who have just that mo-
lent heard OF that particular faleehood. |
lhlle you are not 10 omit every oppor
unity OF setting yourse right, want
D tell you OF 0ne VINO had the hardest |
Mugs said about him, whose eobriety
,aa disputed, whose mission was
coifed, whose CDmpanionship was de-
ounced, who was pursued ~ u babe,
pat on ae o man, aud howled NJ after |
. was dead. Go TO Him with all the
,ounds Of your soul.
DO not 10 around trying 10 crush this
and 10 crush that elander; you
M only come out OF the contest irrl-
,ted aud exasperatod; but take tho
ouneel Of tho text. Do ~ these dlecl' |
lea OF the text dld-go aud tell Jesus.
"A inin UIip DfAaNugp and piy. "IOrd |