Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-27

Into an actual supply OF bread" had
THE EENPTATION COME
to you and he, under those eircum-
stances we would have cried: Bread II
! shall be-" and been almost impatient at
the timo taken for masticatiOn; but
/ Christ with one hand beat back the
I hunger. and with the other hand beat
I back the monarch OF darkness. q, ye
tempted ones Christ was tempted. we
7 are told that Napoleon ordered a coat
I of mail made: but he was not quite GER
I tain that IL was impenetrable, so he said
Z 20 the manu- facturer Of the coat OF mail;
Put nc on now yourself, aud let US try
IT." and with SHOT after shot from his
own pistol, the emperor found out that
IL was Just what il pretended to be-a
good coat OF mail. The the man receiY-
ed large reward.
L bless God that the same coat OF mail
that struck back the weapons OF tempta-
ton from the head OF Cnrist we may
now al wear; for Jesus comes and says;
81 have been tempted, and l know
what 10 is TO be tempted. Take
this robe that defended me, and
wear it for yourselves. 1 shall
see you through all trials and l
shall see you through all temptations.
"But." says Satan, still further to
Jesus, Come, aud / will show you some
thing worth looking at; and after a half
days journey they came 10 Jerusalem,
and to the top OF the temple. just as
one might 60 up into the top OF the tow
or of Antwerp and look off upon Belgi-
um, so Satan brought Christ 10 the top
of the Temple. Some people at great
height feel dizzy, aud a strange oiSpo-
sition 20 lump, so Satan comes 70 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
aud streams. cattle in the valley, hocks
on the hills, and villages aud cities and
realms. Now, says Satan, "Pll make
a bargain. Just jump of. 1 know IL is
q great way from the top OF the Temple
20 the valley, but II you are divine you
can fly. JumpoG 10 won't hurt you"
ANGELS WILL CATCH YOU.
Your Father will hold you. Besides,
I'll make you large present II you will.
PU give you Asia Minor, I'll give you
China, I'm give you Ethiopia. I'll give you
Italy, IN give you Spain, I'll give you
Germany, IN give you Britain, I'll give
YOU an 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 lower part Of
your city. mo, you say, Il would not
bemean myself by getting into such q
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 i'm the wilder
ness and on the top of the Temple.
But I bless God that in the triumph
over temptation Christ gives US the as
surauCe that we shall also triumph.
Having himself been tempted, he is
able 10 succOr all those who are
tempted. la violent storm at
sea the mate told g boy-for the rigging
had become entangled az the maSt-tO
90 up and rightit A gentleman stand
ing on the deck said; Don't send that
boy up; he will be dashed to death. F."
The mate said: Il know what | am
about" The boy raised his hat in rec
IGNITION Of the order and then rose hand
over hand aud went TO work; and as he
swung Ia the storm the passengers
wrung their hands and expected 10 see
him fall. The work done he came
down 10 safety; and a Christian man
said TO him, "Why did you go down in
the forecastle before you went up?'
"Ah.' said the boy, II went down to
pray" "What Is that you have in
your vest2" said the man. 'Oh, that's
the New Testament" he said; 81
thought l would carry il with me II l
really did 60 overheard" How we'll the
boy was protected.
ICABE NOT HOW GREAT.
the height or how vast the dept, with
Christ within Us aud Christ beneath US
and Christ above us and Christ all
around US, nothing can beiall US in the
way of harm. Christ himself having
been Ia the tempest will deliveral those
who put their trust i'm him. Blessed be
his glorious name forever.
The third inStallment paid for our re-
demptiOu was the SaviOur'S sham trial.
i call it a 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 court room az two o'clock
in the morning. They gave him no time
for counsel They gave him no OppOr-
tunity for SubpRnaing witnesses. The
rafianS 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 men, and at that
hour, two o'clock in the morning, Of
course they were at home asleep. Con-
SeQueBtly Christ entered the courtroom
with the rutiianS.
Oh, look at him. No one to speak a
word for him I lift the lantern until l
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
'o0m comes MP and SmiteS him in the
. nth, and / see the blood stealing from
D. II j and lip. Oh, it was a farce Of a
- j, lasting only perhaps an hour, and
IN the judge rises for sentence. Stop,
TT Is AGAINST THE LAW
give sentence unless there has been
adjournment Of the court between
conformation aud sentence; but what
cares the Judge for the law? The man
has no iriendS-let him die" says the
Judge; aud the rufians outside the rail
cry; Ana! aha! that's what we want.
Pass him out here 70 US. Away with
him. Away with him"
Oh. I bless God that amid all the in
Justice that may have been inflicted up
In rnIa world hnrn IErIr.n