Arizona republican., 1920-10-09
OCT. 10, 1920

Text: Matthew 313 to 4-11. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John. to be baptized of him. But John would have hindered him. saying. I have need to be bap- tized of thee, and comest thou to mel But Jesus answering said unto him. Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus. when he was baptized. went up straightway from the water and 10, the heavens opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove. and com ing upon him; and To, voice out of the heavens, saying. this is my be- loved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had lasted forty days and forty nights, he after ward hungered. And the tempter came and said to him, if thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. But he answered ano said. it is written. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pin acle of the temple, and said unto him. If thou art the Son of God, cast thy self down: for it is written. He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:
 On their hands they shall bear thee up. Lest haply thou dash thy foot agains,
 a stone.'
 Jesus said unto him. Again it is written. thou shalt not make trial Of the Lord thy God. Again. the devil taketh him unto an exceedingly high mountain. and showeth him all the af bn r1n rI1 of them: and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee. if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then said Jesus unto him. Get thee hence Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him; and behold. angels came and ministered unto him.
 This is the second of twenty four lessons selected from the Gospel of St Matthew for the Sunday schools of the world
 It is a big jump in time from the first lesson. The first lesson de- scribed the birth and the flight into Egypt. This lesson occurs 30 years later. Jesus has grown from infancy to childhood and from childhood to young manhood and from young man. hood to the mature age of thirty.
 Much Is left to the lmaglnatlon SC far as this series of lessons is con- cerned.
 The general theme of all these les sons is "The Kingdom series" They will concern themselves more in wha he did than how he lived. The boy hood life of Jesus seems to be summed up in the statement, And the chilC grew and waXed strong in spirit, ad vancing in wisdom. and stature and 1T favor with God and man." There is no question about the car' and earnest guidance given Jesus b! his parents. All Jewish parents ii that day gave much time to the religi ous training of the;r children. Hi later life reveals this care. Parenta training is the great need in Americi today.
 The baptism took place in JanuarS | A. D. 27, at one of the Jordan fords | probably near Jericho. The temptatio took place in the wilderness of Jude l northwest 1f Jericho.
 The man who baptised Jesus wa
 John the Baptist. a cousin. He is tn 1 mystic and the seer from the deser 1 He is earnest and simple. People be lieve him. though they do not like his