St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-13

Satan, and was with the wild beasts.
And the angels ministered unto Him."
Mr.. Wilkinson said:
"Wise men will ponder with care
seasons and times which fifty genera
tons Of men have observed with care
and great profit to the world and to
themselves alike; and which, if not Of
divine command, had the example OF
Jesus the Savior? In all the stately Or
der of the Christian calendar we have
no period which has lessons OF deeper
truth, or nobler import than Lent.
From the early days of the Christian re-
ligion in unbrOken observance the his
toran tells how it has been kept. And
we know from the gospels that Christ
did spend forty days in the wilderness,
and this was at the very beginning OF
His life's great work. In the Scriptures
there is an architecture in the deeds
as well as in the words spoken. and
these things are not accidents. They
have important instruction for all who
will learn. and Alright understand that
religion has to do with the philosophy
of all Well-ordered life. AS soon as the
Son of God was baptized He was driven
we're temptations or testingS began, test
all His wondrous life, and which only
ended with His death.
eve are here. The temptation is very
real to us to obtain our bread in some
easy way, but which way has in it no
honor. So we read it was even in His
retirement with this mighty prophet of
Palestine. Command that these stones
be made bread And out of that TEMP
tation, in stern reply to this voice, came
sound which holy men have heard i'll
every age with Joy and gladness, which
no day ever so much as this: Man
doth not live by bread alone
In this time of glitter and show,
and strife for comfort and for
luxurious qualification, when the APP
petite is paramount, and the rush OF
animal life is uppermost, we DO need to
know, and to be effectively reminded
from God. tends to God and can only be
sustained by His everything word. We
are in great danger of forgetting that
God has word to speak to u.s. but it is
a verify which long experience has
demonstrated past doubt. The men
who have been aware of this fact that
all the children of men may hear Him
speak are the ones who have made in
the kingdom of grace the world their
debtor. Show me man who is ever
in public. never in quiet self-examin-
alton, never in private or retirement,
never has Lent for his body or feast
for his soul, and | will show you man
who is no ornament to his church.
Show me a man~who knows how to
divide his time between the ordinances
of religion, retirement and prayer, and
| will show you man VINO is power
fnT,
was in the wilderness. He knew an
guisb of soul-testing, for the tempta-
tiOnS were not make-Delieve. But
when He did come back it was not to
daWdle life away in fine theories. in
useless speculations; it was TO putt to
such use in the very best, and, hence.
wisest, service of man.
with trumpet call tie church sum-
mons to the observance of Lent.
Wherever civilized man is found i'll
large numbers this sound will go out
into all lands. In the pulpits of the
church men most renowned for holl-
ness, for eloquence, ror service Will
stand as ambassadors for Jesus Christ.
They will tell in terrible words and true
the vanity of life in all its worldly
aspects. They will speak of the eternal
reality OF tie soul and its destiny, und,
consider these 1hiuss. THO world
needs Lent, If its business is to
be purified. Society needs it, if it is to
BE- saved the unspealz, ole disgrace to
which much Of it tends. The home
needs it. if it is to maintain its bright
purity and love. We all need Lent, if
we are % quit ourselves like men in the
church of God ard show and tell the
world His sal 7ation till He HE SELF
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