The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-27

might rise from manger TO throne. and that
all the gates are open, and that the door of
heaven, that once swung this way TO let
Jesus out, now swings the other way to let
us in Let all the bellmen Of heaven lay
hold the rope and ring out the news: BE
hold, bring you glad tidnigs Of great joy,
which shall be to all people, for To-day is
born IN the city of David Savior. which
Is Christ the Lordw
The second installment paid for our SOULS
clearance was the scene in Quarantania, a
mountainous region, full of caverns, where
there are TO this day panthers and wild
beasts OF all sorts. so that you must now go
there armed with knife or gun or pistol 1t
was there that Jesus went to think and TO
pray, and it was there that this monster of
hell-more sly, more terrific than any thing
that prowled in that country-Satan him
self, met Christ.
The rose in the cheek OF Christ-that
Publlus Lentullus, in his letter to the Roman
senate, ascribed to Jesus-that rose had
scattered its petals. Abstinence from food
had thrown him into emaciation. A long
abstinence from food recorded in profane
history is that Of the crew Of the ship Juno;
for twenty three days they had nothing to
cat But this sufferer had tasted a month
and ten days before he broke fast. Hunger
must have agonized every fiber of the body
and gnawed on the stomach with teeth OF
death The thought of a morsel of bread
or meat must have thrilled the body with
something like ferocity. Turn out a pack
of men hungry as Christ was a-hungered,
AID II they had strength, with one
yell they would devour you as a
lion kid. 1t was in that pang Of hum
ger that Jesus was accosted, and Satan
said: Now change these stones which
look like bread, into an actual supply OF
bread.n Had the temptation come to you
and me, under those circumstances, we
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and been almost impatient at the time
taken for mastication; but Christ with one
hand beat back the hunger and with the
other hand beat back the monarch of dark
ness. o, ye tempted onesl Christ was
tempted We are told that Napoleon
ordered coat OF mail made: but he was
not quite certain that /. was impene-
trable, 90 be said to the manufacturer OF
the coat Of mail: PUT 1t on now yourself,
aud let us try it" and with shot after shot
from his own pistol, the emperor found out
that 1t was just what it pretended to
be-a good coat of mail Then the
man received large reward.
bless God that the same coat Of mail
that struck back the weapons Of tempta-
tion from the head of Christ we may now
all wear; for Jesus comes and says: II
have been tempted, and l know what it is
TO be tempted. Take this robe that de-
Tended me- and wear IL for yourselves.
shall see you through all trials and shall
see you through all temptation"
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 90
up in the tower Of Antwerp and look off
upon Belgium, 30 Satan brought Christ to
the top OF the temple. Some people at a
great hight feel dizzy, and q strange dis
position to jump; 30 Satan comes to Christ
in that very crisis. Standing there at the
top Of the temple they looked of. A
magnificent reach of country. Grain
fields, vineyards. olive groves, forests
and streams. cattle in the valley, hocks on
the hills, and villages and cities and realms.
'Now," says Satan, "rll make a bargain.
Just jump off l know it Is great way
from the top of the temple to the valley,
but if you are divine you can fly. Jump off
II won't hurt you. Angels will catch you
Your Father will hold you. Besides, I'll
make you large present il you will. III
give you Asia Minor, iii give you China,
I'll give you Ethiopia, I'll give YOU Italy,
I'll give you Spain, I'll give you Germany,
I'll give you Britain, I'll give you all the
world" What a temptation it must have
been!
Go tomorrow morning and get In an
alteration with some wretch crawling up
from gin cellar in the lowest part of your
city. NO." you say II would not bemean
u
Then think of what the king OF heaven and
earth endured when he came down and
fought the great wretch Of hell and fought
him in the wilderness and on top Of the
temple. But bless God that in the tri-
umph over temptation Christ gives us the
assurance that we also shall triumph. Hav-
ing himself been tempted, he is able to sue
cor all those who are tempted. In violent
storm at sea the mate told boy-fsr the
rigging had become entangled az the mast
to go up and right it. A gentleman
standing on the deck said: Don't send that
boy up; he will be dashed to death" Tho
mate said: II know what 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
and expected TO see him fall. The work
done, he came down in safety; and q
Christian man said to him, "Why did you
go down in the forecastle before you went
upp "Ah" said the boy, ~ went down to
pray. My mother always taught me before
/ undertook anything great to pray
What is that you have in your vest 7"
said the man. 10, that is the New Tesla
ment," be said; II thought would carry it
with me If l really did 60 overheard"
How well the boy was protectedl I care
not how great the hight or how vast the
depth, with Christ within US and Christ be-
meath US and Christ above US and Christ all
of harm. Christ himself having been in
the tempest, will deliver all those who put
their trust in him. Blessed be his glorious
name forever.
The third installment paid for our re-
demption was the Eavior's sham trial. l
call it sham trial-there has never been
anything 80 indecent or unfair in auy Grim.
inal court as was witnessed at the trial Of
Christ. Why, they hustled him into the
court room at two o'clock in the morning
They gave him no time for counsel They
gave him no opportunity for subpmnaing
witnesses. The ruffians who were wander
ing around through the midnight, OF course
they saw the arrest and went into the court
room. But Jesus friends we're sober men,
were respectable men, and at that hour, two
o'clock in the morning, of course they were
at home asleep. Consequently Christ en-
tered The court room with the ruffians
Q, look at himi No one to speak word
for him. lift the lantern until can look
in his face, and as my heart beats in SYM
pathy for this, the best friend the world
ever had, himself now utterly friendless, an
officer Of the court room comes up and
smites him in the mouth, and see the blood
stealing from gum and lip. O! it was
farce OF trial, lasting only perhaps an
hOUr and he ind aris