THERE is a deal of truth and wisdom in the remark of the Southern Highlander quoted by President Frost of Berea College: "Yeou cay'n't help a-hevin' bad thoughts come into yer heads, but yeou hain't no necessity fer ter set 'em a cheer." That expresses the whole philosophy of temptation in a nutshell. The sin lies not in the entrance of the evil, but in harboring it. Man-soul is, as Bunyan13represented it, in a state of siege. Sometimes the enemy attempts to storm it by sheer force. Temptation assails us with battering-ram and bayonet. At other times the approach is friendly, persuasive, insidious. The door-bell is rung and the face of temptation appears at the door, smiling and seductive. Then, alas for us if we invite him in and "set him a cheer"! The most effective thing to do, when temptation appears in this guise, is to scan him just long enough for identification, and then slam the door in his face. He does not fancy that treatment. It does not encourage his speedy reappearance. And, under the circumstances, this is good manners as well as good morals.