The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-01-14

lE bnrilz shall ila saved, BIZ HE
THAI BELIEFETH NOT SHALL
lBE DAMNED" he nowhere says
that she that O. not baptized shall
he manned. bur ahe that HEIIEvErH
not shall be damned. SO Christ's
baptism was a symbol - his en-
trance upon bis work. and our bap-
tism Is the symbol % the descent d
Gods Holy Spirit upon "a. marking
an inward work 10 our souls.
The Temptation Powerless.
The FIasT TEMPTATION in the
desert the hrst repulse for satan oe-
CURED See the Saviour for forty
: DAYS and nights without food. A
a natural result he was hungry. The
act suggested seemed innocent and
in keeping with his character. Hear
him say, IL thou art the Son Of
God command that these stones be-
eoae bread. Was not here a splen-
did chance for Satan2 Here was
Christ all weak and alone; How do
you know you are the Son Of God?
some people say angels sang AT your
birth, but they may be fables; then
the d0ve and the voice at your bap-
fisn. but that may have been an
hallucIna5ion or an optical Illusion;
ia e no small thing 70 make such
claim. II you are the Son 81 God?
/ Then command these stones to be-
come bread. Here was Satan tempt
ing Christ ia the same fashion az be
did Eve. by bodily desires. The
Saviour's answer is well phrased,
God hath said man shall not live
by bread alone. Man has some
thing more noble than a physical
nature. But by every word that
proeeedeth ous of the mouth ~ God.
Temptation may be equally as IN
awaiting for you dear reader, II you
remember you have more than mere
temporal needs. Satan wiz appeal
70 your desires, but you can have
power 10 put him to fight.
Tx SECOND TEMPTATION. - The
plnuacle OF the temple was chosen
I for the next contest. Some think il
was the summit of the royal gallery
built by Herod, over the brink oi the
valley keiroR, some seven hundnd
fcet TO the bottom - the valley. Now
Christ had maintained that De was
the Son oi God when be did not
yield 20 the former temptation. II
/ thou art the Son of God, east thy
self down. for IL is written. he shall
give his angels charge concerning
( thee. aud ON tbeir hands they shall
bear thee up. Lest haply thou dash
thy foot against a stone. Why
Satan canquote scripture. prove
your faith So yourself Satan
sought To direct his faith into wrong
channels. Would fl have been an
I Illustration a. faith or 90 ssliwnl 20
cast himself DOWN Friends, your
faith and mine viii bt perverted il
we do not tase oarc. 10 We walk 10
Gods ways we shall not b. over
wbelmed. ChriSt's rtply should De
yours. Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God. How persistent
Sata Is In his campaign,
Tur THIRD TEMPTATION - From
that high mountain what a daz-
rlng sight. "An the kingdoms oi
the world and the glory a. tlcm.
Nhat chance for an ambitious
man. The one who wrote the old
pruycrh that 'tic dcvu Is an ass. "
wrote "a great TRUTH onering TO
Christ that which was hiss how
many victims can Satan claim by
the means oi this last temptation
ambition Too many arc deceived
into believing satancau dispcnse ta.c
hest things ia this world, aud a
I proYs- 10 Ia a hollow mpckVry, n
you ars ss,aking the help 81 Satan "a
secune good things disabasc your
mind. God Is thc giyer % good
things. satan was completely uu-
masked. s.-e DTS puctuces and lse-
wan,. Temptation Is not siu nntu
you yleld.
GoLnsS rENT, - Ana lo, woke
from heaven, saying. this Is say be-
Iloved son. 60 whom , am well
pleased.
AIrHA ALrHArVs