The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-29

OF mOrSel OF Dreau OF lheao hiu"'
have thrilled the body with something
like ferocity. Turn out pack OF men
hungry as Christ was ahungered, and II
they had strength with one yell they
would devour you as lion a kid. 1t
was in that pang of hunger that Jesus
was accosted, and Satan said: Now
change these stones, which look like
bread, into an actual supply of bread"
Had the temptation come to you and
me, under those circumstances, we
would have cried: "Bread it shall bel"
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 mon
arch Of darkness. 0, ye tempted ones.
Christ was tempted. We are told that
Napoleon ordered coat Of mail made;
but he was not quite certain that it was
impenetrable, so he said to the manu-
faoturer OF the coat Of mail; Put 1t on
yourself and let us try it, and with
shot after shot from his own pistol, the
emperor found 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 mali
that struck back the weapons OF temp
tation from the head Of Christ we may,
now all wear, for Jesus now comes and
says: 81 have been tempted, and l
know what it is to be tempted. Take
this robe that defended Me, and wear
it for yourselves shall see you through
all trials and / shall see you through all
temptation"
But" says Satan, still further 10
Jesus, Come, and ! will show you
something worth looking at" and after
n half days journey they came to Jeru-
salem, and to the top of the temple.
Just as one might go up in the tower OF
Antwerp and look off upon Belgium, so
Satan brought Christ to the top OF the
temple. Some people at great height
feel dizzy, and strange disposition to
Jump; so Satan comes to Christ in that
very crisis Standing there at the top
of the temple they looked off. A mag
niicent reach Of country. Grain fields,
vineyards, olive groves, forests and
streams, cattle in the valley, focks on
the hills, and villages and cities and
realms Now" says Satan, "Pll make
bargain. just jump Off l know 1t 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 a
present II you will. I'll give you Asia
Minor, I'll give you China, Pll 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 temptation it must
have been!
Go tomorrow morning and get in an
altercation with some poor wretch
crawling up from a gin cellar in the
lowest part Of your city. NO. you
say, IL would not bemean myself by
getting into such contest" Then
think what the King of Heaven and
earth endured when He came down and
fought the great wretch of hell, and
fought him In the wildern ess and on
top of the temple. But bless God that in
the triumph over temptation Christ gives
the assurance that we also shall tri-
umph. Having Himself been tempted He
is able to succor all those who are tempt
ed. In a violent storm at sea the mate
told boy-for the rigging had become
entangled at 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 The mate
said: 81 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 soc him fall The work
done he came down in safety;anda a Chris
tian man said 10 him, "Why doyou &c
down in the forecnstle before you
went up?" "Ahm said the boy
~ went down to pray. My mother
always taught me before undertook
anything great to pray" What Il
that you have in your vest?" said thu
man. "Oh! that is the New Testa
ment, he said; thought would carry
it with me if really did 90 overheard.
How well the boy was protected.
care not how great the height or how
vast the depth, with Christ within u
and Christ beneath us and Christ abov,
MS and Christ all around us, nothing
can befall us in the way of harm
Christ Himself having been in the TEN
pest will deliver all those who put thei
trust in Him. Blessed be His gloriou
name forever.
The third installment paid for our re
demption was the Saviour's sham trial
| call IL n sham trial-there has neve
been anything 50 indecent or unfair II
any criminal court as was witnessed q
the trial Of Christ. Why, they hustle,
Him into the court room at o'clock II
the morning. They gave Him no tim
for counsel They gave Him no oppol
tunity for subpGnaing witnesses TIL
ruflians who were wandering aroun
through the midnight, Of course the
saw the arrest, and went into the cour
room. But Jesus friends were sobc
men, were respectable men, an
ut that hour, 2 o'clock In tn
morning, of course they were at HON
asleep. Consequently Christ entered tn
court room with the rufIians.
o, look at Himl No one TO speak
word for Him. / lift the lantern unit
/ can look into His face, and as IN
heart beats in sympathy for this, III
/ best friend the world ever had, Himse'
now utterly friendless, an officer {
the court room comes up and smit'