The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-04-06

III WIS III tudt Pa'b 1
Jesus was accosted, and satan said:
snow, change these stones, which look
like bread. into an actual supply OF
bread" Had the temptation come to
Won and me under those circumstances
we would have cried: Bread it shall
bel" and been almost inpatient at the
time taken for mastication, III Christ
with one hand beat back the hunger
and with the other hand beat back the
monarch of darkness. o we tempted
ones! Christ was tempted. We are
told that Napoleon ordered a coat-of-
mail made, but he was not quite GER
tain that it was impenetrable. SO he
said to the manufacturer OF the coat
of-mail: "Put it on now yourself n
let us try it," And with shot after
shot fired from his own pistol the en-
peror found that it was just what 1t
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 NAV now all wear, for Jesus m
and saws: 81 have been tempted, and
know what it is to be tempted. Take
this robe that defended me and wear
it for yourselves. l shall see you
through all trials, and I shall see you
through all temptation"
But" says Satan still further to
Jesus, "come, and I will show You
something worth looking at" And
after a half 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 off upon
Belgium, so Satan brought Christ to
the top of the temple. Some people at
a great height feel dizzy and a strange
disposition to jump. So Satan m
to Christ in that very crisis. Stand
ing there at the top of the temple, they
looked off. A magnificent reach of
country. Grain fields, vineyards, olive
groves. forests and streams, cattle in
the valley, focks on the hills and vii
ages and cities and realms. Now"
says Satan, "Ili make a bargain. Just
jump off. l know it is a great way
from the top of the temple to the val
ley, 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 q 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" What a temptation it must
have been!
The third installment paid for our
redemption was the agonizing prayer
in G~ethsemane. 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 the story of our Lords agony to
| their successors? Next to Calvary the
+, solemnest place in Palestine is Geth'
semane. While sitting there it seemed
1 as il 1 could hear our Lords prayer
laden with sobs and groans. Can thi:
= be the Jesus who gathered fragrance
. from the f~rankiEcense brought to Hi:
cradle and from the lilies that fune
their sweetness into His m anc
e from the box Of alabaster that brok,
at his feet? Is this Jesus the com
forter of Bethany, the resurrector a
o Main, the oculist at Bethsaida? i
S this the Christ whose frown is tn,
e storm, whose smile is the sunlight, tn
spring morning His breath, the thun
der His voice, the ocean a drop on tn,
p tip of His finger, Heaven a sparkle OIL
the bosom of His love, the universe tn
l. lust of His chariot wheel? Is this tn
e Christ who is able to heal a heart
II break or hush a tempest or drown
o world or flood immensity with Hi
It glory? Behold Him in prayer, tn
t, globules of blood by sorrow presse,
S, through the skin of His forehead
le What an installment in part paynen
E. of the greatest price that was eve
h paid!
7, The fourth installment paid for ou
N redemption was the Saviour's shat
II trial. l call it a sham trial-there ha
never been anything SO indecent c
Unfair III any CIIililidl court as wa
= witnessed at the trial of Christ. VIII,
=, they hustled him into the courtroom
; at two o'clock in the morning. The
II, Il, gave Him no time for counsel. The
y, gave him no opportunity for subpo,
a. naing witnesses. The ruffians VIII
III were wandering around through II
midnight, Of course they saw the a
VI rest and went into the courtroom. BIZ
- Jesus friends were sober men, wei
y respectable men, and at that hour, tw
81 o'clock in the morning, of course the
were at home asleep. Consequent
- Christ entered the courtroom with IL
rufiians.
in Oh, look at Him! No one to speak
4. word for Him. l lift the lantern u,
til l can look into His face, and as II
heart beats in sympathy for this. Il
best friend the world we had, Hir
self now utterly friendless, an ofic,
re of the courtroom comes up and smit,
a, Him in the mouth, and / see the bio,