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sary for us to undergo. This must be considered to be the true meaning of the petition. And we have this thought for our consolation,—that in all our temptations we have an Almighty protector, the Divine Redeemer, who conquered all the Powers of hell on the battle-ground of his own humanity, and who now, if we look to him, can conquer them also in our bosoms: "for," as says the Apostle, "in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succor also those that are tempted."[1]