of the Spirit of God. It is that we shall have Christ for our
very own by our humble faith. If we are trusting in Him, He will come
and put His Spirit within our hearts. Without Him these hearts are cages
of unclean and hateful birds. But the meek presence of the dove of God
will drive out the obscene, twilight-loving creatures that build and
scream there, and will fill our hearts with the tranquillity, the
purity, the gentleness, the hope, which are 'the fruit of the Spirit.'

THE VICTORY OF THE KING

'Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted of the devil. 2. And when He had fasted forty days and
forty nights, He was afterward an hungred. 3. And when the tempter
came to Him, he said, If Thou be the Son of God, command that these
stones be made bread. 4. But He answered and said, It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5. Then the devil taketh Him up
into the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6.
And saith unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down:
for it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee:
and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou
dash Thy foot against a stone. 7. Jesus said unto him, It is
written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8. Again, the
devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth
Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9. And
saith unto Him, All these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt
fall down and worship me. 10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and Him only shalt thou serve. 11. Then the devil leaveth Him,
and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him.'--MATT. iv. 1-11.

Every word of the first verses of this narrative is full of meaning.
'Then' marks the immediate connection, not only in time but in
causation, between the baptism and the temptation. The latter followed
necessarily on the former. 'Of the Spirit'--then God does lead His Son
into temptation. For us all, as for Christ, it is true that, though God
does not tempt as wishing us to fall, He does so order our lives that
they carry us into places where the metal of our religion is tried. 'To
be tempted'--then a pure, sinless human nature is ca