The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-01
DIR, TALMAGE'S SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject Christian Heroism--Those wha
Bear Sears Won in the Service of
Jesus Christ Shall BE Richly Recon-.
pensed-God Will Honor Them.

Dr. Ialmage praises Christian heroism and
tells of great rewards. The text is Gala
OF the Lord Jesus
We hear much about crowns. thrones.
victories, but | now tell the more quiet
story OF scars, honorable and dishonorable.
There are lii all parts of the world peonle
bearing dishonorable scars. They went
into the battle OF sin and were worsted,
! and to their dying day they will have a
specification of bsly or mind or soul
1t cannot be hidden. There are tens Of
| thousands OF men and women now conse-
Grated to God and living holy lives who
were once corrupt, but they have been re-
generated, and they are no more what
| they once were than rubesenee is emacia-
tion, than balm is yitrioi. than nooday is
midnight. But in their depleted physical
| health or mental twist or style OF tempta-
| zion they are ever and anon reminded of
| the obnoxious past. They have a memory
| that is deplorable. In some twinqe Of
pain or some tendency to surrender to the
wrong which they must perpetually resist
| they have an unwholesome reminiscence.
| They carry scars, deep scars, ignoble scars.
But Paul in my text shows us a scarifi-
! cation which is badge of honorable and
selfsacrihcing service. He had in his
weak eyes the result of too much study,
and in his body, bent and worn, the sigma.
| ture Of seourgings and shipwreeks and
maltreatment by mobs. In my text he
! shows those scars as he declares. II bear
! in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus"
| Notice that it is not wounds, but scare
and scar is a healed wound Before the
scar Is well defined upon the flesh the in
fammation must have departed, and right
circulation must have been restoi ed, and
new tissue must have been formed. It is
a permanent indentation of the hesh-a
ccatrix. Paul did well to show these
scars. They were positive and indisputa-
bic proofs that with oil his body, mind
and soul he believed what he said; they
were his diploma, showing that he had
graduated from the school of hardship for
Christ; they were credentials proving his
right to lead in the worlds evangelization.
Men are not ashamed of scars got in
battle for their country. No American is
embarrassed when you ask him, where
did YOU get that cash across your fore
head"' and he can answer, That was
from a sabre cut at San Juan" When
you ask some German, Where did you
lose your right arm?" he is not ashamed
to say, Il lost it at Sedan" When You
ask an Italian, Where did you lose your
eyeE be Is not annoyed when he can an
swer, i suffered that in the last battle
under our glorious Garibaldi" But l re-
mind you of the fact that there are scars
not got in war which are just as illus
trious. We had in this country years ago
on eminent advocate who was called into
the Presidential Cabinet as Attorney Gen
eral In midlife he was in Philadelphia
courtroom engaged in an important trial
The attorney on the opposite side Of the
case got lrritated and angry, and in most
brutal manner referred to the distin-
guished attorneys dis6gured face, face
more deeply Scared than any face ever
saw The legal hero of whom l am speak
ing in his closing argument said: Gentle
men OF the jury, when l was a little child
l was playing with my sister in the nurs-
cry. and her clothes caught fire, and | ran
TO her to put out the fire. | succeeded. |
but | myself took fire, and before it was
eNungulshed my face was awfully burned
and as black as the heart of the scoun-
drelly counsel on the other side of the !
clse who has referred to my misfortune"
he eminent attorney of whom l speak |
carried all his life the honorable scar Of |
his sisters rescue.
\ young college student in England |
found all the artistic world in derisive pur.
suit OF William Turner. the painter. The |
young graduate took up his pen-in some |
respects the most brilliant pen that was
ever put to paper-and wrote those five |
great volumes on modern painting, the |
calet thought Of which was his defense of |
the abused painter.
The heroic author by some was sup
posed IN his old days to be cynical and
fault finding, and when / saw him little
while before his death he was in decad
en1e, but | know that over his face and all
over his raster were the scars OF heroic
defense.
In the seventies of his lifetime he was
suffering from the wounds and fatigues OF
the twent!es. Long after he had quit the
battle with authors pen and painters
pencil he bore the scars of literary mar
tyEdom
But why do we 20 so far for illustration
when | col,d take right out of the memo
Ees OF some whom l address instances
lGst as appropriate? To rear Alright for
God and heaven large family of children
N that country home was pughty under
taking. Far away from the village doctor,
the gArret must contain the herbs for the
cure OF all kinds of disorders. Through all
mantle complaints the children Of that
family went. They missed nothing in the
way Of childish disorders. Busy all day
vas that mother in every form of house
work, and twenty times night called up
by the children, all down at the same
time with the same contagion. Her hair
Is " hIte long while before it is time for
snow; her shoulders are bent long before
the appropriate time for stooping.
speciac!es are adjusted. some for close
by and some for far off, years before you
would have supposed her eyes would need
reinforcement. Here and there is short
grave in her pathway, this headstone
bearing the name of this child and another
headstOne bearing the name Of another
chlid. Hardly one bereavement lifts its
shadow than another bereavement drops
one.
Alter thirty years of wifehood and
motherhood the path turns toward the
setting sun. She cannot walk as far as
she used to. Colds caught hang on longer
than formerly, Some of the children are
IN The heavenly world; for which they
were well prepared through maternal |
nEHIfg nt haNa in world
DONG honor to a Christian ancestry.
When her life closes and the nelghbors |
gather for her obseguies, the officiating |
clergyman may find appropriate words in |
the last chapter Of Proverbs: Her price is |
lar above rubies The heart oil her hus- |
band doth safely trust in her, so that he |
shal have no need of spoil. She Will do |
nm good, and not evil, all the days Of her |
HE she stretcheth out her hand to the |
poor she Is not afraid OF the snow Tor her |
household for all her household are |
clothed with scarlet Her husband Is
among the elders in the land her children |
arse up and call her blessed; her hus- |
band also, and he praiseth her, Many |
daughters have done virtuously, but thou
e1eellest them all"
linen after the Scripture lesson is read
let all come up, and before the casket Is
closed look for the last time at the scars
She never heard the roll of a gun car
rage OF saw banner hoisted upon para
pet but she has in all the features OF that
dear old face the marks OF many a conflict
sears Of toll, sears of maternity, sears OF
seltEaeriiice, scars of bereavement.
She Is a heroine whose name has never
been heard Of ten miles from the old
homestead but her name is Inscribed high
up among the enthroned immortals-
People think they must look Tor mar
tyrs on bdttletields or go through a history
to ind buruings at the stake and tortures
on racks when there are martyrs all about
u.s. At this time in this capital city there
are scores Of men wearing themselves out
IN the public service
In ten years they will not have a
healthy nerve left in their body. In com
mltlee rooms, in consultations that Involve
the welfare OF the nation. under the
weight OF great responsibilities, their VI
taAty is being suhtracted. In almost every
Village OF the country YOU ind some pro-
ken down State or National official
1t Is easy for some Washington CORE
spondents, writing home to their city or
village newspapers, to misrepresent our
public men. and represent them IS LIVING
n 4 l.sf / taIl