The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-03-24

and hung about his room so when Sa-
tan tempted him he-if he couldn't say
'Flee'-could point to these as his SEN
timent.
Next, Satan tries his intellectual ma
ture just as he is going to do with you
if the first fails. Taking Him on an
exceeding high mountain he shows Him
the kingdoms of the earth, "All these
will l give thee, if thou wilt fall down
and worship me-" but Jesus applies the
scripture to him again, "Get thee hence,
Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God and him
only shalt thou serve" Failing in this
attempt he-before he leaves-for a
time tries his intellectual nature. Set
ting him on the pinnacle of the temple,
now says he off Thou be the Son of
God cast Thyself down." How hard it
must have been to keep from proving
Himself the Son of God but again he
defeats him, at is written again, Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God"
The devil is going to try your spiritual
nature. "You don't need to testify"
"DOn't be in hurry to pray or visit
| this sick one" or "NeVer mind about
prayer meeting tonight, this party does
| 1
read your bible for pastime after you
have finished that novel," Dear friend,
you who know Gods saving power,
take that blessed book whenever you
have any time for anyone whatever go
! to your room, read it thoughtfully and
carefully, pour over its pages, seek out
its promises, consecrate yourselves and
then expect, yes really expect, those
promises.
! 1t is blessed to be tempted but after
you have been left for time by Satan
don't think he is never coming again.
! He will soon be back again to try you
more than ever. BLESSED is the man
that endureth temptation, for when he
is tried he shall receive the crown of
life, which the Lord hath promised TO
them that love him." What, say you Z?
Blessed to be tempted? Yes it is bles-
sed. We admit that the heat is no less
! intense because it is a Christian about
whom the flames are wrapping. Meth
er is the smart of the lash less because
! it is q Christian about whom it is wrap
ping, but it puts one in the way of re-
ceiving rich spiritual gifts. Then look
about you on the tempted and in your
| trials cry out
Perhaps to-day there are loving words
] Which Jesus would have me speak;
/ There may be now I'm the field of sin
Some wauderer whom | should seek.
SO trusting my all to His tender care,
] And knowing Thou lovestme,
I'll do Thy will with heart sincere,
III say what you want me TO say
Don't simply say this, but do it, be-
cause
There's surely somewhere lowly place
In earth's harvest field so wide
Where | may labor for LIES short day
For Jesus the crucied.
SO trusting my all to Thy tender care
And knowing Thou lowest me,
i I'll do Thy will with a heart sincere,
III be what you want me to be.
That doesn't mean be church mem
! Der in so-called good standing. That
doesn't mean to go to church on sun
day and few other things that any
! infidel ought to do, but it means live
! Christian-shOwa pure life-say loving
and Christ-like words abstain from
| the pool room and all other devices Of
| the devil himself, and if we do these
things it is evidence we are "children of
! the devil So if you are prosecuted be-
cause of your pure life, read Cor. 1913,
"There hath no temptation taken you
! but such as is common to man." But
God is faithful who will not suffer you
| TO be tempted above that We are able,
but will with the temptation also make
a way to escape, that we may be able
to bear it. Blessed hope for the tried.
| But never face the devil alone. Just
"Tell it to Jesus" The sentinel stands
on the wall watching for the enemy and
at last he sees them. Does he Jump
down and go to fighting them? No he
goes and tells the general and he does
the ordering, but don't think that the
general does all the fighting, so don't
think that God is going to relieve us of
our burden, he is only going to make
us able to bear it, and remember, when
you have suffered to the extent of hui
man endurance that Jesus suffered just
as much for you. So the question is
resist or yield "Resist the devil and
he will flee from YOU" but to yield is
sin, and throw off sin in its smallest
form. Do not yield to the smallest sin.
Don't allow yourself to think that be-
cause this and that "church member"
does such and such that you will be Sc
cure in doing it for one moment. Shun
them. They are poisonous serpents
and beasts of prey and if you yield you
tried that Paul said, "For our light
affection, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory"
They shut John Bunyan up in dirty
cell, but does he get respondent like
many of us would do? No, he writes
Pilgrims Progress source of help to
many wanderer. They Danish John
to Patmos but there, with stone for
pillow, he dreams a dream-he sees
vision that his prosecutors fain would
have seen. They whip Paul. He is
shipwrecked and amid it all imagine
with smile on his face he calls them
slight Affections" The face of Stephen
shone as an angels as they were stoning
him for being an aims gatherer.
You or L cannot expect to get to
heaven on "Flowery beds of ease while
Others fought to win the prize and
sailed through bloody seas" "What are
these that are arrayed in white robes
and whence came they?" "These are