New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-21

virtues under Gods law. "Tbe dieent hand maketS
rich" The lazy saint is q contradiction in terms Goa
ness. Then need not wonder that the lazy and
cowadly saints easily put to flight in struggle
INSCRIPTIONS hands II because the ana
age Is In those same hands also II is because those
whose duty is 10 oppose and hwart them lack enterprise
and Eglf-denial, cours2e and skill.
WHOEE-SOULED ENERGY NEEDED.
Good men not unfrequently bemoan the triumphs Of
sinful They complain with bitterness that lies wi
travel from Maine 10 Georgia while Truth is putting on
his boots. But why is Truth slow 10 get his boou
ont Woe unto them tina. at ease IN zieni I'm.
organized dsorganizei respectsbty, anxious about liz
belongings and fearful Of It's reputation By Gods decree
easy prey 10 energetic and aggressive viany Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mindnot with
the mockery OF elaborate routine not with the passive
submission foul deed and base purpose often mis-
taken for sequescence In the divine will aos bursts
Of emotion OF scrupulous avoidancs Of all evil.
No Thou shalt serve God With a quick and active
BRAIN with courageous plan and swifs intelligence Thou
shalt twart the bad mans cunning with deeper wisdom
aud his audacy with promp. and lnyincloe resolution
The whole universe Is alive with energy; let IL uke
what IL may, God is master Of It, The wonder anl
the glory Of human life; the wonder and spendor Of
the soul that trusts God do all things through
Christ which strengthened me- All power Is given
such ono for every emergency Of mortal exsenes Inc
history OF the world sbounds In lessons singulary instruct
i've upon this point Certainly Wellington was not To b
compared 10 Napoleon in point OF genius but Wellington
had conscience there present TO him sense Of
duty nyncble uprighness, fearless confronting Of
the consequence Of right conduct Conscience won where
genius lost.
hives OF men and multiplied in potency almost
the miraculous by this thrush Of divine support DO NOT
speak martyrs here but Of men and women successful
beyond all question In their day and generation full Of
power and peace the JOY Of those that knew them the
very life and gladness OF taer nme when, .Aeseiere.
hand OF qualities which are OF themselves
desirable and valuable such qualities as courage energy.
persistence indomitable resolution On the other hand
it Is due to Of these qualities among these
over whom the wicked WELD such power
Finally. The Of those who worship the devil 10
NOT devil neither king OF tho
king OF eternity. Even could he give unlimited
wealth. he could not by one tos increase the capacity To
enjoy It. power 10 compel the love Of children
or the respect Of neghbors He can neither repeal the
Ten Commandments avert the coseouences OF their VIOLA
ton. Neither abolish conscience nor abolish he'll Cona
cede for arguments what cannot concede history
concede that wealth and power come only To thoss whs
worship Satan. still the question remains TO answer Are
they worth having such terms Ask wssey ask Bacon
ask Rehelleu ask your rich ncghbor whose sons are
buried drunkard's grave ask your prosperous friend
who strives In vain TO restore his daughters ruined
health and broken heart rich in he'll begging
for water to his psrch.d tongue Who was the sue
cessful man. Sir Thomas More or Henry VINO sent MIN 70
tIa city full I'm sight the painted beauties at the court
of Charles loaded with Jewels and with snf Who IL the
successful manMchae Farsday in his simple home the
ioy OF his faithful wife, the glsdness OF his friends tho
centre OF illuminated universe or some useproud
merchant like old osbourno scourTng his own heart with
his ignorant and self wled Driael Are the Beauudes
nero plahtudes Is the Sermon on the Mount string q
gtterng generalities only or is 1t the very harmony
OF conscious intelligence the music to whose sound al
eternal character Is bulldedf
THE GREAT LESSON OF THE TEMPTATION
But Jesus when tempted did not argue and we come
now 10 great lesson OF the story lmpudent as the
DEVILS claim is Lord lost no time nor strength In
disnutne IT, In the hour Of crosses He upon the
ndestrucble moral instincts OF the soul ana the manL
tested will OF God as written In HIS word There are
two crises every individual soul when the mind be-
comes 50 TO speak, dszcd incapable OF clear vision con-
fused by suggestions and by the complexities of
life The crisis Is in the flush and energy OF matnr
n voutb when all the powers OF body and OF msd Al
their highest potency Then the world seems an easy con-
Quest and conscience hndrance and clog Sin Is 50
aung and the path 10 power seems to lead away from GOD
The swift OF energetic vany intoxeaes the brain
with its subtle poison the struggle for place and recogn
ton is long and hard and exhaustng The Seared spirit
ains and reels and there stands Satan with his cunning
cry: IL thou be the Son OF God command that these
be made bread The world Is mine once oend
the knee and the struggle ends for aye!
The second crisis comes later usually In bitter dis
appointment calamity that breaks from out the SKY
some sudden disaster yawning In the earth Why am
treated thus the soul cros in ts anguish, and Is ready
like job the day It was born Then again ssan
appears with his subtle story Heaven is dream The
soul is myth. Love is a fever OF the nerves Con-
science is disease God is spectre, shadow thrown
across the sky by human fear and human folly only
am real All this power Is given unto me. aud TO whom
Twill. give It"
HOW TO MEET TEMPTATION SUCCESSFULLY.
do not imagine Jesus have pictured Him
His eyes sbaze with wrath, His form erect His aspect
m from
away from the enticng and bewilderns form To nx HIS
gaze heavenly things Before Him the splendors Of
vision glory which He had with the Father before
the world The consciousness Of His divine
being and thrills within Him. The OF angels
music OF the spheres stir In the universal frame
The future shapes itself distinct in detail The
wondering crowds the hrongng mulitudes the outgoings
power the scon the hatred treachery, agony
and death The ground sways and heayes beneath His
for the resurrection power fills His soul oretase
OF His triumph Surgng humanity from every cline and
epoch breaks into halelujahs at His pierced feet o
glorious vision Triumphant Christ! see him falling
Joyful at the feet OF God 1 hear him utter with an
OF overmssterng gladness II is written Thou
worship tho Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou
| serve u
| Here then is lesson. In two things, ana
| two things only find safety In the
crisis OF temptaion In the uncorrupted voice Of God
within the Consciousness Of place and purpose
in the allembraclng plans OF God The strength OF the
| DEVILS power lies In the rcasonableness Of his
claim but bewdcrment and weakness OF minds
in certain crucial moments OF lives Once we have
absorbed the teachings of His word and His spirit onca
Frasped firmly and rrevocsby the fact that the
hairs OF heads all numbered that times are IN
hands, that 1t is possible for the soul THAI
trusts Him get into the place than IL is for
planet from Its orbit directly tho power OF Satan
will be broken and to shame We may suffer- but We
shall not be overcome; may stagger fanting from the
trial. but shall be caught and comiorted BY strength
| ening angels arms.