The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-04

ster OF hell-more sly, more terrific
than anything that prowled in that
country-satan himself, met Christ.
The rose in the cheek of Christ that
Publius Lentullus in his letter to the
Roman senate ascribed 60 Jesus-that
rose had scattered its petals Absti-
nence from food had thrown him into
emaciation. A long abstinence from
food recorded in profane history is that
OF the crew Of the ship Juno. For 70
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 a NOR
sci 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 kid. 1t was in that pang
Of hunger that 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 cir
cumstances we would have cried,
"Bread it shall bev and been almost
impatient at the time taken for masti-
cation. But Christ with one hand beat
back the hunger and with the other
hand beat back the monarch Of dark
ness. Oh, ye tempted ones! Christ
was tempted. We are told that Napo-
leon ordered a coat of mail made, but
was not quite certain that it was inn
penetrable, so he said to the manufac-
turer Of the coat of mail, ''Put it on
now yourself and let us try it," And
with shot after shot from his own pis
toll the emperor found out that it was
just what it pretended to be-a good
coat of mail. Then the man received a
large reward.
I bless God that the same coat of
mail that struck back the weapons Of
temptation 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 1 shall see you through
all temptation"
Triumph Over Satan.
But" says satan still further to Je-
sus, "come, and will show you some
thing worth looking at, and after half
days journey they came to Jerusalem
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 a 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
nificent reach Of country. Grainfelds,
vineyards, olive groves, forests and
streams, cattle in the valley, focks on
the hills and villages and cities and
realms. "Now," says satan, ''I'll make
a bargain. Just jump off. [ know it
is a great way from the top of the
temple to the valley, but if you are di-
vine you can flya Jump off. 1t won't
hurt you. Angels will catch you.
Your Father will hold you. Besides,
I'll make you 3 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 Brit
ain, I'll give you all the world" What
a temptation it must have been!
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, II 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 1 bless God that in the
triumph over temptation Christ gives
us the assurance that we also shall
triumph. Having himself been tempt
ed, 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
entangled in 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 Christian
man said to him, ''Why did you go
down in the forecastle before you
went up?'' "Ahv' said the boy, Il
went down to pray. My mother al
ways taught me- before l undertook
anything great to pray" what is
that you have in your vest? ooh,
that is the New Testament" he said.
81 thought l would carry it with me if
[ really did go overheard" How well