The weekly intelligencer., 1901-03-02
CHRISTIAN HEROISM.
DR.. Talmsge Praises 1t and Tells
Of Its Great Rewards.
How the LORD Jesus VIII RemembeF
the Faithful soldier ef the Cross
Heroes and Martyrs 81
Rvsryaay Aifs.
copyright, lsn, By Louis Klopsch.l
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copyright, leol By Louis Klopsch.l
Washington, Feb. ~
In this discourse DIR. Talmage
praises Christian heroism and tells OF
great rewards. The text is Galatians
vi. II, Il bear in my body the marks
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 in all
parts of the world people bearing
dishonorable scars. They went into
the battle Of sin and were worsted'
and to their dying day they will have
q searifcation of body or mind or
soul. II cannet be hidden. There axe
tens Of thousands Of men and women
now consecTated to God and living
holy lives who were once corrupt
but they have been regenerated. and
they are no more what they once
were than rubescenee IL emaciation,
than balm is vitriol, than MONDAY Is
midnight. But in their depleted phys
ical health or mental twist or style
Of temptation they are ever and anon
reminded of the obnoxious past.
They have a memory that is depior-
able. In some twinge of pain or some
tendency 10 surrender to the wrong
they have an unwholesome remin-
iscsnce. They carry scars, deep scars,
ignoble scars.
But Paul in my text shows us .
scarificatio which is badge of hon
orable and self-sacrihcing service.
He had in his weak eyes the result
Of too much study and in his body.
bent and worn, the signature OF
seourgings and shipwreekS and NAL
treatment by mobs. In my text he
shows those sears as he declares, Il
bear in my body the marks OF the
Lord Jesus" Notice that 1t is not
wounds, but scars, and q scar is .
healed wound. Before the scar is
well defined upon the flesh the in
Aammation must have departed and
right circulation must have been
restored and new tissue must have
been formed. II Is a permanent in
dentation OF the fesh-a cicatrix.
Paul did well TO show those scars.
They were positive and undisputable
proofs that with all 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 Gre
dentisls proving his right to lead in
the worlds evangelizAtion.
Men are not ashamed OF scars got
in battle for their country. No
American IL embarrassed when you
ssk him; where did you get that
cash across your forehead2" and he
can answer: That was from saber
cut at San Juan" When you ask
some German: Where did you lose
your right arm?'' he is not ashamed
to say: IF lost II at Sedan" When
you ask an Italian; where did you
lose your eye?" he is not annoyed
when he can answer; III suffered that
in the last battle under our glorious
Gen. Garibaldi." But | remind you
Of the fact that there are scars moi
got in war which are just as illus
trious. We had in this country year,
ago an eminent advocate who wa'
called into the presidential cabinet
as attorney general In midlife h,
was in a Philadelphia courtroom en-
| gaged IN an rtYvs~.------.-.-------'ruv ~
torney on the opposite dde Of thu
toe-~-r-s-s-sss-ssSF anu angry anu II
most brutal manner referred to the
distinguished attorneys disfguret
face, face more deeply SCARED thar
any face ! ever saw. The legal hero
Of whom ! am speaking in his clos
ing argument said; Gentlemen o.
the jury. when / was a little child
was playing with my sister in thu
nursery. and her clothes caught fire
and ! ran 10 her to put out the fire
succeeded, but / myself took fire
and before 1t was extinguished M
face was swfully burned and as blacl
- the heart OF the scoundrelly coun
sci who on the other side of the cas-
has referred to my misfortune" Tn
eminent attorney of whom / speal
carried all his life the honorable sea
Of his sisters rescue. Albert Barnes
the most distinguished of. all com
mentators, unless II be Matthey
Henry, for years at four o'clock 4
the morning might have been see
going from his house In Philadelphi
to his study in the church and &
those early hours and before break
fast to give all those wonderful con
mentaries, a theological library 4
Themselves. He said that as he wa
pastor be felt bound TO give all I'll
rest Of each day 10 work eonnecte
with his pastorate. But at what
ruinous draft upon his syeSight
did that early morning work, first b
candlenght and then by gaSlight
When be got through those wonder
ful volumes OF scriptural exposition
Albert Barnes was . blind maj
Scars, nlustrious scars, en- his extir
guished eyesighti
People think they must look 10
martyrs on battlsheids or 20 throug
. history to hnd burnings at th
stake and torturss on racks whe
there are martyrs all about us.
this time In this capital city there al
scores Of men wearing themselv,
out in the public service. IN te
Z years they will not have a health
nerve lef; in their body. In con
mittee rooms. in consultations thu
involve the welfare Of the nation, Vi
der the weight Of great responsible
ties, their vitality is being subtrActe
In almost every village Of the COUNT
you End some broken down state
national official. After exhaustir
himself in the public service, roug
American politics kicks him out
congress or cabinet OF legislative Ia
and he goes into comparative o
security and comparative want. for
has been long enough away fro
home 10 lose his professional oppo
tunities. No man that was ever d
TO death by sword or instrument
torture was more OF 9 martyr tbs
that man who has been wrung
death by the demands OF official p
sltion. The scars may not be yisibl
| for these are scars on the brai
; and scars on the nerve and scars {
the heart. but nevertheless are th,
scars, and God counts them and the
! reward will be abundant,
In all lands there are veterans
. war who may not have had their ia
|. scraped with one bullet or their TO
; lamed by one bursting shell and wi
could not roll up their sleeve sI
show you one mark suggestive
battle. yet carry with them wea
nesses got In exposures 20 disea
along malarinl swsmps or fro
many miles Of marching. and ev
= and anon they feel = twinge Of pal
u each recurrence Of which ia sharp
or more lasting until after awhi
D they will be captured for the ton