The Princeton union., 1892-07-07

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back the monarch of darkness. @, We
tempted ones! Christ was tempted.
We are told that Napoleon ordered q
coat of mail made; but he was not
quite certain that it was impenetra-
bic, SO he said to the manufacturer of
the coat OF mail: "Put it on now
yourself, and let US try it, and with
shot E, after '' shot from his own pistol,
the emperor found out that it was
yust what 1T pretended to be-a good
coat OF mail. Then the man received
q large reward.
bless God that the same coat
OF mail that struck the weapons of
temptation from the head OF Christ
we may now all wear; for Jesus comes
and says: II have been tempted, and
i know what tits 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 I will show YOU
something worth looking att" and
after half day journey they came
to Jerusalem, and to
THE TOP OF THE TEMPLE.
just as one might 20 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 a strange dis
position to Jump; SO Satan comes to
Christ in that very crisis. Standing
there at the top of the temple thev
looked off. A magnificent reach OF
country. Grain fields, vineyards,
olive groves, forests and streams,
cattle in the valley ,'Aocks on the bills,
and vlllagLs and cities and realms.
"Now,' snys Satan, "I'll make a 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, I'll
make you a large present if YOU will.
~ give you Asia Minor, I'll give you
China, III give you Ethiopia, I'll give
you Italy, I'll give you Spain, I'll give
you Germany, I'll give you Britain,
TIL give you all the world" What a
temptation it must have been!
The third installment paid for our
redemption was the -
sAVT0R'S SHAM TRIAL.
call it a 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 subpoenaing
witnesses. The ruffians 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. 4; -t...~. a..=s
Oh, look at him! No one to speak
a word for him. l lift the lantern un-
til / .can.look into his face, and as nv
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 farce
OF trial, lasting only perhaps an
hour, land then the Judge arises for SEN
tence. Stop! It is against the law to
sentence unless there has been an ad-
journment OF the court between con-
demnatlon and sentence; but what
cares the iudgefor the law? .'The man
! has no friends-let him die,' says the
Judge; and the ruthans 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 a
divine Sympathizer. The world can
not lie about you nor abuse you as
much as they did Christ, and Jesus
stands today in every court room, in
every house, IN every store, and says,
Courage! BY allmy hours ofmaltreat-
ment and abuse, | will project those
who are trampled upon" And when
Christ forgets that 2 O'Clock morning
scene. and the stroke OF the ruffian on
the mouth, and the bowling OF the
unwashed crowd, then he will forget
you and me in the injustices OF life
that may be inflicted upon us.
Further remark: The last great
instalInent paid for our redemption
was the demise OF Christ. The world
has many dark days. Many summers
ago there was a very dark day when
the sun was eclipsed. The fowl atnoon-
day went to their perch, and we felt a
gloom as welooked at the astron omical
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.
l lift the covering from the mall
treated Christ to let you count the
wounds and estimate the cost. Oh!
when the nails went through Christ's
right hand and through Christ's left
hand, that bought both your hands
with all their power to work, and lift,
and write; when the nails went through
Christ's right foot and Christ's left
foot, that bought your feet, with all
their power to walk or run or climb.
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