Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-30

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.
l shall see you through all trials and
shall see you through all temptation"
But" says satan still further to
Jesus, 'come and I will show you some
thing worth looking at" and after a
half days journey they came to Jeruss-
lem and to the top Of the temple. Just
as n might go up in the tower of Ant
werp and look off upon Belgium, SC
satan brought Christ tc. the top of the
temple. Some people at a great height
feel dizzy and a strangs disposition to
lump; so satan comes to Christ in that
very crisis. Standing there at the TOP
of the temple they looked off. A mag
niicent reach of country. Grain fields,
vineyards, olive groves, forests and
streams, cattle in the valley, focks on
the hills, and villages and cities and
realms.
"Now," says satan, "Pll make a par,
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. It won't hurt YOU
Angels will catch you. Your Father
will hold you. Besides, III make you a
large present if you will. III give you
Asia Minor. III give you China, III give
YOU Ethiopia, I'll give you Italy, III
give you Spain, I'll give you Germany,
III give you Britain, I'll give you all
the world" Whata temptation 1t mus
have been.
TRIUMPH OVER TEMPTATION.
Go tomorrow morning and get in an
alteration with some wretch crawling
M 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 him IN the
wilderness and on top of the temple
But / bless God that in the triumph over
temptation Christ gives us the assnr'
ance that we also shall triumph. Hav'
ing himself been tempted. ne is able &c
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 vii!
be dashed to death" The mate said, 81
know what 1 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 him fall. The work
done he came down in safety, and a
Christian man said to him, Why did
YOU go down in the forecastle before you
went up "Ah" 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; q
thought l would carry ii with me If !
really did go overheard" How well
the boy was protected!
Icare not how great the height OF
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-
demption was the Saviour's sham trial.
| call il a sham trial-there has never
been anything SO indecent or unfair IL
any criminal court as was witnessed al
the trial OF Christ. Why, they hustled
him into the courtroom at two o'clock
in the morning. They gave him no time
for counsel. They gave him no oppor-
tunity for ~subpenaing witnesses. The
ruffans who were wandering around
through the midnight, of course they
saw the arrest and went into the court
Dom. But Jesus friends were sober
men, We're respectable men, and at that
hour. two o'clock in the morning, OF
course they were at home asleep. Con-
seouently Christ entered the courtroom
with the rufians.
or, look at him! No II to speak q
word for him. lift the lantern until
can look into his face. and as my heart
beats in sympathy for this, the best
friend the world eve had, himself now
utterly friendless, an officer of the court
0 comes up and smites him in the
mouth. aud l see the blood stealing from
gpm and lip. Oh! it was a farce Of a
trial, lasting only perhaps an hour. and
then the Judge rises for sentence. Stop
1t is against the law to give sentence
unless there has been an adjournment OF
the court between condemnation and
sentence; but what cares the judge fol
the law: The MAJ has no friends-let
him die" says the judge; and the ruff
fans outside the rail cry: Aha. aha
that's what we want! Pass him out
here to us! Away with him! Away
with him.
A DIVINE sYMPATHIzER.
Oh. l bless God that amid all the in.
Justice that may have been inflicted upon
US in this world we have a divine syn
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