Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-04-06


they would devour You as a 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 circumstances we would have cried,
Bread it shall be-" and been almost i'm
patient nj the time taken for mastication,
but 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 Il coat of
mail made, but he was not quite certain
that it was impenetrabe, 50 he said to
the manufacturer Of the coat of mail,
Put 1t ON now yourself and let us try it,
And with shot after snot from his own
pistol the emperor found out that it was
just what it pretended 10 he, good coat
of mail Then the man received 4 large
reward.
bless God that the same coat of mail
that struck back the weapons of tcmpta-
ton from the head Of Christ we may now
all wear, for Jesus comes and SAYS: Il
have been tempted, and ! know what it
Is to he tempted. Take this robe that
defended me and wear il for yourselves
| shall see You through all trials, and l
shall see YOU through all temptation"
The Temptation of Jesus.
But says satan still further 10 Jesus,
come, and | will show YOU something
worth looking at" And after half days
journey they came to Jerusalem and TO
the top of the temple. just as one might
so mp 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
strange disposition to jump. SO satan
comes to Christ in that very crisis. Stand
ing there ut the top of the temple, they
looked off. \ magnificent reach of coun-
try. Grain fields, vineyards, olive groves.
forests and streams. cattle in the valley,
ilocks on the hills and villages and cities
and realms. Now" says satan, I'm
make bargain. Just jump off. / know
it is a great way from the top Of the
temple to the valley, 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 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, III give you
Spain, I'll give you Germany. III give
you Britain, I'll give you all the world"
What temptation it must have been,
Go tomorrow morning and get in an
alteration with some wretch crawling
up from II gin cellar in the lowest part of
your city No. you say, Il would not
bemean myself by gettrng 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 bless God that in
the triumph over temptation Christ gives
us the assurance that we also shall tri-
umph. Having himself been tempted, he
| is able TO succor all those who are tempt
| ed.
| In violent storm at sea the mate told
a bOy-for the rigging had become en-
tangled in the mast-to 20 mp and right
| 1t. gentleman standing on the deck
| said; Don't send that boy up. He will
, be dashed to death" The mate said, II
| know what | am about" The boy raised
| his hat in recognition Of the order and
| then rose hand over hand and went to
| work, aud as he swung in the storm
the passengers wrung their hands and
| expected 10 see him fall. The work done,
| he came down III safety, and Christian
man said 10 him, why did YOU go down
in the fOrecaStle before YOU went upE''
"Ah," said the boy, II went down TO
| pray! My mother always taught me
before | undertook anything great to
| pray" What is that you have in your
vcstT' ooh, that is the New Testament"'
no -
with me if | really did go overheard. -
How well the boy was protected! | 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 be
fall us in the way of harm Christ him
self, having been in the tempest, will de.
liver all those who put their trust III him
| Blessed be his glorious name forever.
The Agony at CIethsernanc.
The third instalment paid for our re-
demption was the agonizing prayer in
Gethsemane. As | sat in that garden at
the foot Of an old gnarlcd and twisted
olive tree the historic scene came upon
me overwhelmingly. These old olive trees
are the lncal descendants of those under
which Christ stood and wept and knelt.
Have the leaves Of whole botanical gen
crations told the story of our Lords ag-
| ony to their Successors? Next 10 Cal
vary the solcmncSt place in Palestine is
Gcthscmane. While sitting there it seem
cd as if ! could hear our Lords prayer.
laden with sobs and groans Can this
be the Jesus who gathered fragrance
from the frankinccnse 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 comforter Of Bethany.
the resurrector Of Main, the 0culist Mt
Bethsaida? Is this the Christ whose
frown is the storm, whose smile is the
sunlight, the spring morning his breath.
H. thunder his voice, the ocean drop on
the tip Of his finger, heaven sparkle on
the bosom Of his love, the universe the
dust Of his chariot wheel? Is this the
Christ who is able to heal heartbreak
or hush tempest or drown a world or
food immensely with his glory? Behold
him In praypr the globulcs of hlnod b,,