the opening up of some new field of Christian labour, the devil hates. If he can nip these things in the bud, he knows they cannot come to perfection. So Jesus is beginning to preach the gospel, and Satan therefore attacks him. To what may we trace the attacks of Satan just at these beginnings? A primary cause is Satan’s malice. No sooner is Christ acknowledged openly to be anointed of the Holy Ghost to preach glad tidings, than the devil saith, “I will shoot my arrow at him. This is the heir; come,