The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-21

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inc some #eakling q sotr of goodys
goody creature that had no such bat.
tie to fight, but certainly that Is not
you and !. If we know ourselves as
we aught to know ourselves, we all
will hasten to admit the fact that we
are tempted.
No Sin to be Tempted.
"And there is no sin in being tempt,
ed: tho sin comes in yielding to temp.
.tation. Luther said - cannot keep
the birds from flying over my head
out can keep them from building
saee:s in my hair. 1t Is only when the
5evIl thought or desire is>harbored or
cherished that it becnoes rooted and
grows into the poisonous tree of sin.
No man is tempted Of God. The epIs.
tie OF James speaks a great truth when
it says that God tempts no man but
each man Is tempted when heis drawn
away by his own desires. And this
battle is not so much with evils with.
cut the life as it Is from the evils with.
in. Ny greatest enemy ic myself; II
/ can master him need not fear 9th.
ers. He that ruleth his own spirit
is greater than he that taketh q city
for the man that can conquer himself
can take a city or do any other great
work for God. In idct each one Of
US finds within himself higher and
lower nature struggling for the mas
terry. The very same element OF char.
acter turned in the right way will
make life a power for Coo, il turned
In the wrong way It will make it just
! as great power for evil
do you feel that you have great
er battle to fight against temptation
than others? Then thank God for the
fact, for It is the richest soil that pro.
duces the greatest number OF weeds
The more handles there are on our
lives by which the devil can drag US
down, the more handles there are for
the Lord to lift us up.
None Above Temptation.
Sand never let us be lulled into the
feeling that We are above temptation.
The higher the spiritual heights you
scale the more schemes there Will DO
to cirCumvent you,
Some persons say they can't I'm.
derstand why We arc tempted. 1t is
because God wants US to have the
blessings that can come in no other
way It is the fact Of mans struggle
with himself the battle against temp
tation, by which we develop the high
est and strongest nature.
1.-THE Sandwich islanders have t
maxim that when they kill an enemi
the strength Of that one flows into
their own muscles. The literally is
true for you and me, for every time
We struggle against the evil in our
cwn hearts and gain the mastery, We
are just that muclr the stronger for
having had the battle.
Rewards for copquerins Self.
In the third chapter Of Revelations
there are three great Promises for the
soul that conquers himself. The first
purity, the second, permanence; the
third, power.
DR.. Lyon then told of the rewards
which were received BY the winners
OF the olymplan games in ancient
Greece and the position in which these
winners were held by the people
But they strove to gain a corruptible
wreath" he continued, while we
struggle to gain the imperishable gar.
land Of everlasting life."
Kinds Of Temptations.
but let us note only the uniyeg.
salty Of temptation and the rewards
OF conQuering it, but also the kinds Of
temptation. There Is that temptation
to get mad aud swear. AS | have
said, the man that swears indicates
that he has a poverty of speech and a
poverty Of intellect as we'll. Every
man that swears Is coward and no
man dares to blaspheme the Holy
Spirit for that is the unforgivable sin,
"ThGn there is that temptation tC
get something for &Othing-gambling
If you gamble and win, your thief;
il you gamble and lose, your fool.
I understand that there are some
quiet little games going on right here
in Falrmont, too. Don't think that
your going to beat man at his own
game
"If keep my body under subjec.
ton" quoted the evangelist. phys.
Ical appetites and desire are tempt.
ers. too. Undoubtedly the physical
appetltes of men are greater than
those Of women. but II your wife was
guilty OF the filthy habits of which
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