The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-04-04

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TAME THAT LIVE CAN o. aus.
TANNED IN ONLY ONE Way.
1T 10 the time Of the triple tempta.
tion In the wilderness. The con.
vsrsation ID bstwssn Christ and
Satan. One great In goodness. the
other great In evil dsvics. Three
temptations are hurled 10 quick sue.
cession and % quickly carried and
repulsed. Mako bread from these
stonss Cast thyself down from the
pinnacle Of the temple; worship the
devil. Mark the audacity OF Satan
be would attack the Son Of God. he
would storm the citadel OF heaven. II
the devil would persistently attack
the wisest. noblest and best OF earth,
think not you will be free. We hear
him saying. Make bread out Of these
stones"
The devil would teach the doctrine
that life can be sustained In only one
way: HIS program 10 to eat and live;
take plenty OF bread and refuse to die.
Fiji the cupboard and the cribs: let
the harms burst with the golden grain
then boast thyself OF tomorrow. Say
10 thyself: Soul. thou hast much
goods laid up for many years: eat,
drink and be merry" That Ii the
devils program. II 10 Ingersoll say
ing. One world at . time. one life at
time" The man who listens TO that
argument II listening to materialism.
With q quick fash came the words.
Man shall not live by bread alone"
II 10 NOT necessary that we live at
all: but. anyway. we are not confined
to one method OF subsistence. Only
in the most narrow and contracted
sense do We live simply because we
baked loaf and ate II. but because
God Wills that we live.
10 Barn Toe Target
But this 10 evidently . blow At ma.
terialism. We hear much these later
days % to our accomplishments. So
many farms titled and lands opened
up: 20 many millions OF bushels OF
wheat and corn: 30 many bales OF
cotton: 20 many miles Of railroad
built and 20 many ships set ahoat on
the high seas. This may be interest
ing from the point Of statistics. But
II this all! Can we see no farther
than granary and crib! 10 the barn
10 large We cannot see the sky?
Tell me. rather. how many churches
have been built-for man shall not
live BY bread alone. Tell me how
many souls this year Of our Lord have
decided TO make heaven their home:
how many young men and women
have gone out from halls Of learning
to help make this tired. sin-sick world
Q little more livable. want TO know
In how many places the standard Of
the cross has been Get up. What 10
success, and what b true success!
Forsvsfnore u must remain true that
nation. like . man. cannot live b.
bread alone.
Men become % wrapped up In ma
tsrial things. the external. the Visible
and the tangible. they seem to forget
there 10 . soul to save and . soul to
feed and that there 10 such thing -
the bread Of life. Man needs fellow
ship. the Bible. the church. com
munion.
Who Shall orowi
Who 10 II shall mount up on wings
- eagles. shall run and not be weary.
shall walk and not faint! Who shall
grow In grace! Who 10 II will 70
from strength to strength. from vic
tory to victory. tlll one day they ap-
pear before Godf II 10 that one who
has heard the words. Man shall not
live by bread alone"
Do you remember the pathetic
story Of Esau. who. for one morsel Of
meat sold his birthrisht! For you
know that afterward. when he would
have Inherited the blessing. he WAS re-
jected: for he found no place Of -.
pentance. though he sought It care
fully with tears.
10 Il possible to sell the spiritual
birthright! Yes. How much does
Satan ever offer for II. Never more
than Q morsel Of meat II was all he
gave the mother Of the human race
In the garden. She saw. she desired,
she ate. she fell. What did she get
In returns A morsel OF meat.
90 Il has been In every age, Satan
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