Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-04-06
Ca(r,naSe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. ID. ID.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 31.-That
temptation Is the lot Of all; that not IN
being tempted, but in inviting ana
yielding to temptation Is sin, ana that
if we trust in God and seek TO DO
right we will always find way OUT
is the lesson Of this sermon. Ihe text
is I Corinthians X, 13, There hath no
temptation taken you but such as Is
common to man."
The scientists teach US that an
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 mas the
same method of working In all, ana IL
we learn what she does in the lower
sDheres we shall know what she does
in the higher If we learn how the
nlonts and the animals grow ana
thrive. we may infer that in a similar
way man will grow and thrive. NO
man Is absolutely unique. lie Is one
of species the members OF WHICH
nrosner under like conditions or de-
generate under the opposite condl-
tions. Nature is @ unit in this. III
other words the same inexorable nat
ural laws which cause a rose OF
lily or q heliotrope or horse OF
cow or n sheep or a robin or a blue
bird or n trout or q black bass to 90
and 70 be what 1t Is under certain
conditions are the same inexorable bi-
ological laws which will compel man
under certain conditions to do certain
thinps When we study the character
istIcs Of a species we study in broau
sense the characteristics of all the ln'
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. lie
comes to us and says: my brother, IN
} vour egotism you believe you are dil-
farant from the rest Of mankind. You
may think that no man ever raced JUS.
the same trials and temptations ana
sorrows and bitter dlsappointments
which YOU have. But in your loves
vour .hates. your sorrows and your
foundations YOU are just like the gen
erality Of mankind. You are under Tue
common law. You must eat as tney
eot You will laugh as they laugh
You sleep as they sleep. You sunel
from the cold and the heat as they
suffer. You cry as they cry. You arr
tempted as they are tempted. You sil
as they sin. Furthermore. you can D'
saved from your sins by the atonin'
blood Of Jesus Christ as they can d
saved You are part of great specie
Of living creatures which Is called tn
human family" Then Paul seems
generalize all his thoughts into thes
words of my text: There hath n
temptation taken you but sucn as
ls common to man, but God Is faithru
II who will not suffer you to be temple
N above that We are able, but VIII, VIII
d the temptation, also make way TO e.
y cane. that We may be able to bear IT,
J. Others Were Tempted.
~ Nv friends. as there are thousands
!. mon and women in the past VINO nav
been tempted just as we are temple
s. and God has found a way by Wnic
tbev NAV escape from their tempt'
tlons. so If we let Jesus come INTO Vi
lives and accept his offer of a way
escape we may overcome our presei
tountotions. We all have many TEN
totions There is no doubt about Una
. The next question is, Do we apply u
posnel weapon against those tempt
tons? .,o
o There are. In the first place, physic
foundations. There are temptations
:. the blood. of the nerves, the muscl
- of the stomach and of the heart ne
are the temptations which appear
the physical organism which we ma
Inherited from our ancestors ana whl
NAV have been weakened by dlsea
Tor or Inv abuse. These temptations OF [
nd physical organism are among the We
fiercest of all temptations to pat
eo AGAINST Paul was speaking litera
NV as we'll as figuratively when he
an ccrihed himself as an armed sentll
of standing guard over his body or as
armed foe in mortal combat VIII
nassions of his flesh. He knew
ererv true Christian ought to kno
that unless he was continually warn
against the evil desires or his nesn
would become their slave. lie sald,
keep under my body and bring II Il
4 , subiection lest by any means Whei
have preached to others myself sho
he a castaway." oh. my brother,
YOU know that with the help OF
Uolv SDirit YOU may overcome "
tors physical temptations?
One of the most common OF th
nhvsical tenlptat.Ons is the craving
lins the stomach ard the nerves for ST
Of. ulant or a soothing narcotic II
not a lazy. good for nothing CRUZ
loofer You are an intense. amOit''
energetic man. You perhaps star
with nothing. and everything, 10
,lic- a slang expression. seems TO De c
ing your way" Your business
been going ahead by leaps and sui
- Tho orders have been tumbling IN
Won as an avalanche. If you hau
= hands and ten feet and ten eyes
- ten brains. you could work them al
liz their limit. The result is you have
oyerworklng that body You cal
sleep at night. When you arise
breakfast in the morning you are L
tired than when you went 10
and About two years ago you began TO
stimulants. You did it to arouse
s to denleted faculties Then at night
W. commenced to take some sedatlVe'
W. said to yourself: 81 must sleep. !
and sleep or shall die" Then you dio
use like liouor. You did not IN the b'
- ming crave that sedatiye. But no"
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