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REV. DR. TALMAGE.
The Brooklym Divine’s Sun-
day S2rmon.
Subject : “The House on the Wall"
TEXT: “And the young men that were
tes went tn, and drought out Rahab, and
r father, and her mother, and her breth-
vem, and all that she had.” Joshua vi, 28.
An enthusisastic welcome was given to
Dr. Talmage in the Brooklyn Academy of
Mude, when he preached his first sermon
efter his return from the Holy Land. Every
wat was occupied, and all standing room,
sven the space on the behind the
preacher, was filled. The two opening hymos
were "Blest Be the Tie That Binds’ and
‘land Ahead ™ Before he began preach-
, Dr. Talmage told Dis people
sa was giad to on) home, and Spenicing of
sis church which was burned he expressed bis
great pleasure that the new walls were al-
ready rising. The subject of the sermon was
**The House on the Wall.” The preacher
wid
When, only a few weeks ago, 1 visited
wricho, 1 sald: Can it be possible that this
ftiapidated place Jericho that Mark
sntony gave as a wedding present to Cleo
atra’ Where are the groves of palm
aves! Where are Herod's palaces that once
stood here! Where is the great theatre from
she stage of which Salome told the people
hat Herod was dead! Where is the
IV CRM tree the limb of which
Zacchens sat when Jesus passed this place?
Where is the wreck of the walls that fell at
she blowing of the rams’ horns? But the fact
hat ali these have disappeared did not hinder
me from seeing in imagination the smash of
*verything on the fated day, save one house
n the wall, That scene centuries ago comes
sack to me as though it were vesterday.
There is a very sick and sad house in tha
sity of Jericho, What is the matter’ Is it
wverty? No, Worse than that. Is it
eprosy? No. Worse than that. Is it death?
No. Worse than that. A daughter has for-
saken her home By what infernal plot she
was induced to leave I know not; but they
ok in vain for her return. Sometimes they
ear a footstep very much like hers, and they
tart up and say: “She comes™ but only to
ink back again into disappointment hat
= the first scene in this drama of the Bible
{rn a house on the wall of the city is that
faughter, at is her home now, Two spies
yme from the invading army to fook
around through Jericho and see how best it
nay be taken. Yonder is the lost child, in
hat dwelling on the wall of the city,
First, Rat for that was the 1 e of tha
., Rahal secretes thé wo spies
pursuers off the track, but
he says to them: “I will make
I will save your life if
» and the life of my
or and my brothers and
victorious army comes
3, she had not forgotien
The wanderer never
wo
is
re on
IAve
1 their bodies than
XY u had
POOR Tg
ber got all
father Vong
ur sisters You
this house And,
here, take this
have put around our
oss the window: and
rmy comes up, and
he window, they
and all who
0" cried the
from the win-
is the second
Thére is a knock
He looks up, and
an
spies Aye aye” said Hahab
dow, “it shall be so.” That
scene inthis Bible drama.
yt the door of the old man
ayy: “Come in," and lo! there is Rahab,
ihe lost cid, but she has no time to talk
They gather in excitement around her, and
he says to them: “Get ready quickly, and
go with me to my house. The army is com
ng @ trumpet! Make haste' Fly!
The ehemy™ That is the third scensin this
ibledrama.
The hosts of Israel are ali
loomed city of Jericho,
great metropolis,
around about
Crash! goés the
i heaps on heaps The air
aff ocating with the dust, and horrible with
of a dying city. AlN the houses
All the peopledead. Ab, no, no
i the wall—the only piece of the
ng there is a house which we
There is a family there that
y spared. Who are they? Let us g
Rahal, her father, her mother, her
her sisters, all safe, and the only
in all the city. What
‘an you tell me why? O, it way
the scarlet line in the window That is the
fourth scene in this F oe drama
My friends there are foes coming upon us,
more deadty and more tremendous, to over:
throw our immortal interests hey will
trampie 1 ywn and crush us out forever
unless the some skilful { rescue
the
the screams
sana
house left standing
mved them!
mode of
Pen
In the first place, carryiog out the idea ol
my text we must stretch this scarlet cord
across the window of our rescue There
comtes a time when a man is surrounded
What is that in the front door of his soul’ If
is the threateninge of the future What i
that in the back door of his soul? It is the
sins of the past. He cannot get out of either
of those doorways. If he attempts it he will
be cut to pieces. What shall he do? Eacaps
through the window of God's mercy. That
sunshine has been pouring in for many a day
thod's Inviting mercy. God's pardoning
mercy. God's all conquering mercy. God's
everlasting tnercy
It is easy to get into sin, young man,
is not so easy to get out of it. A youn
goee tothe marble counter of a hotel. He
asks for a brandy smash-called so, 1 sup
pose, becanse it smashes the man that takes
it. *There is no intoxication in it As the
young man receives it he does not seem to
be at all excited. It does not give any glossi-
nesx to the eye. Ha walks home in beauti
ful apparel, amd all his prospects
are brilliant. That drink is not going
to déstroy Bim, but it is the first step on a
bad road, Years have passed on, and 1 see
that young man after he has gone the whole
length of dissipation. itis madnight, and
is in 8 hotel —perhaps the very one whers he
took the first drink. A delirium is upon
tim. He rises from the bed and comes to
tha window, and it is easily lifted; wo
he lifts it, Then ha pushes back
the blinds and puts his on the
window sill. Then he gives one Rriag.
and the watchman finds his disfigured ar.
unrecognizable, on the pavement. , if
0
had only waited a lit
It
man
—if he had come
down on the scarlet ladder that Jesus holds
from the wall for him, and for you, and for
me: but no, he made one jump, and was
was to be spared
line was thick enough, and long enough, sad
onsplenons anougls to save Hahab, her
father, her mo . her brothers and
her sisters—the entire family. Have owr
households as good protection? Have
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Now, as | stand here, you do not see any
hands outstret shed toward me, and yet there
are hands on my brow and hands on both my
shoulders. They are hands of parental bene-
diction. It is quite a good many years ago
now since we tolded those hands as they begin
the last sleep on the banks of the Raritan
in the village cemetary; but those hands are
strotched out toward me to-day, and the
are just as warm and they are just as gentle
as when I sat on her knee at flve years of
age. And 1 shall never shake off those
hands, I do not want to. They have belped
me 50 much a thousand times already, and
do not expect to have a trouble or a trial
betwen thix and my grave where those hands
#1 pot nelp me, (Was DOU & Very speed
did home, as the world calls it; buat
we had s Tamily Bible thers, well worn by
tender perusal; and there was a family altar
there, where we knelt morving and night;
and there was a holy Sabbath there; and
stretched in a straight line or hung in loops
or festoons, there was a scarlet line
in the window, Oh, the tender, perec-
fous, blessed memory of a Christian
home! Is that the im m you
are making u your children? When you
are dead it will not be long before you
are-—when you are dead, will your child say
“If there ever was a good Christian father,
mine was one, If there ever was a good
Christian mother, mine was one?
Still further, we want this scarlet line of
the text drawn across the window of our
prospects. To-dav, my friends, we sit in the
Bow of earthly prospects, and we look off
toward the hills of heaven and the landscape
of eternal beauty. God has optned the win-
dow for us, and we look out. We now only
get a dim outline of the inhabitauts. We now
only here and there catch a note of the ex
quisite harmony.
But blessed be God for this scarlet line in
the window. That tells me that the blood of
Christ bought that home for muy soul, and I
shall go thers when my work ix done. And
asd put my hand on that scarlet line, every
thing in the future brightens,
If from this window of earthly j
we oan almost
away, then from
iW OEPOCs
soe our loved ones who went
their towers of light,
| think they can fully see us And so I wave
{ them the glory, and I wave them the joy
land I say: “Have you got through with all
| your troubles?’ and their answer
{| “God hath wiped away all tears from our
eyes” I say: “Is it as grand up there as
{ you thought it would be® and the voices an-
{ gwer: “Eve hath not nor ear heard,
| neither hath entered the heart of
| man, the things which
| for that Him." 1 say:
| you Any more struggle
| fread? and they answer ‘We hunger
{ more, we thirst no more And
| “Have you been out to the oemetery
{ of the golden city” and they answer
! “There is no death here” And l look out
| thrdtigh the heavens, and [ sa¥: “Where do
| you ge lHght from nights, and what do
| you burn in the temple™ and they answer
{ “There is no night here and
! need of cand ! And Tsay
book you ing of and
Answer 4 * XY.
say
the city
answer
of the £4
Voices
at]
into
+
it
those love “1
have
In
t your
wa have no
star
they
And |
- ’
whaler
0) how near they seem
Their harps -~do y
* And all that thr
earthly prospects
es P fa .
he soared ins
| color forever is it
{ Do you like the blue because it
of the sky, or the green because it makes you
{ think of the foliage, or the biack
! has in it the shadow of oh 8H
vou not feel them?
bear them
{ dow of
| strotche
agh
across whi
Be that nn
glaring for t
remindgs you
wir
eh ¢
:
ton
because it
the might I take the
| sonriet because it shall make me think of the
{price that was paid for my soul O the
i blood! the blood! the blood of the Lamb of
od that taketh away the sin of the world i
| we where you sare. You are at the crossroads
| The next step decides everything. Pause before
you take it; but do not pause too long. |
{ asar the biast of the trumpet that wakes the
tjead. Look out! Look out! For in that
{ fay, and in our closing moment varth
| better than any other defence or barricade,
| sowever high or broad or stupendous, will
{ 5 the little, thin, scarlet thread in the win
yw
ag
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The Natural Gas Yield
John R. McGinley,
reorge Westinghouse's most active agents
who has been one of
| im developing the natural gas industry of
Pennsylvania as Secretary of the biggest
yrporation in any field
{ap the question of failure to me in this
{ aatural gas
i way
3 he said to me in a
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, *
yle asking if our gas isn’t ‘pl
Natural gas is giving «
+ 38 coal and petroleum ar
Coal men dig all the coal out
»f a mine and sell it Then they open
| ap a new mine, and keep up the supply
{| from that until in time that is exhausted.
| We do the same thing in selling natural
{zas. Weput down wells and pipe the
| zas to market from a field, In a few
{ years we may exhaust or partially ex-
haust our supply. That simply means
the tapping of another gas reservoir in
| another field. It may be in another di-
rection or it may be farther om. Un-
loubtedly, if enough gas is used, in time
the fields will be exhausted, and ths
sme things must happen to the coal and
petroleum deposits, and for the present,
st least, the danger from one is about as
great as the danger from the other.
Down in Pittsbug we have gotten over
gas famine scares when a well stops or
grows weak, but the Eastern papers have
ng
natural gas in Western Pennsylvania. If
any one thinks there is a failure let him
visit the manufacturing towns in the gas
belt, "New York Star.
Mice in Her Halr.
Mrs. Madison, a handsome young mar.
ried woman, said to a reporter: ‘One of
the strangest things happened a few
nights ago. My husband has been very
sick, you know, and I have been sitting
up with him, so I sleep like a top when
my eyes close. Now there are those two
white mice, the loveliest things in the
world, but what do you think! The
other night they actually chewed a hole
in the top of my tidy-cap while 1 was
resting, gnawed my bair, which you can
see is abundant, and made a splendid nest
right on the top of my head. How they
did it without waking me I can’t explain;
but my husband, sick as he is, ts
that I wear some sort of helmet at night.”
wlan Francisco Examiner.
A King Who Likes to Get Wet,
King Humbert, of Italy, has a great
predilection for going out in wet weather,
As soon as the rain appears he orders his
horse and off he sets with one of his
sides-de-camp. The other day there was
a perfect deluge, so the Queen, thinking
to du wu kind acticn, sent a close
to meet her husband, but the King,
soon as he perceived the carriage, gave a
disdainful and his horse on
to the Quirinal, to the astonishment of the
poor , who had ed the car.
‘ready for the King. The public
who witnessed this scene cheered King
Humbert heartily,
L
Unwholasome Confactions:
The Board of Trade Journal of Port-
land, Muine, is authority for the state-
ment that about six thousand tons of
terra alba were recently imported
through the port of New York alone.
The only use of terra alba in any quant-
ity is in the adulteration of candies;
and when these two facts are put to-
gether they become very significant.
The substance is mineral, utterly insol-
uble in the saliva or the gastric juice,
and the result of eating candies adult-
erated can not be otherwise than exces-
sively injurions. The devilishness of
the use of such stuff in candies is all
the greater for the fact that most of the
candies that are adulterated with it are
used by children of tender years. The
extent to which it exists in certain can-
dies may be surmised by an incident
which occurred within the experience
of the editor of the National Druggist.
A wholesale grocery house of St. Louis
made a claim against the South Shore
line for damages done a certain lot of
lozenges manufactured by a Boston
house and shipped in barrels over that |
line. The general agent of the line
procured some of the “lozenges” and
brought them to the writer for exam-
ination. The result of our invetiga-
tion showed them to consist entirely
of terra alba bound together with a» lit- |
tle gelatin or gnm, we have forgotten |
which. Further investigation develop
sim-
syrups flavored with peppermint,
ote. The agent armed
facts, refused to pay
the concern,
ent upon a law
with these
VING MOTHER'S.
article in
Markschef
UNTA
In
Journal,
vi ry
fn recent
benefit o 1
st who
“nuisance.”
in onr
a
3
LOrse car,
the con
BR HOO in
he can take no
0's .
will be,
they are ‘‘nuisances”
Nhe
to her
She
now,
and they alw makes
them feel that
every day of their h
take the m to her heart
has to reprove, let them
her to do
t for
of
ves does not
and when she
know that it
but that it is for
her own selfishness,
mother, of a
hey
grieves 8,
children such a
BUCO 1
cannot fail to know that
make themselves as
that they must not expect
sympathy from their ws fish her,
that they will not get her companion
woman who with
nuisances,”
mat
a HRY HE,
they
nA poss Die .
BCAICe
mmo
I have seen girls and boys who came
nd manner toward their mother's
might expect from a “nuisance,” disre-
spectful, selfish, c3 nical morose, moody
uneven, they bore with them al
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RUBBERS
Much of the discomfort
shoes would be avoided
of rabber |
if the wearers
i
RBubbers are of inestimable value
Being water-proof, they
i
i
Wet feet resulting from con- |
fined perspiration are often more in- |
the elements would be,
like umbrellas, should be
transiently,
Rubi ers,
used only
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Fashion in Repose.
Time was when sleeping rooms were
feather bed” was the repository par
ereelience for the devotees of a decade.
No matter how handsome the house, or |
laxurions the other furnishings all ap- |
pointments for repose were plain and
sizuple. Sheets hand-hemmed and
smelling of “Sweet Lavender” shps
and shams raffled with Nainsook on
Hamburg-—and the simple patchwork
quilt or unique counterpane of wover
wool or white Marsailles were all saffi.
cient for comfort aud style.
Now over the costly mattress of
curled hair is laid a comfort or un-
quilted pad of softest wool or eider
down.
Next come the sheets of dainty linen
hem stitched in some one of the drawn
work designs so popular for lingerie.
Next the flecey blankets with Grecian
borders in pale aesthetic eolors, and
the feathery quilt of silk or sof} sateen:
And again the rare and costly outer
coverings—upon which much taste and
ingenuity are expended with excellent
effect. The rarest are formed of alter-
nating bands of antique insertion and
orazy patchwork. Months of delicious
feminine toil are consumed in the con-
struction of these ingennous trifles, so
deftly joined with feather-stitching as
to become works of art, The same con-
coit in smaller picces of course, extends
itself to the shams. These souvenirs
may be rendered monumental, by ool
looting rave bits of silk og velvet rag
ments of dresses worn by our frien
or ourselves at different periods of life.
This patchwork craze extonds itself to
other forms of decoration—and faney
our dealers for rendering
riots amid the resources sn 4 by
fashion aches d oeuvre of art,and this is
an
a
just the tims to secure rare souvenirs
Lord and Taylor's,
shams and spread,
with gold surah for 813,
an antique set
daintilv lined
The original
strike that anxious period. prior to the
Mercantile house-cleaning known to
commerce as stock-taking:—hence
and so ny
furni hing.’
may excite the envy of
women and so defy the world
her fellow
Yet a
terously drawn over French silesia
may so adorn her spread and shams
with dainty bows as to secure a sort
of prettiness which bears small relation
to the dollars and cents of clegance
which devoid of taste and fitness
are like the play of Hamlet, with the
cas! minus its hero.
Much depends perforce upon the
person who does the buying of these
pretty accessories, and much more
upon the person who makes the bed.
The mattress should have the first
sheet drawn over without a erinkle, and
matter how the covering
substantially
should (by
and
meroury
smoot hly
Then if the
the shoul
blanket
precisi i,
essential foot
with and
foot-board: thus ensuring
at the
mfort. So much
No matter whether the
upon array themsel
divine pre
{loans w iy
“Cleanliness 18
REI
{
BOR OF
re
reo
most bees 1gr. one that il not
by incongra ponte . the «
dainty toilietie access
chamber
ther
her bed
It isan wiceab © feature of existing
, that there are j many lat
1 in
garments
ne and
world without
ust as
Hlowabhle the Coloring ana
rest, as for pre-
irit which has so gl
the
breakfast sacque has extended itsel
ti
$id
tea-gown
slumber hours; and nothin
are
AT i cOt
ni 3 fashion arse
of riainly do not cramp the person s
wint, yet these ornate triumphs «
words are quite as suscej tible
dsinty ornamentations as are th
ntler sex. As in out
vi
fash
the ge loor
and even
ollow In the wake of
and whether the fabric be
simple or costiv—the styles are usually
heart may desire
Mothers have so satisfactorily tested
the advantages of buying children’s
if
their elders;
that myriads of small suits swiftly and
effectively follow the samples and meas.
urement. Blanks (sent on application)
by this firm to the world out of town.
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A Magnificent Doll's House.
The costliest doil’s house probably mm
world is that made by a Chi
of 83.500, It is built of
ancient castle, and looks for all the
world like a reproduction of the great
modern residence of some millionaire.
the house.
way, 18 four feet high, is the name of
the PrOpuiGeor on a silver plate,
isn
it is finished in the choicest of hard-
woods. There are umbrella and hat
racks of appropriate dimensions.
and the parlor 1s fitted up in grand
style.
enameled wood, covered with white bro-
eaded silk. There is an elegant mantel
filled with bric-a-brac of the choicest
kind, and little lamps of the rarest
terns. A beantiful chandelier, furnish-
od with real gas, hangs from the center
of the room. Centre tables, divans,
easy chairs, sofas, ete, fill up the
apartment. Dolls from Paris occupy
positions here and there, just like real
people. Then there is a dining-room
arnished complete, with a ononrd 8,
china closets, eto, of rich design. The
bed-room is a marvel of beauty and is
replete with all conveniences.
a ————
A French chemist ins produced an ar.
tificial silk by thschemieal treatment of
cellulose. He obtains a thread vw hich re-
sombles silk very closely, and is equally
strong and elustic, It is not attacked
by water, cold or warm, nor by acids
and alkalies wirderately conoentrated.
A reat ri which Jathinsiik ninth is
ox Amn poss
ble that
may be
i. of u bit
iis 1s done the new textile fabric will
be of tiie greatest value.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1390,
The Temptation of Jesus,
LESSON TEXT.
1-13,
(Luke 4 Memory verses. 1-4.)
LESSON PLAN.
Toro or THE QUARTER:
Saviour of Men,
Gorpex Texr ror THR QUARTER:
Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward Men.
Luke 2 : 14,
Jesus Lhe
Ligssox Toric Te mpte d by Satan,
Through Natural Ap
¥E, I-4,
Through Unhallowed
i Ambition, vs. 58
i Through Kash
dence, vs. 9-13,
GoLpex Texr: In that he himsely
hath suff red being te 1mple d, he is able
to succour them that le mpted., oo
i Heb, 2 ; 18.
rage
wile,
Conti
are
Dany Hove READINGS :
M. Luke 4 1-13.
Natan
T Matt. 4 : 1-11
allel narrative.
Mark 2, 13.
allel narrative.
T.—~Job 1 6-22. Satan's
Job
Tempted by
Ww Mark's par
assault
it
ABsAL
LESSON ANALYSIS
I. THROUGH SATURAL APPETITE
we Lord
they were compietls
When
3
fasts { i *
meat (Matt
il. The Shire Apbeal ;
i {3 4 4 '
Command th ne that
yw ol
If thou art
he
Its process
CI thon art the B of God, eom
mand.” (1) The bt implied; {
The demonstration asked
“Man shall not live by bread alone
Satan's appeal
Jesus’ policy defined.
3
answered; (2
THRO
i. ASweeping Claim:
It hath been delivered unto m
I'he prince of the world
14: 30
I'he prince of t
s 1
GH UNHALLOWED AMBITION
ea 16
cometh (John
he power of the air
The world-rulers of this darkness
6: 12
The god of this world (2 Cor. 4: 4).
11: An Alluring Offer.
if thon
snall all be thine (7)
I will give
wilt wi rahip before me, it
thee the earth for thy
POsBORs iO Pea. 3: 8)
All these things will I give thee, if thou
wilt worship me { Matt. 4: 9).
They weighed unto him thirty pieces of
silver ( Matt. 26: 15).
He offered them money, saying,
me al=o this power {Acts 8:19).
i111. A Scriptural Rejoinder:
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God
(8).
Jesus said unto him, Again it is written
(Matt. 4
| Get toe hence, Satan; for it is written
(Matt. 4: 10)
The sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God (Epb. 6: 17).
The word of God 1s living,
(Heb. 4: 12).
1. “Showed him all the kingdoms of
the world.” (1) The great display;
(2) The vile revealer; (3) The pure
observer, (1) Thetempter; (2) The
tempted; (3) The temptation,
2 “To thee will 1 give all this au-
thority.” (1) The world's sover-
eign: (2) The world’s Saviour.
8. “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God.” QCGod'slaw; (1) A guide to
duty; A defense in temptation.
111. THROUGH RASH CONFIDENCE,
Presumption Urged:
If thou art the Son of God, cast thy-
| self down (U). :
| "The soul that doeth sught with an high
hand shall be cut off (Num. 15:
S03,
The man that doeth presumptuously. .
shall die (Deut. 17: 12).
Renounce God, and die (Job 2: 9),
| Keep back thy servant also from pre-
| sumptuous sins (Psa. 19: 13).
il. Presumption Refused:
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy
God (12).
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God
(Deut. 6: 16).
Again it is written, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord (Matt, 4: 7).
Neither let us tempt the Lord (1 Cor.
1 10: 9).
| Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
(1 Cor. 10: 22),
111, Jesus Triumphant:
The devil. .. .departed from him for a
season (13),
The devil leaveth him;. .. angels camo
and ministered (Matt. 4: 10,
The prince of the world. .. hath noth-
ing in me (John 14: 30).
Tempted like as we are, yet without sin
(Heb. 4: 15.
a
(sive
and active
¢
(2
ades were
lake of fire (Rov, 20: 14).
1. “If thou art the Son of God, onst
thyself down from bene” (1)
Satan's knowledge; (2) Satan's in-
sinuation; (3) Setai's proposal
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2. “Thon shalt not tempt the Lorg
thy God.” (1) A well-chosen text
(2) A well-adapted application; (3;
A well-earned trinmph.—(1) A rule
for Jesus: (2) A rule for us.
3, “He departed from him.” (1)
Why Batan came; (2) What Satan
did; (3) Why Batan departed.
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LESSON BIBLE READING,
TEMPTATION.
Not from God (Jas, 1 : 18).
From Satan (1 Chron. 21 : 1 ; 1 Thess
3:0).
Through evil associates (Prov. 1
16 : 29 ; 1 Cor. 15 : 33).
Through evil natures (Prov. 28
Tim. 6 : 9 ;Jas. 1: 14).
Through worldly surroundings (Prov.
30 : 8 9).
Not overpowering (1 Cor. 10 : 13)
God delivers tempted saints (2 Pet,
2:9
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The traditional scene of t
mptation is «a mountain near Jericho,
d Quarantania,—from the forty
days’ fast. “The wilderness” may bave
been that of Judea, on the western
shore of the Dead Sea; although some
think it was wilderness of Sinai,
where Mosesand Elijah fasted and were
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n as the pale rays of the morning
ht began to flicker over the far-off
Judean tills, he announced it as the
signal for offering the morning sacri-
fice. It has by some been held that it
was of these elevated points that
“Satan” led Jesus. Others hold that
the “‘pinnacle of the temple” was prob-
ably the portico (Royal Porch) over-
jocking, from a precipitous height of
450 feet, the valley of the Kidron
Time. — The forty days extended from
some time in January, A. U, C. 780 (A.
[). 27), to the latter half of February.
[his leaves a sufficient interval before
the first passover
Prnsoxs. Jesus; the Devi] (here eall-
ed “Satan.” or, in the other accounts,
“the tempter’). According to Matthew
and Mark, angels came and ministered
unto Jesus,
Ixcipexts.—The forty days’ fast; the
three temptations, each answered by a
citation from Seripture; the temporary
departure of Satan.
Parana, Passions,
Mark 1:12, 13.
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