The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-03-02

memory. kGoht VI a
the courage. scars on the spui, as WEI
rs scars on the body, and those 1nvlsipis
to the human eye are as honorspie a.
those visible.
All We who bear in your body the
marks of the Lord Jesus have you
bought what use those marks VIII De
in the heavenly world? What source
of glorious Renaissance! In that
world you will sit together and taik
over earthly experiences. Where dia
Won get that SCARF" saint will say to
saint, and there will come hack a story
of hardship and struggle and perse-
cution and wounds and victory through
the grace of the Gospel. Another spirit
will say TO listening spirit: "Where
did you get that hurt so plainly
marked?" And the answer will be;
"Oh, that was one of the worst hurts
I ever had. That was a broken friend
ship. We were in sweetest accord for
years. together in joy and sorrow.
What one thought the other thought.
We were David and Jonathan. But
our personal interests parted. and our
friendships broke never to be renewed
on earth. But we have made it all up
here. and misunderstanding are gone,
and we are in the same Heaven, on
neighboring thrones, in n~eighboring
castles on the banks of the same river"
"Where did you get that mark?'
says another spirit to listening spirit,
and the answer comes: THAT is a re-
minder of a great bereavement, OF a
Ja-1,+aJ 1o,.ohalI of n dom urayA
of all the heartstrings at one stroke
snapped altogether. But you see it is
no longer a laceration. for the wound
has been healed, and my once bereft
spirit is now in companionship with
the one from whom for awhile was
separated "Where did you get hat
long. deep SCARF" says another i'm
mortal to listening immortal. and the
answer comes: THAT was the awful
fatigue of a lifetime struggle in at
tempting amid adverse circumstances
to achieve a livelihood. For 80 years
| was tired-oh, so tired! But you
see it is a healed wound, for ! have
found rest at last for body and soul.
the complete rest. the everlasting rest,
that remaineth for the people of God
Some one in Heaven will say to Martyr
John Rogers: "Where did you get
that scar on your foot?" and the an
swer will come: "Oh, that was a burn
l suffered when the flames of mar
tyrdom were kindled beneath mel"
"Ignatius, what is that mark on your
cheek?" 'Oh, that was made by the
paw of the lion to which l was thrown
! by the order of Trajan!" Some one
, will say TO Paul: Great apostle, that
{ must have been a deep cut once, the
. mark which l see on your neck" And
Paul says: THAT was made by the
sword which struck me at my behead-
=, ment 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 cele.
. brate the grace that made US triumph
, ant over all agnosticism.
Now what is the practical use OF
: this subject2 1t is the cultivation OF
Christian heroics. The most of us
: want to say things and do things for
, God when there is no danger of get.
;. ting hurt. We are all ready for easy
. work, for popular work, for compen'
sating work, but we all greatly need
, more courage to brave the world ant
brave satanic assault when there i!
: something aggressive and bold and
dangerous to be undertaken for Goo
and righteousness. And if we happier
= to get bit what an adieu VIZ make abou'
it! We all need more of the stuff tina
martyrs are made out of. We wan
more sanctifed grit, more Christian
pluck, more holy recklessness as t.
- what the world may say and do il
!, any crisis of our life. Be right and d,
II right, and all earth and hell combine,
cannot put you down.
70 &1he same little missionary VIII,
= wrote my tex also uttered hat pile
u up magnifcence to be found in thos,
g words which ring like battle axes OF
y" splitting helmets: sin all these thing
=, we are more than conguerors througl
~ Him that loved us. for l I'M persuade,
that neither death, nor life, nor an
.. gels, O principalities, nor power:
- nor things present, nor things to come
:, nor height, nor depth, nor any othe
~ creature, shall be able to separate u
I" from the love of God, which is in Chris
Jesus our Lord"
~ How do you like that, you coward!
~ who shrink back from aggressive wor
y. and if so much as a splinter pierre
=, your flesh cry out louder than man
a one torn in auto da fe? Many a so
a der has gone through a long war, bee
~ in 20 battles, led a regiment up a hi
~ mounted by cannon and swept by mu:
kerry and yet came home without ha'
ing been once hit and without a mar
~ upon him. But it will not be so anon
ra those who pass in the grand review
Heaven. They have all in the hol
80 wars been wounded, and all pear scar
~ And what would the newly arrived i
Heaven do with nothing to show thf
.lr he had ever been struck by human {
IL diabolic weaponry; how embarrasse
- and eccentric such an one in such
place! Surely he. would want to
49,, excused awhile from the heavenl
IL ranks and be permitted to descend c