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Take the First Temptation.

command these stones to be made
bread. Jesus was hungry The tenn
tation was most plausible II was n.
though he had said You claim to he
the Son Of God. but | am not convinced
You may be deceived. Give demonstrs-
ton OF your power II you are the be-
loved Son of God. you possess all power
and surely il is not the Fathers will that
you should go hungry. Did not God work
a miracle to provide food for the Israel
ties when they were in the wilderness"
How harmless seemed the test and how
reasonable? The question was between
hunger and disobedience. II is Gods
will that for the present He should GO
hungry. To yield to the temptation is to
take Himself out of the divine hands il
is to Illustrate the divine purpose Satan
said Build your kingdom on bread
Make 1t the first point in your program
to abolish hunger. Multiply continually
loaves and fishes
The answer OF Jesus is insta ntaneous
and complete: 1T is written, Man shall
not live by bread alone. but by every
word that proceedeth out OF the mouth
of Cod
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The Temptation.

AS preparation for His work the
temptation of Christ was necessary and
inevita BILE. Every finite creature is thus
met and tested in the dawn OF its being.
AS the representative OF our race, He
He must needs be tempted i'm all points
4:l5l. Victory for Himself was the
necessary prelude to victory for those He
came to save.
The history tells us plainly that the
temptation was of Gods ordering. Then
was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Our study of the life of Paul las shown
lis that isolation is necessary before the
beginning of any great work. Jesus was
consciously about to begin the work for
which He had come into. the world. His
purpose and His plan were doubtless
clear. But there were many details that
needed to be settled. His fun equipment
for this work implied an intellectual as
well as a spiritual enduement. There
could be left no room for surprise. And
so these forty days would be spent in adj
justins the human intellect to the divine
consciousness. So absorbing would he
that work that there would he no time, or
thought for food. When that task was
ended. at the close Of the forty days. it is
said that He was an hungered
Matthew tells us that the temptation
while Mark and Luke imply that the
temptation continued through all the DAYS
of His isolation. 1t is a question of no
practical Importance, and one on which
it is impossible for us definitely to de-
eide.
The question has been asked and
is frequently asked. How could the
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Reasonable Hours Of Labor

II is manifest that that industrv r,h;o,,
employing its laborers six davs IN tha
week. compels them to work twelve hours
out of the twenty-four does not give 70
those employees proper opportunity for
sane and healthy living. Family life in
telligent social intercourse with ones fell
lows. are impossible under such condi
tons. and the laborer not only Is not en-
couraged TO develop upward, but, by the
conditions of his labor. Is held in an in
ferior and degraded condition, with no
chance of development. Such a condition
Is believed contrary to the dictates Of the
religion OF Christ and a menace to the
well being of the state. 1t Is an obliga.
ton resting upon. Christian employers so
to organize their industry that the en-
ploye may have reasonable hours of labor.
In view of present discussions and In
view of the existing diversities of opinion,
the commission Ia not prepared to state
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Third Temptation.

Here Satan throws of his disguise. He
said: You are seeking world empire, 7
possess it. See. in Rome, in Cesarea, i'm
Jerusalem my favor!tes are I'm power.
Where on all this globe will You find a
Kingdom of righteousness Such a thing
has never existed. IT never will. Powe-
Is given to whom i will. II shall be YOURS
If you will fall down and Worship me-
And on the side of Satin was the worlds
history through all the ages.
such temptations a. these could have
been successfully met by none but tho
Son Of God. He knew all that Satan
could say. 1t was to correct this wrong
that He had become incarnate The
promise should Yet he fulfilled The
kingdoms of this world shall become the
kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ
The answer was ready: 1T is written
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God.
and Him only shalt thou serve" The
conflict is ended. The victory of Christ
is complete.
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Years of the Most High


conquest and Subdung of the earth 10
which God summoned Adam so long ago.
The earth is being made through lrrlga-
ton and other devices. to yield lis fruits
more abundanty. The air IS no longer
the exclusive domain of the birds. but
successful flying machines are carrying
scores of persons cloudward- vast and
hitherto unexplored and uncharted
areas of the worlds surface nave TINS
wear for the first time been brought
within human ken. " hal year it mas
been for science and discovery.
Still more marked arc the ferment and
growth among the nations of the earth.
The orient from Japan TO the 1arthest
bounds of Manchuria is awake Men
everywhere are yearning for learning
and for light. Old traditions and Gus
toms are being put one side. lhe
human family is becoming one In its
aspirations. hopes and ambitions. even
if 1t is far yet from being one IN SYM
pathies and endeavors.
Looking for signs Of progress nearer
home we find them in the demands on
every hand for industrial justice and a
larger equalization of possessions. Social
ism. labor unions. popultsnf. wrong as
their philosophy sometimes Is ana repre-
hensibe as often these methods are.
nevertheless at their best-and we should
always Judge them BY their best-repre'
sent a righteous longing for a world
good in all its parts, fair in all Its re-
lationships. The providence OF GOD is
behind all this industrial unrest, this
ferment In the east.
Therefore these years through which
We are passing may fifty be character
lied as years of the Most High. We
would all far rather live now than a
hundred wears ago and one of the re-
grets of elderly people Is that they can
not live to see all that is to take place in
this wonderful century. But we may
live today and tomorrow. rejoicing that
we can have a taste OF these years OF
the Most High and We can issue the
same challenge to ourselves that Julia
Ward Howe did to her soul half CEN
tury ago:
BE swift. my soul, TO answer Him be 1ublant
nv feet
For God ia marching on.
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Hints to the Leader.

Inc Endeavor Hymnal-133, 14o, 1:,J.
1856, l66. 1884,
You will have many incidents from
Moody's and Chapmans work. and that
OF other evangelists to draw from; but
as your meeting draws near its close
impress upon the members the duty NJ
personal work for every Christian. ASH,
all to promise to take at least one soul
10 pray and work for until that one is
saved. Urge this just before sentence
prayers,
Have you heard the voice of Jesus wbisper IT
have chosen you:''
Does He tell you in communion what He wishes
yOu to do?
As the first disciples followed, as thew went
where'er He sent.
So today We. too, may follow, on His leading
still intent:
Or. II He should choose to send us on some
errand in His name,
We can serve Him as disciples. for our place is
just the
Are you in the inner circle: Have you beard
the Masters call?
Have YOU given your life to Jesus: Is He now
your al IN all: Flora Kirkland.
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Pocket Testament League.

At the conclusion of the recent meeting
of the District of Columbia Christian
Endeayor Union d. a. Davis, religious
work secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A, called
attention to the Pocket Testament
League now being promoted In Wash
inston. and received the names of thirty
one Endeavorers who agreed to carry
with them a portion of the Bible and to
read daily therefrom much as a chap
ter. Cards describing the plan were sent
to the societies represented at the meet
ing and it is desired to spread the move
ment In every church In the city. The
details of the plan can be obtained at the
Y NJ. c. A. or at the c. E. Union head
quarters.
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Applied Truth.

There is story told of a Hindu of
rank who came TO England with the pur-
pose OF learning more about the Christ of
whom he had heard something He came
supplied with letters of Introduction to
many leading people, and he was re-
ceiVed ana welcomed with enthusiasm.
BelnR invited 10 a great dinner. i'm the
course OF the conversation he turned ia
MS neighbor and said Can vo,. tell mo
something about Christ, the foundar of
your reilgion: But his new acu,Ia :ntance
replied: Hush we do not speak of such
thlngs at dinner parties few DAYS
later he was invited to a large haII AND
Wnlie dancing with a young and fashion
able lady he took the opportunity of ask
ing her who the founder of her religion
Jesus Christ, was But again ba US
warned that this was no place to discuss
reIs1on' and the Hindu pondered how
strange II was that these Christians
would neither speak of their religion nor
tel about its founder, Christ.
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Bible Reading That Builds Character
r. i j. !

When Henry NJ. Stanley was starting
for Africa Sir William Mackinnon Of
fered him any present he would choose.
Stanley replied: Give me Bible The
desired gift was soon in my possession.
said he. lust the Bible l wanted. and
during my absence in Africa ! have read
that Bible through three times" Thus
his mind became saturated with the
Bible. 1t modified his habits OF thought
and methods of expression and became
a part of his spiritual and intellectual
life. John Ruskin has paid high tribute
TO the influence of the Bible in forming
his masterful style.
Mark the chosen passages in your Bible
BY reading and re-reading them they will
gradually pass into your memory. and
the great passages, like music, will sing
themselves into your life. Study your
Bible. Not about the Bible, but the Word
itself The ignorance of the Bible among
college students is startling. Get the right
conception of the Bible. 1t is not book
of history or Of science. 1t is book of
religion. Its appeal is to life and expert
ence. The Bible. when you get acquainted
with it. is the most real and living of all
books. Every chapter pulses with heart
beats: tears and blood drops color and
glorify its pages. Life, destiny. retribu
ton and reward are beaten into its teach
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A Living Wage.

Il IS the obligation of every Chrjs,,ar
employer. part of the essential Chris
uah teaching of the brotherhood OF man
70 pay every employee a living wage. thar
Is. wage on which not only the worker
but the average family can live undar
proper sanitary conditions. and win
reasonable comfort. Normally, the great
puIh VI the industrial work of our country
ana wages should be adjusted not Ia thn
cost OF living OF the unmarriad
ooarder. hut to the family ,sa
IN u. the home The living wage
ulHers from time TO time and from Mo ca
to place. The obligation remains M
varied. and no industry can be co,,ntad
as properly conducted from the stand
point OF christian ethics which is NOT so
conducted that all employees shall receive
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Second Temptation.

Christ has appealed TO scripture Then
Satan will draw his weapon from the
same armory. 1t is a terrific lesson The
Word Of God is accessible to Gods enemy.
Even against the Son of God Satan drew
his argument from the Bible Cast thy-
self down, for it is written. He shall
give His angels charge concerning thee"
Again. how plausible. Show that the di-
vine arms are ever about you; that you
are safe amid all dangers; and the peo-
pie will hail you as king
Yes. but again I am taking myself out
Of Gods hands: am frustrating the
divine plans There rs. oh Satan, other
scripture. 1t is written: Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy Cod
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phrase which they used TO
characterize periods of time
marked by signal and unusual
events. When looking back
over stretch Of months. they could
point 10 some remarkable overthrow of
their enemies. when the Egyptians
were drowned in the midst of the sea. or
10 some other triumph over their foes.
or 10 the conquest Of new territory, or
10 relief from captivity or exile, or to
the coming of mighty deliverer. they
referred to the times when such things
as these had taken place as years Of
the most high. For their sakes the
Almighty had laid bare His holy arm
and wrought wonders in their behalf.
Living al time when we do not need
and do not expect miraculous and spec
tdcular disclosures Of Gods interest in
and purpose for mankind. We prefer to
PIT emphasis on the revelations Of Him
self through the ordinary processes and
movements Of the world The order and
beauty Of this fair universe, the normal
human relationship. the sacrifice of
parents in behalf OF their children. the
innocent prattle Of an artless child. the
countless, everyday facilities OF men and
"oHitH III every STATUS OF SOClety-tneSe
arc 10 us 5 sacred and significant as
All! rendIng of the heavens could posi-
bly, be or Of any audible voice from the
heavens.
And Yet in our appreciation OF the
glory that constantly surrounds COM
monplace events We ought not to reduce
All life To gray, monotonous level. The
years that are passing rapidly over
our heads arc Just as much years Of the
most high any in the history of any
ancient people.
Take the year just closed for instance.
Note its many tokens of progress. Dis
tiHct Roadway has been made In that
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ings. Here is truth right out of the life
Of great suffering souls: truth tipped and
winged with the fire of respondent per
sonalities: truth written out large in let
tiers of fire and blood.
Gladstone saw the foundation for char
acter building in what he called The
Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture.
Coleridge said Il think the Bible is divine
because IT finds me'-that is, II reveals
a man to himself. It brings him face TO
face with God. 1t becomes the fountain
light of all his day. the master light of
all his seeing. 1t gives companionShlp
with great and luminous personalities. 1t
teaches man that he made to live
among the stars and not to grovel in the
mud. sad sight was that of an eagle
in a butcher shop. picking up bits of meat
amid the sawdust. He had been Gagged
and his wings were clipped until he had
lost the art of soaring The Bible gives
wings to the soul. and helps 1t to mount
aloft wings of the eagle. to run and
not be weary. to walk and not faint
The Bible teaches reverence. which is the
basis of all strong and noble character
1t leads one up to the supreme character
of all history. and gives to man the
example, the inspiration and the strength
of the Christ. Never forget that the
Bible is the telescope, and not the star.
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for all industrial conditions. what is
reasonable working day. The movement
for the standardization of reasonable
hours at eight for all industries has not
reached such a stage that, in spite OF its
own opinion that eight hours for labor
is reasonable this commission is pre-
pared to call upon members of Christian
churches to adopt that standard as
part of it's Christian obligation. but it is
the conviction of this commission that
anything over ten hours in any business
or employment is an abuse which should
not be tolerated in a Christian COM
munity, not exacted by Christian emf
ployer. The commission recommends to
the official bodies of Christian churches.
in order to standardize. as it were. the
simplest Christian obligations in the in
dustriai field, and to secure their recogni-
ton, the adoption of a resolution calling
upon employers of labor within those
churches to conform. in their industrial
operations, to these three simple rules:
One days rest In each seven.
Reasonable hours for labor.
A living wage based on these reasonable
hours Of labor.
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Address on Home Missions.

Mrs. Delos +. Finks Of New York, edi-
tor of the Home Mission Monthly OF the
Presbyterian Church will address the
women of the New York Avenue PreSby
terrain Church Wednesday at 1870 am
in the lecture room OF the church. The
meeting is an open one and many Of the
Presbyterian women we'll as others
of Washington and vicinity may avail
themselves of this opportunity to hear a
woman who, it is said, is 80 ably fitted
to give information about home missions
all over this land. She has been the
editor of this magazine, which was start
ed in 1856 and has all these years been
more than self-supporting and last year
was able to turn over 5000 above cost
Of maintenance of the magazine to the
Moman's board for mission work in this
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son OF God be tempted" This question
IS asked in all honesty. doubtless. but
II IS asked in ignorance. IL is quite
, ,ire tiat Goo cannot be tempted. danes
LID. But Jesus is the Goldman He
LOOK our humanity into Himself And
humanity in Him is precisely the same
as humanity in us. II is clear that the
sih'eSs may be tempted. Adam was sin
The angels were tempted and some Of
rneni kept not their first estate
Jude, 81, And so the human nature in
Christ. like the human nature i'm US, must
needs he tempted. OF course in such
case. the temptation must come from
Without To such beings the unfalen
Adam. the angels and Christ tempta-
ton from within is Impossible.
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His Baptism.

John was baptizing in Bethabara when
Jesus, coming from His home in Naza-
reth, desired to receive Of him the sacred
rite. In our last lesson we saw that
Mary and Elizabeth, the mothers, re-
spectfvely. Of Jesus and John, were cous-
ms. There is, however. no evidence that
the Baptist, until now. had ever met our
Lord But John knew that the Messiah
was about to appear: and. explain II as
that convinced John that He was the
long promised Lamb of God.
Johns baptism was for the remission
of sin: and John felt, instinctively. that
here was one who knew no sin. He
shrank back from the ceremony. pro-
testing, Il have need to be ba ptized Of
Thee. and contest Thou to me-? Jesus
admitted the business of the Baptist's
Savior of the world. by this observance
He would identify Himself with HIS peo-
pie. Suffer It to be SO now was the
answer, for. thus it becometh US TO full
fill all Righteousness
This answer settles the question, so
often raised as to whether Jesus was
conscious of His Messiaship before Ills
baptism. 1t was the Messiah who spake.
calmly conscious OF His nature and of
the work He had come to perform. When
tins consciousness became fully and I'M
-changeably His we do not know, but to
the writer it seems clear that ever and
anon through His early life there were
times when the truth. with more or less
clearness, flashed across His mind. When
He was alone. when He was fronting
some great wrong, in seasons OF prayer.
and when, as in the temple, He was
brought face to face with the ignorance
of the teachers-at such times there must
have come to Him the consciousness Of
His great mission. And this conscious
ness, I take il, became more and more
clear, until. yielding to It's influence. He
forsook Nazareth, and, with His feet in
the Jordan, stood on the threshold Of His
ministry
1t is true that tie Holy Ghost was CIV
en- in peculiar manner after His bap-
tism. And this unauestionably was the
elimination. the crowning evidence that
He was the sent of God. But it is equal
ly true that the Holy Ghost had possess
ed Him all His life. He was never with
out that in-dwelling Presence At His
baptism there was the full. the unmeas-
ured enduelnent OF the Spirits presence
and power. 1T was the coronation and
amounting Of the Monarch" II was the
fullfilment of the prophecy, Psalm 81.
This is my beloved Son, in whom l am
we'll pleased"
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Christian Endeavor Movements


in West Virginia. and will take up
similar work I'm Alabama Immediately
after his visit to Washington. Mr. Leh-
man is state secretary OF Christian En-
deavor in both OF these states and is
known as an enthusiastic and faithful
worker for the Christian Endeavor cause
The story OF Mr.. Lehmans life, written
by himself. appeared in the Christian En-
deavor World of December Is and at
tracted the attention of local Endeav-
orers.
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What Was This Temptatione

This question is often asked. To IN
it seems plain For forty DAYS Jesu,
had been reveling in the consciousness
OF the Divine fullness. Day by day the
pan OF salvation had been unfolded: its
glory became more and more manifest
and divine. He looked down the ages
ana saw the shadows lifting, and the
isht OF day. cloudless and nishtless
daWning upon the world. II was the
vision OF a world in which there was
no sorrow, no tears, no death, because
there was no sin. And this was to b.
through the work which He had come
10 inaugurate. Now. at the bottom tho
temptation of Christ is the temptation
that comes TO all men. II was the temp
tation TO abandon Gods plan and to take
Himself out of Gods hands
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Unitarian Conference Begins Tuesday

The program follows: Tuesdays pm,
THE Religion Of Joy Rev. Oscar b.
Halves Germantown, Pa, and Rev
Charles E. st. John. Philadelphia Pa
Wednesday-1o am. address by the pres
ident of the conference, Milton T. Garvin.
Lancaster Pa; address by the chairman
of the council. Rev. Alfred r. Hussey
Baltimore, Md; report of the secretary
and treasurer. Mrs. ]. T. Rorer Phila-
delphia, Pa; election of officers II am.
address. "Denominational Loyalty" for
mer Senator William f. Chandler: dig
cussion. 1870 am. devotional service,
conducted by Rev. Frederic A. Hinckiey.
Philadelphia. Pa: pm. collation.; S
pm. general subject, I'm Spirit and in
Truth discussed by Rev William NJ.
Gilbert, Nineland, N j.: Rev. G. A. Hem
derson. Wilmington. Del. and Rev. AL
fred R. Hussey, Baltimore Md.
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BOYS BRIGADE NOTES.
Quarterly Brigade Service.

In accordance with paragraph A OF
the regulations Of the local division. the
first quarterly brigade service for 1910
will be held at st. Marks Church, Sd and
a streets southeast, Sunday. January
so, at 100 pm. All companies
are urged to attend in a body, and all
friends of the brigade are invited. The
address will be made by Chaplain Brown
Of the United States Army.
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Mission.

A two-Ueck mission will be begun In
ST. Pauls Catholic Church tomorrow by
Redemptorist fathers from Annapolis.
Md. The instructions of the first week
will be for women. those of the second
week for men. a sermon every evening
at 7:3O o'clock will be followed by bene-
diction of the blessed sacrament. Instruc-
lions Will be given every morning after
two masses
The Rev. Father Francis F. klauder,
G. S. r., rector of st. MaryS Church,
Annapolis, will be assisted by other mis-
sionarfes.
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New Lutheran Movement.

Rev. Charles II. Butler Is active in
forming a new Lutheran congregation in
the neighborhood of Georgia avenue and
Park road and tomorrow afternoon the
work will he inaugurated under his direc-
ton at 745 Park road northwest. A Sun
day school service will be held at 3
o'clock and it is planned thereafter each
Sunday to have preaching services both
morning and evening.