The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-08
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stoSt tho huma Sey $ g are as ;honora Bio as
those visible. f{
All SO who bear In your bod i the
:s,i;sss!s;s make o11 the Lord jesus naYs;fyoa
thought what use those marks will be
In tho heavenly world? What source
Sof gloNous reniniscencet IN that
world Nou will sit together and talk
over ca }thly experiences. "Where did
you get that goar?" saint will aay to
saint, ahd there will come back q story
OF hardship and struggle and perse-5
eutioh ndwounda and victory through
tho grace of, tho Gospel. Another spirit
will say to listening ipiritt Where
did you get that hurt 10 plainly
marked ~ And tho answer win be-,
s''Oh, that was ono Of the worst hurts
I ever had. That was brokon friend.
ship. We were in sweetest accord for.
years, together in Joy and sorrow.
What one though. tho other thought.
We were David end Jonathan. But
cur personal interests parted, and dur
friendships broke never to be renewed
on earth. But we have rnado II all up
haF6, and Misunderstanding ara Rono,
and NO are In tho Same Heaven, on
neighboring thrones, In nsighboging
castles on the banks Of the Same river"
Where did you got that mark2"
says another spirit to listening apirit,
and the answer oomes: 'vThat is b 70.
minder of great bereavement, Of @
deaolatod household, Of o dsop grave,
of ell tho heartstrings at one stroke
snapped altogether. But you see Il 10
no longer a tion, for tho wound
has been healed, and my, once bcreft
spirit is now in companionship With
the ono from whom for awhile was
separated" :fWhere did you get that
long, deep SCARF" says another Inn
mortal to listening immortal, and the
answer comes, s"rhat was the awful
fatigue OF q lifotime strugglo in st,
tempting amid adverse circumstances
to achieve livelihood. For 80 years
was tired-oh, so tlredI But you
see It 10 healed wound, for I haso
found rest at last for body and soul,
tho complete rest, the everlasting reat,
that rsmainoth for the people Of God"
Some one in Heaven will say to Martyr
John Rogers: "Whero did you get
that scar on your foot?" and the an.
aver will como: "Oh, that was a burn
suffered when the flames OF mar
tyrdom were kindled beneath mel"
"Ignatius. what is that mark on your
cheek?" "Oh, that was madc BY tho
paw of the lion to which was thrown
by the order Of Trajanl" aone ono
will say to pauls "Groat apostle, that
Inust have bqen deep cut once, the
mark which I 500 on yeur mock" ind
Paul says, "That was mado by the
sword which struelt mo at my behead.
mont on the road to Ostia." But wo all
have scars Of some kind, and those are
sowe Of tho things we will talk over
in tho heavenly world while wo cole.
brate tho graoo that madeus trlumph-
ant over all agnostioisln. !.
New what is tho practical use Of
this subject? 1t is the cultivation Of
Chriatian heroies. Tho moat OF us
want tc say things and do things for
God when there is no danger OF got
ting hurt. We are all ready for easy
work, for popular work, for compen.
gating work, but wo all greatly need
moro courage to brave tho world and
brave aatanio assault when there Is
something aggressive ind bold and
dangerous to DO undertaken for God
and righteousness. And If we happen
to get bit what nm adieu we make about
It'll We all need moro OF tho STUFF that
martyrs are made out ,of. We want
moro sanotiaed grit, more Christian
pluck, moro holy reoklesgness as to
what the world may aay5 and do in
any crisis Of our life. Be right and do
right, and all earth and hell com bined
cannot put you down.
Tho sano little missionary who
wrote my text also uttered that piled
up magnifloenos to BIO found In those
words which ring like battle axes on
splitting helmets: "In all these things
we arc more than conquerors through
Elm that loved us, for am persuaded
that neither death, nor life, nor m.
gels, nor principa1ltios, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth, nor any othor
creature, shall be able to separate us
from tho love OF God, which Is In Christ
jesus our Lord"
How do you lihe that, you towards,
who shrink back from aggressive work
and If 80 much as splinter morce
your flesh cry out louder than many
dier has gone through long war, been
in 30 battles, lod a regiment up q htll
@ouRted by cannon and swept by mus;
kotry and yet camo homo without hav-
ing boen onoo hit and without a mark
upon him. But It will mot be 50 among
Chose who pass In tho grand review of
Heaven. They have al In the hoiy
wars boon wounded, and all bear scars.
And what would tha newly arrived in
Weaven do with nothing TO show that
he had ever beon struck by human or
diabolio weaponry; how embarrassed
end eccentric suoh an one in suoh 6
placel Surely hol would want 10 DO
excused awhile from tho heavenly
ranks and be permitted to descend on
earth, crying: '.Gaivo mo another
ohenco to do something wsrthy Of an
Immortal Show mo soIno post OF
danger to be manned sofae fortress 20
be aSorRed, sorne difflou1s charge 60
make. LIKE Leonidas at Thermopy lac,
like Miltiades at Marathon, like Mari.
borough at Blenheirn, like Godfrey at
5sTusalom, like W!nkslried at Sam.
paoh gathering the spears Of the Aus.
trian knightA into his bosom, eivin&
hiD lifo for otherB show me some placo
wneve ] can DO brave thing for Goa.
cannot 60 back to Heaven until some.
where I bear in my body the marks ~
tho Lord Jesus." My bearer, my read.
or, quit complaining about your mis-
foftuhes and disappq!ntments and
troubles and through al timo and n,l