Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02

q lifetime struggle In attempting, ami
adverse circumstances, to achieve
% livelihood. For 30 years | was tired
oh, so tiredl But you see 1t Is a heale
. wound, for | have found rest at las
4 for body and soul, the complete res
, the everlasting rest that | heard of b.
fore came here as the rest that &c
= maineth for the people Of God" Som
one In heaven will say to Martyr Johl
. Rogers, Where did you get that sea
on your foot?' and the answer will
/, come, "Oh, that was a burn suffered
when the flames Of martyrdom wer,
kindled beneath me-" "Ignatius, wha
, Is that mark on your cheekY "Oh
that was made by the paw OF the lior
to which | was thrown by the order OF
IraJan." Some one will say to Paul
Great apostle. that must have been a
deep cut once-the mark which see on
your neck" And Paul says, That was
made by the sword which struck me at
my beheadment on the road to Ostia."
But we all have scars Of some kind.
and those are some Of the things we
Will talk over In the heavenly world
while we celebrate the grace that made
us triumphant over all antagonism.
More Courage Needed.
Now, what Is the practical use Of this
subject? 1t Is the cultivation of Chris
tian heroics. The most of us want to
say things and do things for God when
there is no danger Of getting hurt. We
are all ready for easy work, for popu.
lar work, for compensating work, but
we all greatly need more courage to
brave the world and brave satanic as
sault when there Is something agrees
slve and bold and dangerous to be un-
dertaken for God and righteousness.
And, II we happen to get hit, what an
ado we make about It! We all need
more OF the stuff that martyrs are
made out Of. We want more sanctified |
grit, more Christian pluck, more holy |
recklessness as to what the world may
say and do in any crisis Of our life. Be
right and do right, and all earth and
hell combined cannot put you down.
The same little missionary who wrote
my text also uttered that piled up mag.
nifcence to be found In those words
which ring like battleaxes on splitting
helmets: "In all these things we are
more than conquerors, through him
that loved us, for am persuaded that
neither death nor life nor angels nor
nor powers nor things
present nor things to come nor height
nor depth nor any other creature shall
be able to separate US from the love of
God, which Is IN Christ Jesus our
Lord"
How do you like that, you towards,
who shrink back from aggressive work
and II so much as splinter pierce
your flesh cry out louder than many q
'ne torn In auto-da-fe. Many a soldier
has gone through long war; been In
70 battles, led regiment up q bill 7
by cannon and swept by mus
retry, and yet came home without hav. 1
ng been once hit and without q mark
lpon him. But 1t will not be so among !
hose who pass In the grand review Of r
leaven. They have all IN the holy !
vars been wounded. anc all bear scars. !
md what would the newly arrived In I
eaven do with nothing to show that Z,
o had ever been struck by human or q
iabolic weaponry1 How embarrassed S
nd eccentric such a one In such q
lace! Surely be would want to be ex.
used awhile from the heavenly ranks
nd be permitted to descend to earth, q
-ying: "Give me another chance to do II
worthy Of an immortall "
how me some post Of danger to be sc
AIMED, some fortress to be stormed, ~
'me difficult charge to make. Like x
eonidas at Thermopyl@; like Milti. u'
les at Marathon; like Marlborough el
Blenheim; like Godfrey at Jerusa.
m; like Winkelried at sempach gath. te
Ing the spears Of the Austrian n'
lights into his bosom, giving his life ~
r others; show me some place where al
,an do brave thing for God can. 81
t 90 back to heaven until somewhere dc
bear in my body the marks Of the ~
'rd Jesus" Ny hearer. my reader, ,,,
1t complaining about your misfor. v, :"
nes and disappointments and trou. ~
IS and through all time and all eter. g.
y thank God for scars. "'
Thy saints IN all this gloriou, war -. -.
Shall conquer though they die; si'
They see the triumph from atar we
And seize II with their eye
When that ilustrious day shall rise,
And all thine armies shine,
In robes Of victory through the skies
The glory shall bs thine col
Copyright. 1901, By Louis Klopsch.] by