Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-12-23
TEMPTATION.
Sasan Doesn't Want the Gold, Hard
Stingy Man,
wA~ Wocia Try TO Cheat Him Out OF Hell
Bat Reaches For tho Social. Warm
hearted Youth-Dr. Tai
images sermon.


Ann Arbor, Mich. last Sunday. His
'text was Proverbs |, II: surely in vain
the net is spread in the sight of any
Bird
EARLY IN the morning went out with
n fowler 90 catch wild pigeons We
FASTENED through the mountain gorge
nd into the forest We spread out the
net. and covered up the edges of it as
yell as we could. We arranged the
czlEbird- its feet fast, and it's wings
nzQpixg IN invitation to all fowls of
heaven to settle down there. We re-
erred into n booth of branches and
4exves and waited. After n while look
aRg out of the door of the booth. we
Saw n flock of birds in the sky. They
c1me nearer and nearer, and after a
while were about to swoop into the
met, when suddenly they darted away.
Again we waited. After while we
>aw smother flock of birds They came
nearer. until just ut the moment when
ehey were about to swoop they darted
AWAY The fowler was very much dis
appointed rs well as myself. We said
% each other: What is tho matter?"'
and '-Why were not those birds
.rznxht1s'
We went out and examined the net,
md by the fiutter of a branch of a tree
part Of the net had been so conspicu-
-sGxly exposed and the birds coming
very near had seen their peril
And darted away. When 1 saw that l
said 90 the old fowler. THAT reminds
me OF n passage of Scripture; Surely in
vain rs the net spread in the sight of
any bird" Now the net in my text
stands for tempt alton.
The call-brd of sin tempts men on
from branch to branch until they are
1bsat to drop into the net Ii man
1rs1s ont in time that it is the tempta-
tno1 Of the devil. or that evil men are
attempting to capture his soul for time
md coc eternity, the man steps back
He says. Il am not to be caught in that
way, see what you are about; surely
tu vain Is the net spread in the sight of
say bind"
There are two classes of temptation 5
tho superficial and the subterraneous
those above ground, those under
xrsund If a man could see sin as it is
Ne upould no sooner embrace it than he
~ouid n leper. Sin is daughter of
hell yet she is garlanded and robed
aza trinketed. Her voice is a MARBLE
Hercheek is the setting sun. Her fore
-Cocae walk this path with me; it is
Sayuned and primrosed, and the air is
o.s~vTtched with the odors of the hang
rag gardens of Heaven; the rivers are
rivers of wine, and all you have to do
- TO drink them up in chalices that
SpErhae with diamond and amethyst
and chryseprasus See! 1t is all bloom
=zDS rossEte cloud and Heaven" Obi nv
friends III for one moment the choiring
OF all these concerted voices of sin
-s-ozld be hushed, we should see the or
Girestra of the pit with hot breath blow
THg through fiery flute, and the skele-
eoc arms on drums of thunder and dark
ness beating the chorus: THE end
thereof is death
1 want to point out the insidious
trnptations that are assailing more
especially our young men. The only
tS1zS1 of nature comparatively free from
xeEptation SO far as / can Judge is the
zssed7 hard, stingy, mean temperament
What would Satan do with such a man
AZ he got him? Satan is not anxious to
get a man who, after awhile NAV dis
pate with him the realm of everlasting
zzr1nness- 1t is the generous young
Et1a. the ardent young man, the warm
1eHrted young man, the social young
cszzzu. that is in especial peril. A pirate
Sy7es out on the sea, and one bright
zass-niug he puts the glass to his eve
zasS looks off, and sees an empty vessel
Gaz6ng from port to port He saws:
Never mind; that's no prize for us. -
ESsz1 the same morning he puts the glass
10 MS eye, and he sees vessel coming
from Australia laden with gold, or a
vessel from the Indies with spices He
says That's our prize; bear down on
51y~
Across that unfortunate ship the
graphing hooks are thrown. The crew
Es blindfolded and is'compelled to walk
sanc plank. 1t is not the empty vessel,
os2 the laden merchantmen that is
Se1zPtation 20 the pirate. And young
rzNzu- empty of head, empty of heart.
Empty of life-you want no young
mems Christian'association to keep him
sac, he is safe. He will not gamble
rzs1aess It is with somebody else's
stakes He will not break the Sabbath
7.z11Sess somebody else pays the horse
hire He viii not drink unless some
cody else treats him. He will hang
zs-vs1nd the bar hour after hour unless
sssOoeODe else treats him. He will hang
zround the bar hour after hour wait
a1g Scr some generous young man 20
-oo11e in. The generous young man
cnsues in and accosts him and saws:
well. will you have a drink with me
sC-d4y?" The man as though IL were
srlsiden thing for him, says: ''Well, well.
Sf YOU insist on it will will"
Too mean 60 go 70 perdition unless
asosHetody else pays his expenses? For
asss>h young men we will not fight. We
uSould no more contend for them than
1&-tsry and Ethiopia would fight as 90
~Tbso should have the great Sahara
Desert; but for those young men who
are buoyant and enthusiastic. those
Ebo are determined 20 do something
@ur CINE and eternitY-for them we
VII tight, and we now declare ever
laus1iug war against all the influences
r1hat assault them. and we ask all good
r-lrsn and phiianthropists 20 wheel into
tsa,e, and all the armies Of Heaven to
lssSx down upon the foe. and we pray
AtmiEhty God that with the thunder
ssolts Of his wrath he will strike down
aa16 consume all these influences that
are attempting 20 destroy the young
zHeu for whom Christ died