The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-07-08


ness. @, We tempted ones. Christ
was tempted. We are told that Napole-
on ordered a coat of mail made; but he
was not quite certain that it was inn
penetrable, SO he said 10 the manufac-
turer Of the coat of mail: PUT it on
now yourself and let as try it; and
with shot after shot from his own pis-
toll the emperor found out that it was
just what it pretended to be-a good
coat Of mail Then the man received a
large reward.
bless Gcd that the same coat of mail
that struck back the gveapon of tempta-
ton from the head of Christ we may
now all wear; for Jesus comes and says:
IL have been tempted, and know what
il Is to be tempted. Take this robe that
defended me, and wear IL for your
selves. / shall see you through all
trials and i shall see you through all
temptations-'
''But," says Satan still further to
Jesus, Come and viii show you some
thing worth looking at" and after a
half days journey they came to Jerusa-
lem, and to the top Of the temple
Just as one might 60 up in
the tower of Antwerp and look
off upon Belgium. 50 Satan brought
Christ to the top of the tenn
pie. Some people at a 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 of. A mag
nificent reach of country. Grain
fields, vineyards, olive groves, forests
and streams, cattle in the valley, locks
on the hills, and villages and cities and
realms. Now says Satan, "fPll
make a bargain. Just. jump off. I
know it is a great way from the top of
the temple to the valley, but If you are
Divine you can iys Jump Off Nltwon't
hurt you. Angels will catch you. Your
Father will hold you. Besides, I'll
makeryou a large present If you will
I'll give you Asia 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, III give you Britain, I'll
give you all the world" What a temp
tation it must have been!
Go tomorrow morning and get in an
alteration with some wretch crawling
up from a gin cellar in the lowest part
of your city. "No," you say, ST would
not bemean myself by getting into such
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 on top of the
Temple. But I bless God that in the
triumph over temptation Christ gives
us the assurance that we also shah
triumph. Having Himself been tempt
ed, He is liable to succor all those who
are tempted. In a violent storm at sea the
mate told a 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: 'I 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; and7a
Christian man said to him: "Why did
you go down into the forecastle before
you went up?' ''Ah!" said the boy: II
went down to pray. My mother always
taught me before undertook anything
great to pray" What is that you
have in your vest?" said the man. Obi
that is New Testament" he said: 'T
thought / would carry it with me if
really did go overheard" How well
the boy was protected I care not how
great the height or how vast the depth,
with Christ within us and Christ be-
meath us and Christ above us and Christ
all around us, nothing can befall us in
the way of harm. Christ Himself hav-
ing 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 Saviour's sham trial.
call it sham trial-there has never
been anything so indecent or unfair in
any criminal court as was witnessed at
the trial of Christ. Why, they hustled
Him into the courtroom at two o'clock
in the morning. They gave Him no time
for counsel. They gave Him no oppor-
tunlty for subpRnaing witnesses. The
ruffians who were wandering around
through the midnight, of course
saw the arrest and went into the court
room. But Jesus friends were sober
men, were respectable men, and at that
hour, two o'clock in the morning, of
course they were at home asleep. Con-
sequently Christ entered the courtroom
with the ruffians.
Oh, look at HIM No one to speak
word for Him. I lift the lantern 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 court
room comes up and smites Him in the
mouth, and / see the blood stealing
from gum to lip. Oh, it was farce of
trial, lasting only perhaps an hour,
and then the judge rises for sentence.
Stopl 1t is against the law to give sem
tence unless there has been an adjourn
ment of the court between condemns
ton and sentence; but what cares the
judge for the law? THE Man has no.
friends; let Him die" says the judge,
and the ruffians outside the rail cry:
"Ahal aha! that's what we want. Pass
Him out here to us. Away with Him.
Away with Him"
OH bless God that amid all the i'm
justice that may have been inflicted
upon US in this world we have a Divine
sympathizer. The world can not lie
about you nor abuse you as much as
did Christ, and Jesus stands to-day in
every courtroom, in every house, in
every store, and says: ''Couragel by
all my hours of maltreatrnent' and
abuse, / will protect those who are
trampled upon" And when Christ
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