Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-30

temptation toHic 70 you ana me unle
these cireunlstan IS, we would have cried
Bread it shall bsi' and been almost i'm
patient at the time taken for mastication
But Christ with one hand beat back TIN
hunger, and with the other hand beat bacl
the monarch of darkness. Oh We tempted
onesl Christ was tempted We are tolC
that Napoleon ordered coat Of mail made
but he was not quite certain that it was
impenetrable, so he said to the manufac
turer of the coat of mail, Put it 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 pre-
tended to be-a good coat Of mail Then
the man received II large reward
THE GUARD AGAINST TEMPTATION.
bless God that the same coat of mail
that struck back the weapons of temp.
tation from the head of Christ we may
now all wear; for Jesus comes and
4 says: Il have been tempted and | know
( what it Is to be tempted. Take this robe
/ that defended me, and wear it for your
/ selves. | shall see through all trials and
| shall see you through all temptations
But says satan still further to Jesus,
"Come and | will show you something
worth looking at; and after half days
journey they came to Jerusalem, and 70
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 70 jump; so satan comes 10
Christ in that very crisis Standing there
al the top Of the temple they looked Off
A magnificent reach Of country Grain
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'm make a bar
gain. just jump of. | know it is great
way from the topof the Temple to the val
ley, 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. III make You large
present il you will. III give you Asia
Minor, I'll give you China, I'll give Won
Ethiopia, I'll give you Italy, I'll give yod
Spain, III give you Germany, I'll give You
Britain, I'll give you All 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 lowest part Of your |
city. NO" you say, II 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 / 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 suecor all those who are TEMPTED.
In a violent storm at sea the mate told a
boy-for the rigging had become entangled
It the mast-to 90 mp and right it. 4 gen
-leman standing on the deck said. Don't
send that boy up; he viii be dashed 10
ieath." The mate said, II know what
lm about The boy raised his hat i'm
'ecognition Of the order and then rose
land over hand and went TO work; and rs
&c swung in the storm the passengers
yrung their hands and expected to see
lin fall. The work done he came down
n safety, and Christian man said to him.
Why did you go down into the forecastlp
,efore You went ups" 'Ahni said the boy.
Il went down TO pray My mother always
aught me before | undertook anything
treat TO pray" What is that you have
n your vestyn said the man. '0h! that i
he New Testament, he said; Il thought !
would carry it with me If | really did 90 |
How well the boy was pro
ected.
] care not how great the height or how
ast the depth, with Christ within us and
'hrist beneath us and Christ above MS and
'hrist all around us nothing can befali
IS in the way Of harm Christ himself
aving been in the tempest will deliver all
hose who put their trust in him. Blessed
e his glorious name forever.
now CHRIST WAS MOCRED.
The third installment paid for our re-
emption was the Saviour's sham trial. / |
all it sham trial-there has never been I
nything so indecent or unfair in any
riminal court as was witnessed at the :
rial of Christ. Why, they hustled him {
nto the courtroom at o'clock in the
norning They gave him no time for ,
ounsel They gave him no opportunity !
Dr subpenaing witnesses. The rufiians l
fho were wandering around through the
Midnight of course they saw the arrest {
nd went into the courtroom. But Jesus {
riends were sober men, were respectable ,
zen, and at that hour o'clock in the /
lorning, of course they were at home t
sleep. Consequently Christ entered the I
ourtroom with the rufiians. !
Oh, look at himl No one to speak a word =
lr him. lift the lantern until can loo.S 5
ito his face, and as my heart beats IA 5
for this, the best friend the {
orld ever had, himself now utterly friend a
IS, an officer Of the courtroom comes up I
nd smites him in the mouth and see the '
lood stealing from gum and lip Oh. it |
as farce Of a trial, lasting only perhaps c
a hour, and then the judge rises for sen q
.nce. Stop 1t is against the law to give v
,ntence unless there has been an adjourn h
rent of the court between condemnation Il
nd sentence; but what cares the judge {
II the law The man has no friends i
t him die, says the judge; and the ruff I
ans outside the rail cry: ''Ahal ahal that's
hat we want. Pass him out here to u.s.
way with him! Away with himf'
OH l bless God that amid all the inius- 2
&c that may have been inflicted upon rs c
this world we have a divine sympa-
lizer The world cannot lie about you 3
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