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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 18, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 45.

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TEMPTATION.

By Nels Anderson

"And He [Jesus] was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan." See Mark 1: 13; Matt. 4: 1-11.
Ah, there was not a tree, Or flower, or bush, or bird, Naught but the rock so bare, Naught but the sky unblurred Around Him standing there! Ay, there was one beside, Who came in angel guise, And showed the world so wide.
Ay, showed the world so wide. And all its fame and gold— "This all I'll give to Thee And Thou'lt but leave His fold And come and worship me."
"Get thee hence, Satan! Know 'Tis written thou shalt serve But God, and naught below."
O sinful, struggling world, Hear what the Master said— The foxes have their holes, The birds their nests o'erhead; The Son of man hath naught Where He may lay His head— And oft He was athirst, And faint for want of bread!
His body was of man, As frail and weak as he, Yet He did well withstand The tempter's evil plea. O man, look up and see The Star that shines on high, When thy temptation's hour And evil's cloud are nigh!
O man, look up and see That shining cross of gold! There help thou shalt receive When snares thy soul enfold. He was more tempted far Than ever thou can'st be, Yet was He but of flesh, And made alike to thee.
NELS ANDERSON. Parkersburg, Iowa.