The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-04

( something worth looking at and ar
ter a half a DAVIS Journey they came
to Jerusalem and TO the top Of the tenn
/ pie Just as ono might 90 up IN the
tower OF Antwerp and look On upoa
belgium. 10 satan brought Christ 10
the top OF tie temple some people a.
a great height feel dizzy and a strange
disposition 70 jump. So satan comes TO
Christ in that very crisis. Standing
there at the top Of the temple. they
looked on. A magnificent reach q
country. Grainnelds, vineyards. olive
1 groves. forests and streams. cattle IN
the valley. iiocks on the hills and vii-
iages and cities and realms. NOW.
J says satan. "lll make a bargain. Just
+ jump OF. ] know it is a great way
from the top of the temple 10 the va
ley but il YOU are divine YOU can ny.
Jump on. II won't hurt you Angels
viii catch You. Your Father VIII hold
you Besides, IN make you a ia-gs
i present il you Will. IN give you Asia
Minor, IN give you China, IN give you
Ethiopia. In give you Italy. ill give
/ you spain. I'm give you Germany, III
give you Britain. til 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. mo. you say. a 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
4 ia tho wilderness and on top OF the
temple. But bless God that in the trl-
amph over temptation Christ gives US
the assurance that we also shall tr.-
umph. Having himself been tempted.
he is able to suceor all those who a.e
tempted
The Agony az Gethseman-.
The third installment paid for our
redemption was the agonizing prayer
IN Gethsemane. As / 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 70 their
successors? Next TO Calvary the sol
emnest place in Palestine Is Gethse-
name. While sitting there II seemed
as II could hear our Lords prayer.
laden with sobs and groans. Can this
be the Jesus who gathered fragrance
from the frankineense brought to his
cradle and from the lilies that flung
their sweetness into his sermons and
from the box OF alabaster that broke
er Of Bethany, the resurrector at Main
the oculist at Bethsaidag 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 drop on the tip of his
finger heaven a sparkle on the bosom
Of bis love. the universe the dist Of
4 his chariot wheel? Is this the Christ
who is able to heal a heartbreak or
hush a tempest or drown a world Of
food immensity with his glory2 Be
hold him in prayer. the globules Of
blood by sorrow pressed through the
skin Of his forehead What an in
staliment 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. I 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 rufIians who were wan
dering around 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 ruflians.
Oh. look at him. No one to speak
a word for him. ] lift the lantern
until can look into his face. and as
my heart beats in sympathy for this.
the best friend the world ever had,
himself now utterly friendless. an Off
Ger OF the court room comes up and
4 smites him in the mouth. and / see the
blood stealing from gum and lip. oh,
il was a farce OF a trial. lasting only
perhaps an hour and then the judge
rises for sentence! Stop, It is against
the law to give sentence unless there
has been an adjournment Of the court
between condemnation and sentence.
but what cares the judge FOR the law?
The man has no friends. Let him
die. says the judge. And the ruff
fans outside the rail cry: Aha, aha
that's what We wantl Pass him ont
here TO u.s. Away with him. Away
with him,'
The Divine evrnrafhfner.