The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-01

Del anu Dttu diiuopt iiipNNithb ~ tho
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, We tempted
ones! Christ was tempted, We are
told that Napoleon ordered 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 II
was just what it pretended to be--a good
coat of mail. Then the man received "a
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
| 1t 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 at" and after
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
iiifcent reach of country. Grain fields;
vineyards, olive groves; forests and
streams, cattle in the valley, flochs on
the hills. and villages and cities and
realms.
Now" says satan, "rll 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, I'll make you
large present if you will. I'll 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, I'll give you all
the world" Whata temptation 1t must
have been!
TRIUMPH OVER TEMPTATION.
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 MIN in the
wilderness and on top of the temple.
But 1 bless God that in the triumph over
temptation Christ gives us the assur-
ance that we also shall triumph. Hav-
ing himself been tempted, he is able to
succor all those who are tempted.
In violent storm at sea the mate told
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 l 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 so doyyr, in the forooaotlo before you
went up?' "Ah!" said the boy, II went
down to pray. My 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; 81
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-
demption was the Saviour's sham trial.
| | call it sham trial-there has never
been anything so indecent or unfair in
any criminal court as was witnessed at
the trial of Christ Why, they hustled
him into the courtroom at two O'Clock
the morning. They gave him no time
for counsel. They gave him no oppor-
tunity for subp9naing witnesses. The
ruffians who were wandering around
through the midnight, of course they
saw the arrest and went into the court.
room. But Jesus friends were sober
men, were respectable men, and at that
hour, two o'clock in the morning, of
course they were at home asleep. Con
sequently Christ entered the courtroom
with the rufiians.
Oh, look at him! No one to speak a
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 ever had, himself now
utterly friendless. an officer of the court
room comes up and smites him in the
mouth, and see the blood stealing from
gum and lip. Oh! it was farce of q
trial, lasting only perhaps an hour, and
Ulltl lilC IlotS lOl Stiltclitc. DUOp
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
tle lawl ''phe man has no friends-let
him die" says the judge: and the ruff
fans outside the rsil cry: aha! aha
that's what we want! Pass him out
here to us! Away with him! Away
with himt'
A DIVINE SYMPATlIZER.
On! bless God that amid all the in
justice that may hive been inflicted upor
us in this world we have divine sym
pathizer. The world cannot lie about
you nor abuse you as much as they die
Christ. and Jesus stands today in every
courtroom. in every house, in every
store, and says: "Courage! By all my
hours of maltreatment and abuse, | vii
protect those who are trampled upon.
And when Christ forgets that two o'clocl
morning scene, and the stroke of thu