Show SEMINARY ITEMS our new testament department in the seminary has the largest of any of the classes in the roosevelt high school at present having we are study ing the life of christ and are enjoying it vory very much in analyzing the temptations of jesus we have tried to show how his teachings can be applied in our everyday life As a result of this each student in our class has hae written a theme on the subject how best to overcome temptation following la Is ono one ot of the most outstanding papers written by donna nelson ot of upalco how best to overcome temptation in the bej beginning InnIng wo we are ill all alven the privilege to come to ibis world and take up mortal bodies also wo we are placed here with a spirit a imond and are given our tree free agency placed before us are two paths one which leads to eternal happiness and the other which leads to a life of misery and sorrow in the plan of 0 salvation on the evil one la Is to have power to put before us temptations to lead us it is necessary in the very nature of 0 things in the economy of lihaven li eaven that we should be tried and tempted in nil all things in order to prove ourselves and prepare ourselves to enjoy that eternal life that Is prepared tor for the just every day ot of our lives we are arc forced to come face to face with temptation to some dezree deree some are greater than others it Is up to the individual alone whether or not they have the will power or hive developed a strong e enough ough character to overcome the temptations or whether they thoughtlessly and weak in character are easily overpowered by the evil one and gradually go down hill bill instead of to higher and nobler things when tempted to do wrong the best solution la Is to never stop to argue with yourself once you have made up your mind overcome the temptation for as sure as you hesitate the least bit the evil one is aware that you are undecided this is his first point and having gained this lie he will do anything in his power to gain the next nest etc it if he falls fails to succeed in his first effort he will try another way until every possible way has proven unsuccessful cess ful when temptation arises make up your wind mind that you are master of yourself that no power is strong enough to make you do opposite to what you want or in other words resist the temptation in your mind with this spirit when you meet up with temptation the battle is nearly as g good 00 as won for a person seldom r commits a sin without first th thinking chinkin inkin about it I 1 when you overcome one temptation pt aaion it makes it easier to overcome the next time thus building a strong character that in time will be able to overcome all evil in the lords prayer which jesus gave to 10 his hh disciples and from whose pattern we are arc taught to pray we find lead us not into temptation but deliver us from all evil which as I 1 in it ideana that we should avoid unnecessary temptations not go out of our way to meet it for it is all fool Waness the evil one on will see to it that we are tempted enough as it is jesus christ our saviour who came to this earth and atoned for the sin of the world is a splendid id example ile he was perfect in every way yet lie be was tempted more and greater than any other mortal being during the he thirty three years ot of his life he was as never free from temptation therefore we as liis his followers can not expect to be free until the time comes when satan will I 1 have no control over the earth we ran can not expect to be perfect I 1 we all must keep trying it if we tail rail once there is still another chance awaiting us to try try again ALEXANDER class Re |