Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Caln1aoe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmase, D.D.

temptation is the lot of all; that not il
being tempted, but in inviting and
yielding to temptation is sin, and that
If we trust in God and seek to do
right we will always find a way ont
is the lesson Of this sermon. The text
Is Corinthians X, 13, There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is
common to man."
The scientists teach US that nm
thropology, or the science Of man, is
the crown Of all the natural sciences.
but subsidiary to it and contributory
to its proper comprehension are the
other natural sciences. Nature has the
same method of working in all. and If
we learn what she does in the lower
spheres we shall know what she does
In the higher. If we learn how the
plants and the animals grow and
thrive, we may infer that in a similar
way man will grow and thrive. No
man is absolutely unique. He is one
of species the members of which
prosper under like conditions or de.
generate under the opposite condi-
tiOns. Nature is a unit in this. In
other words, the same inexOrable nat
ural laws which cause a rose or a
lily or a heliotrOpe or a horse or a
cow or a sheep or a robin or a blue
bird or a trout or a black bass to do
and to be what it is under certain
conditions are the same inexorable BIZ
illogical laws which will compel man
under certain conditions to do certain |
things. When we study the character !
istics of a species we study in a broad |
sense the characteristics of all the in
dividuals of that species, and there is /
no exception to the rule.
Now, Paul in the words Of my text is
enunciating a great natural law. He
comes to us and says: my brother, in
your egOtism you believe you are diff
ferent from the rest of mankind. You
may think that no man ever faced just
the same trials and temptations and
and bitter disappOintments
which you have. But in your loves,
your hates, your sorrows and your
you are just like the gen.
erality of mankind. You are under the
common law. You must eat as they
eat. You will laugh as they laugh.
You sleep as they sleep. You suffer
from the cold and the heat as they
suffer. You cry as they cry. You are
tempted as they are tempted. You sin
IS they sin. Furthermore, you can be
saved from your sins by the atoning
blood of Jesus Christ as they can be
Iaved. You are part of great species
# living creatures which is called the
human family" Then Paul seems to
-eneralize all his thoughts into these
words of my text: 'There hath no
emptation taken you but such as is
ommon to man, but God is faithful
Vho will not suffer you to be tempted I
bove that ye are able, but will, with Y
he temptation, also make a way to es- '
ape, that We may be able to bear it. !
Others Were Tempted. a
My friends, as there are thousands of
len and women in the past who have
cen tempted just as we are tempted !
nd God has found a way by which
ley may escape from their tempta-
ons, so if we let Jesus come into our
YES and accept his offer of a way of t
scape we may overcome our present =
,mptations. We all have many temp L
.tions. There is no doubt about that D
he next question is, Do we apply the W
)spel weapon against those tempta- .
Ons? ., :,
There are, in the first place. physical u
mptations. There are temptations Of l,
Ie blood. of the nerves, the muscles L
the stomach and of the heart There
e the temptations which appeal to III
e physical organism which we have 0
herited from our ancestors and which -
ay have been weakened by disease VI
by abuse. These temptations of the ~
lysical organism are among the very
rcest of all temptations to battle u
ainst. Paul was speaking literally
we'll as fguratively when he de- ID
ribed himself as an armed sentinel eV
lnding guard over his body or as an te
med foe in mortal combat with the NJ
ssions of his flesh. He knew, as eu
cry true Christian ought to know, De
1t unless he was continually warning IN
ainst the evil desires of his flesh he ul
,uld become their slave. He said, 81 te
ep under my body and bring it into 10
bjection lest by any means when l N
We preached to others myself should
a castaway." oh, my brother, do OF
i know that with the help of the 90
,ly Spirit you may overcome your oV
ysical temptations? 20
)ne Of the most common Of those llt
yslcal temptations is the craving Of nl'
stomach and the nerves for a stim- ne
mt or a soothing narcotic. You are WI
. a lazy, good for nothing drunken Jui
fer. You are an intense, ambitious On
,rgetic man. You perhaps started no
III nothing, and everything, to use ue'
lang expression, "seems to be COM Ile
your way" Your business has go'
n going ahead by leaps and strides. reL
= orders have been tumbling in on WA
! as an avalanche. If you had ten
Ids and ten feet and ten eyes and :
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