Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

or mail linen the man received a
large reward.
L 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: Il have been tempted. and
1 know what it is to be tempted. Take
this robe that defended me and wear 1t
for yourselves. 1 shall see you through
all trials, and / shall see you through
all temptation"
The Temptation of Jesus.
But" says satan still further to
Jesus, come, and 1 will show you
something worth looking at" And ar
ter half a days journey they came
to Jerusalem and to the top of the tenn
pie. Just as one might go up In the
tower of Antwerp and look on 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 on. A magnificent reach OF
country. Gra1nf1elds vineyards, olive
groves, forests and streams, cattle in
the valley, tiocks on the hills and vii
says satan, "I'll make a bargain. Just
jump on 1 know it is great way
from the top of the temple to the val
ley, but if you are divine you can t1y.
Jump off. 1t won't hurt you. Angels
will catch you. Your Father Will hold
you. Besides, I'll make you a 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, Ill give
you Spain. I'll give you Germany, Ill
give you Britain, 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 gin cellar in the lowest part
OF your city. NO" you say, 4 would
not bemean myself by getting into
such a contest" Then think OF what
the king oe 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 tr1-
umph over temptation Christ gives
the assurance that we also shall trs-
umph. Having himself been tempted.
he is able to succor all those who are
tempted.
The Agony Gethsemane.
The third installment paid for our
redemption was the agonizing prayer
IN GethSemane. AS l 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
successors? Next to Calvary the SOL
| emnest place in Palestine is Gethse-
name. While sitting there it seemed
| as If 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 and from the lilies that flung
their sweetness into his sermons and
| from the box of alabaSter that broke
at his feet? Is this Jesus the comfort
er of Bethany, the resurrector at Main
| the oculist at Bethsaida? Is this the
| Christ whose frown is the storm, whose
smile is the sunlight, the spring morn
ing his breath, the thunder his voice.
| the ocean a drop on the tip of his
finger, heaven a sparkle on the bosom
of his love, the universe the dust of
| his chariot wheel2 Is this the Christ
who is able to heal a heartbreak or
| hush a tempest or drown a world of
flood immensity with his glory? Be-
hold him in prayer, the globules of
blood by sorrow pressed through the
skin of his forehead, What an in
stallment in part payment of the great
est price that was ever paid,
/ The sham Trial.
The fourth installment paid for our
redemption was the Saviour's sham
trial. l call it a 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 court room
| at O'Clock in the morning They gave
| him no time for counsel. They gave
| him no opportunity for subpoenaing
| witnesses The ruffians who were wan
| dering ABOUND 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, o'clock in the morn
ing, of course they were at home asleep
| Consequently Christ entered the court
room with the ruffians-
Oh, look at him, No one to speak
| a word for him. 1 lift the lantern
until 1 can look into his face, and as
my heart beats in sympathy for this.
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