The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-07-07

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It 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.D Had the temptation come to
YOU and me under these circumstances,
we would have cried, BREAD it shall
bel" and been almost impatient at the
time taken for maslication. But Christ |
with one hand beat back the hunger,
and with the other hand beat back the
ones Christ was tempted. We are told
that Napoleon ordered coat of mail
made, but he was not quite certain that
il was impenetrable, 80 he said to the
menutacturer Of the coat Of mail, "Put
1t on now yourself, and let us try it,"
and with shot after shot from his own
pistol the emperor found out that it was
just what it pretended to be--a good
coat Of mail. Then tho man received
large reward.
l bless God that the same coat Of
mail that struck back the weapons Of
temptation from the head of Christ we
may now all wear; for Jesus comes aud
says: 81 have been tempted, and l know
what 1t is to be tempted. Take this
robe that defended me, and wear 1t for
yourselves. l shall see you through all
trials aud l shall see you through all
temptations"
"But," says satan still further to
Jesus, Come and 1 will show you
something W orth looking at; and after a
half days journey they came to Jerusa-
lem, and to the top of the temple. Just
as one might 90 up In the tower of Ant
wcrp and look Off upon Belgium, 80
satan brought Christ to the top OF the
temple. Some people at great height
feel dizzy, and a 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.
niticent reach of country. Grain fields
vineyards. olive groves, forests ant
streams, cattle IN the valley, hocks or
the hills, and villages and cities anC
realms.
"Now," says satan, "I'll make bar
gain. Just Jump Off. 1 know it Is 6
great way from the top of the Temple
to the valley, but if you are divine you
can fly. Jump Off. 1t won't hurt you
; Angels will catch you. Your Father
will hold you. Besides, I'll make you
a large present if you will. III give
you Asia Minor, I'll give you China
l'N give you Ethiopia, III give you
Italy, III give you SIP lin, I'll give you
Germany, III give you Britain, I'll
give you all the world" What temp
tatiOn 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, "I would
not bemean myself by getting into such
Il contest" 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 OH top of the temple.
But l bless God that In the triumph
over temptation Christ gives us the as
surance that we also shall triumph.
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-tor the rigging had be-
come entangled at the mast-to go up
and right it. a gentleman standing Oh
the deck said, Don't send that boy up
he Will be dashed to death" The mate
said, 81 know what l am about" The
10Y raised his hat in recognition of the
| order, and then rose hand over hanC
and went to work; and as he swung il
the storm the passengers Wrung theil
hands and expected to see him fall
The work done he came down in safety
and Christian man said to him, "Why
did you go down into the fOrecaStle be
fore YOU went up" "Ah! said the
boy: 81 went down to pray. My mother
always taught me before l undertook
anything great to pray" "What is
| hat in, hC
man. ooh! that is the New Testament
he said;" thought ! would carry IL
with me if l really did 60 overheard
How we'll the boy was protected.
| care not how great the height OF
how vast the depth, with Christ within
us and Christ beneath us and Christ
above us and Christ all around us moth.
ing can befall us In the way of harm
Christ himself having been in the tenn
pest will deliver all those who put
their trust in him. Blessed be his glOri,
GUS name forever.
The third instalment paid for our re,
demption was the Saviour's sham trial
l call it sham trial--there has never
been anthing so indecent or unfair In
any criminal court as was witnessed at
the trial of Christ. Why, they hustled
him INTO the courtroom at 2 o'clock in
| lle HUI ulllS. 1lcy gave Allll uo Cltuc
for counsel. They gave him no Oppor-
tunlty for subpmnaing witnesses. The
rullianS who were wandering around
through the midnight of course they
saw the arrest and went into the court
room, But Jesus friends were sober
men, were respectable neil, and at that
hour, 3 o'clock in the morning, Of course
| they were at home asleep. Consequent
| ly Christ entered the courtroom with
the rutlians.
On, look at him! No one to speak
word for him. ! left the lanten until
| can look into his face, and as my heart
beats in sympathy for this, the best
friend the world ever had, himself now
utterly friendless, an officer of the
courtroom comes up and smites him in
the mouth, and see the blood stealing
from gum and lip. On! it was a farce
of a trial, lasting only perhaps an hour,
and then the jduge rises for sentence.
Stop! 1t is against the law to give
sentence unless there has been and al
tournament of the court between con-
demnation and sentence; but what cares
the Judge for the law? "rhe man has
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