Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-07

to you and me. under the circumstan.
ces we would have cried: Bread it
shall be-" and been almost impatient
at the time taken for mastication;
but Christ with one hand beat back
the hunger, and with one hand beat
back the monarch OF darkness. 0, ye
tempted ones Christ was tempted,
We are told that Napoleon ordered a
coat Of mail made; but he was not
quite certain that it was impenetra-
be, so he said to the manufacturer 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 pretended to be-a good
coat of mail. Then the man received
a large reward.
bless Gcd that the same coat
CT mail that struck the weapons OF
temptation from the head OF Christ
We may now all wear; for Jesus comes
and says: Il have been tempted, and
1 know what it is to be tempted. Take
this robe that defended me, and wear
it for yourselves. l shall see you
through all temptation"
But, says Satan still further to
Jesus, "Come and l will show you
something worth looking at" and
after half days journey they came
to Jerusalem, and to
THE TOP OF THE TEMPLE.
Just as one might 60 up in the tower
OF 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 strange dis
position to jump; so Satan comes to
Christ in that very crisis. Standing
there at 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 ,illaG.s and cities and realms.
"Now," says Satan, "I'll make bar
gain. Just Jump off, know it is a
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, III
make you a large present if you will.
I'll give you Asia Minor, I'll give you
China, III give you Ethiopia, I'll give
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you German, I'll give you Britain,
I'll give you al! the world" What
temptation it must have been.
The third installment paid for our
redemption was the
sAvIOR'S SHAM TRIAL.
call it q sham trial-there never has
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 at 2
O'Clock in the morning They gave
him no time for counsel They gave
him no opportunity for subpnnains
witnesses. The rutfians who were
wandering around through the mid
night, OF course they saw the arrest
and went into the court room. But
Jesus's friends were sober men, were
respectable men, and at that hour, 2
O'Clock in the morning, OF course they
were at home asleep. Consequently
Christ entered the room with the ruf-
fans.
Oh, look at him. No one to speak
a word for him. lift the lantern I'M
til | can look into his face, and asmy
heart beats in sympathy for this, the
best friend the world ever had, himself
now utterly friendless, an officer OF
the court up and smites him on the
mouth, and see the blood stealing
from gum and lip. Oh, it was a farce
OF a trial, lasting only perhaps an
hour, and then the Judge arisesfor SEN
tence. Stop 1t is against the law to
sentence unless there has been an adj
Journment OF the court between con-
demnation and sentence; but what
cares the juduefor the law? "The man
has no friends-let him die" says the
Judge; and the ruflians outside the
rail cry: "Aha 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
injustice that may have been inflicted
upon us in this world we have g.
divine Sympathizer. The world can
not lie about you nor abuse you as
much rs they did Christ, and Jesus
stands today in every court room, in
every house, in every store, and sa VS.,
"Courasa By all my hours OF maltreat-
ment and abuse, | will project those
who are tramp!ed upon" And when
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scene, and the stroke of the ruiiian on
the mouth, and the bowling OF the
unwashed crowd. then ne vii! forget
you and me in the iniustices OF life
that may he inflicted upon us.
Further remark: The last great
| stalmert paid for our redemption
was the demise OF Christ The world
has many dark days. Many summers
ago there was very dark day when
the sun was eclipsed. The fowl at noon
day went to their perch, and we felt a
gloom as welooked at the astronomical
wonder. 1t was dark day in Lon
don when the plague was at its
height and the dead with uncovered
faces were taken in open carts and
dumped in the trenches. 1t was a
dark day when the earth opened and
Lisbon sank; but the darkest day
since the creation OF the world was
when the
CARNAGE OF CAVALRY WAS ENACTED.
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