The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-28

ana IL was LQef0 I1ub bLlLo AhOnSSA "a
hell-more sly, more terrific than any
thing that prowled in that Country
satan himself, met Christ
The rose in the cheek of Chrlst-that
Publius Lentullus, in his letter 70 the
Roman senate, ascribed to Jesus-that
rose had scattered its petals. Abstinence
from food had thrown him into eInacla-
ton A long abstinence from food re-
corded in profane history is that OF the
crew of the snip Juno; for twenty-three
DAYS they had nothing to eat But this
sufferer had tasted a month and ten days
before he broke fast. Hunger must have
agonized every fiber of the body and
gnawed on the stomach with teeth of
death. The thought Of morsel of
bread or meat must have thrilled the
body with something like ferocity.
Turn out a pack of men hungry as
Christ was a-hungered. and if they had
strength. with one yell they would de-
YOUR you as a lion kid.
1t was in that pang of hunger thai
Jesus was accosted and satan said,
Now change these stones. which look
like bread, into an actual supply Of
bread" Had the temptation come to
you and me, under those circumstances
we would have cried, Bread it shall
bel" and been almost impatient at the
time taken for masticatiOn; but Christ
with one hand beat back the hunger,
and with the other hand beat back the
monarch of darkness. Oh, 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 impenetrable, so he said to
the manufacturer of the coat of mail,
Put it on 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
large reward.
| bless God that the same coat of mail
that struck back the weapons of tempta-
ton from the head of Christ we may
now all wear; for Jesus comes and says:
81 have been tempted and | know what
it is to be tempted. Take this robe that
defended me and wear it for yourselves.
| shall see you through all trials and
shall see You through all temptation"
But" says satan still further TO
Jesus. come and | will show you some
thing worth looking att" and after a
half days journey they came to Jerusa-
lem and to the top of the temple. Just
as one might go up in the tower of Ant
werp 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 to
jump; so satan comes to Christ in that
very crisis. Standing there at the top
of the temple they looked off. A mag
nifcent reach of country. Grain fields,
vineyards. olive groves. forests and
streams, cattle in the valley, hocks on
the hills. and villages and cities and
realms s. ...t .,..-
Now" says satan, I'M make a bar
gain. Just jump off. l know it is
great way from the top Of the temple
to the valley. but if you are divine you
can fly. Jump of. It won't hurt you.
Angels will catch you. Your Father
will hold you. Besides, ri make you
large present if you will III 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,
I'll give you Britain, III give you all
the world What temptation it must
have been!
TRIUMPH OVER TEMPTATION
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, IL would
not bemean myself by getting into such
a 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 MIN in the
wilderness and ON top of the temple.
But bless God that in the triumph over
temptation Christ gives us the assur-
ance that we also shall triumph. HAY
ing himself been tempted, he Is able TO
succor all those who are tempted.
In a violent storm at sea the mate told
a boy-for the rigging had become en-
tangled 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, 81
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 It'll IdAl' Lie "OEh
done he came down in safety, and a
Christian man said to him, Why diG
Won go down in the forecastle before You
went up?" "Ahr' said the boy. IL went
down to pray. Ny mother always
taught me before undertook anything
great to pray" What is that you have
in your vest?" said the man. "Oh, that
is the New Testament" he said: Il
thought would carry it with me if
really did go overheard" How well
the boy was protected!
care not how great the height or
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 glorious
name forever.
The third installment paid for our re-
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