Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-06

! must have agOniZed every fiber of the
body and gnawed on the stomach with
teeth OF death. The thought Of 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. II 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 10 you and me under those cir
cumstanees we would have cried,
Bread ii shall ber' 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 II was inn
penetrable so he said to the manufac-
turer OF the coat of mail, Put II on
now Yourself and let us try It." And
with shot after shot from his own pls-
tol 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.
| 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 ii 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"
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 90 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 a 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
nilicenI reach Of country. Granfelds,
vineyards. olive groves, forests and
streams. cattle in the valley, 6ocks on
the hills and villages and cities and
realms. Now" says satan, "Tll make
a bargain. Just jump off. know 1t
is a great way from the top Of the
temple to the valley, but If you are di-
vine 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 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. 81 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 him
In the wilderness and on top Of the
temple. But | 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. Il know what | 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 upT "Ahv said the boy, II
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" "Oh,
that is the New Testament" he said.
II thought would carry it with me If
really did go overheard" How well
the boy was protected! l 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, nothing can
befall us in the way Of harm. Christ
himself having been In the tempest
will deliver all those who put their
trust In him. Blessed be his glorious
name forever!
The Prayer In Gethsemane'
The third Installment paid for our
redemption was the agonlzing prayer
In Gethsemane AS I sat in that gar
den. at the foot of an old gnarled and
twisted olive tree, the historic scene
came upon me overwhelmingly. These
old olive trees are the lineal descend
ants of those under which Christ stood
and wept and knelt. Have the leaves
Of whole botanical generations told the
story Of our Lords agony to their sue
cessors? Next to Calvary, the solemn
est place In Palestine is Gethsemane.
While sitting there it seemed as II l
could hear our Lords prayer, laden
with sobs and groans. Can this be the
Jesus who gathered fragrance from the
frankincense brought to his cradle ana
from the lilies that flung their sweet
ness into his sermons and from the box