The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-01
* Lead Us Not Into Temptation y:
By J. w. Crary. Bluff Springs.

Dare to be great, without a guilty
View it and lay the bright temptation
down. Dryden.
When the Great Teacher was going
from place to place with His small
band of disciples following him, hav-
ing left their homes, friends and aVo-
| cations, when simply told to follow me,
unhesitatingly and willingly depending
upon their Master for all their tenn
poral necessaries and daily demands,
they realized their weakness. though
chosen as immediate associates with
the Divine teacher.
The old law as propounded by the
priests and verified by the Great San
hedrin court had been their guide,
thus seeing the law carried out and
at the same time fulfilled, brought
them to that point of thought that all
men have reached at some period i'll
life, and they asked the question: Lord
teach US how to pray.
The Christ's answer was, first the
Acknowledgement of the God. Second,
that His wishes or will should prevail
in mems hearts. Third, all have and
are His and a daily gift Fourth, we
must measure self, then our brother or
into temptation, or give us power to
resist temptation and deliver or re-
move the temptations, so as not to
subject us to the trials Of those things
we know, that does not tend upward
or uplifting. Sixth, the full authority
of the Godhead.
Thus we have the full demands and
requirements of the law OF laws.
And as we notice within the past
week, the weakness Of man In resist
ing temptation in our city, we cannot
help but cover up their faults with
that great mantle, that Christ spread
over mems hearts, Charity, when He
promised to prepare an everlasting
abode for him.
The question arises, why should our
trusted and honorable young men be-
tray their trust? TiS the spirit OF the
times, the atmosphere in which we live
controls our physical conditions, and
why not our moral?
The man race for wealth and gain OF
notoriety seems to fill the air which
we breathe. Be honest John, but thee
must make money, no matter how thee
makest it, is the spirit of the times.
We allow every device that man can
invent, provided they pay license to
operate them. We. put a hell hole on
boy cannot turn right or left with
out temptations, snare and alluring
bait, thrown across his path.
'Tn a moment the picture Of future |
enjoyment, ease and pleasure was vivid |
ly thrown on visions canvass, and
with the opportunity at hand yield |
ed This is one case of many thou |
sands
Fast age we live in-the boys are |
older and know more at sixteen years, |
than their father, and they dub their |
parents the Old Man and Woman, and
the home influence is lost forever: tbs |
with pity and contempt we look upon |
any boy or man that has snapped |
their father or mother or ma and pa, |
for the old man or woman.
We find the young man as soon as
business hours is over on the streets |
standing before bar rooms or pool
places, taking their first lessons; these
pool rooms are the nursery of the bar |
room and it does not take long before
the nursery will soon develop into a
healthy devotee of same, the boy plays
for a little fun then for a nickle, then /
it is getting interesting and the nickles
of his own run short, they then be-
come silent partners OF their employ
ers, then the chance fever takes pos
session and then the temptations are |
easily grasped.
We noticed this so marked in the |
county fair last fall when there was
the games Of chance such as pitching |
rings over coin sI @ur on a board,
young mAa. and old ones, tea 4eo0ding |
their cash and risking in the SUADA &