Democratic messenger., 1892-07-02

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The rose in the cheek OF Christ-thaI
Publius Lentullus, in his letter 10 the RO
man Senate, ascribed to Jesus-tliat ros,
had scattered its petals. Abstinence from
food had thrown Him into emaciaiion. A
long abstinance from food recorded in
profane history is that of The crew of III,
ship Juno, for 23 DAYS they had nothing
to eat. But this sufferer had tasted q
month and 10 days before he broke fast
Hunger must have agonized every fibre
Of the body, and gnawed on the stomach
with teeth of death. The thought of II
morsel of bread or meat must have thrill
ed the body with something like feroci,y
Turn out a pack of men as hungry as
Christ was a-hungered, and. If they had
strength, with one yell they would dc.
vour you as lion kid.
II was IN that pang of hunger that .Ie.
sus was accostcd. and Satan said Now
change these stones, which look like
bread, into an actual supply of bread
Had the temptation come Ia you and me
under those circumstances, we would
have cried: Bread il shall be- and
been almost impatient at the time taken
for mastication; but Christ with on,
hand beat hack the hunger, and with the
other hand beat hack the monarch o
darkness. o, We tempted ones Christ
was tempted. We are told that Napo.
leon ordered coat of mail made: bui
he was not quite certain that il was i'm
penetrable, so he said To the manufactur.
er ot the coat of mail: Put il on now
yourself, and let us try it, and with sho,
after shot from his own pistol The En-
peror found out that it was just wha, il
pretended to be-a good coat of mail
Then the man received large reward
bless God that the same coat of mai
that struck back the weapons of tempta-
tiOn from the head of Christ we may now
all wear; for Jesus comes and says; Il
have been tempted, aud l know what il
is 10 he tempted. Take this robe that dc.
Tended me, and wear il for Yourself.
shall see you through all trials and shall
see through all temptation"
But" says Satan still further to Jesus
come and will show you something
worth looking ai;" and after half day s
journey they came To Jerusalem, and Ia
the top of the temple. Just AS one might
go up in the tower oi Antwerp and look
off upon Belgium so Satan brought Christ
TO the top of the temple. Some people at
a great height feel dizzy, and a strange
disposition 10 jump; So Satan comes Ia
Christ in that very crisis. Standing there
at The top of the temple they looked Off
\ magnificent reach of country. Gram
fields, vineyards. olive groves, forests and
streams, cattle in the valley, flocks on the
hills, and villages and cities and realms.
Now" says Satan, I'll make bargain.
just jump off know il 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. will make you large present
il you will. I'll give you Aisa Minor, I'll
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 II
i, must have been,
Go omorrOw morning and get in nm
with some wretch crawling
up from gin-cellar in the lowest part OF
you city No" you say, II would not
bemean myself by getting into such a
Then think of what the King
of Heaven and earth endured when lie
camc down and fought the great wretch
Df hell, and fought him in the wilderness
and on top of the temple. But | bless
God that in The triumph over temptation
Christ gives us the assurance that we also
shall triumph Having himself been
tempted He is able to succor all those
who are tempted In n violent siom ut
sea The mate told boy-for the rigging
had become entangled al the mast to go
mp and right it. 4 gentleman standing
IN the deck said Don't send that boy
lp; he will be dashed To death" The
mate said: Il know what | am about"
The boy raised his hand in recognition oJ
The order and then rose hand over hand
and went to work; and as he swung in
he storm the passengers wrung their
hands and expected to see him fall The
work done he came down in safety, and
4 Christian man said to him: why did
you go down in the forecastle before you
went up:' An" said the boy, Il went
Town To pray. My mother always taught
me, before | undertook ANYTHING great
10 pray" "What is that in your ves,?"
said the man. "Oh, that is the New
Testament" he said. Il thought would
carry il with me if really did go over
board" How well was the boy protect
I'd. | care not how great the height or
how vast The depth, with Christ within
rs and Christ beneath us and Christ
,bovc us and Christ all around us, moth
ng can befall us IN the way of harm.
Christ Himself having been in The tenn
pest will deliver all those who put their
rust in Him. Blessed be His glorious
name forever.
The third installment paid for our re-
iemption was the Savior's sham trial.
,all il sham trial-there has never been
anything so indecent or unfair in any
'rminal court as was witnessed at the
rial Of Christ. Why, they hustled Him
nto the courtroom at > o'clock IN the
morning. They gave him no time for
counsel. They gave him no opportunity
witnesses. The rufiians who
we're wandering around throu gh the mid