Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-03-16

home 10 lose his professional oppor-
tunitieS. No man that was ever put
10 death by sword or Instrument OF
torture was rnor~ of martyr than
that man who has been wrung TO
death by the demands of official po- |
sitsoa. The scars may not ee visible,
for these are scars on the brain.
and scars on the nerve and scars on
the heart. hut nevertheless are they
scars, and God counts them and their
reward viii be abundant
In all lands there arc veterans of
war who may not have had their face
scraped with one bullet or their foot
famed by one bursting shell and who
could not roll up their sleeve and |
show You ore mark suggestive OF 1
battle. Yet carry with them weak
nesses got in exposures 10 disease
along malariH' s.sAnhps or from
many miles OF marching. and ever
! and anon they feel n twinge OF pain,
each recurrence Of which is sharper
or more lasting. until after awhile
( they will be captured for the TOMB
By disorders which started 90 OF 30
or 40 wears before. And their scars
arc all unseen by human eyes But
\ those people are as certainly the VIC
tins OF war as though they had been
! blown up IN an undermined fortress
! or thrust through with n cavalry
| mans lance. What I want TO make
on. Is that there are scars which
are never counted except es God
counts them. and want 10 enlarge
! your sympathies.
There are many who can. in the same
! sense that Paul uttered IL. say: II bear
En- my body the marks OF the lord Je-
SuS.-that Is. for he sake OF Christ
and His cause they carry sears which
KEEN their irGenture through all time
and an eternity. DO You think that
Paul was accurate when he said that?
II Won have studied his career. YOU have
| no doubt Of 20. In his youth Re learned
| how TO fashion the hair OF the Ciiician
! goat into canvas. quiet trade. and
| chen went % college. the president Of
, | which was Gamaliel sn institution
p which scholars say could not have been
I | verv thorough because OF what they
b raU paurs Imperfect command Of
z Greek svntaN But his history became
e | exciting on the road 30 Damascus
T. where ne was endorsed and blinded
]. | His conversion was a couyulSion
- Whether that fan from the horse may
q have left mark upon him know not
s. but the mob soon took after him an'
e forred and imprisoned and maltreate'
him until he had scars more ths'
10 | enough 20 assure the truthfuiness O
n ! his utterance. Il bear iu my body tn
a / marks OF the Lord Jesus"
D.. All OF Paurs suffering was 10
-e Christ's sake. He had inteuectus
10 / mowers which could have achieved 10
.r | him Ell worldly successes. You 80
n ,shat he could Go IN q courtroo whe
~ with eNtemporaneous speech he mad
no The judicial bench tremble: when O
b. Mars hin he COMPOUNDED the Athena
81 critics. = hen he preached amid the e.
'k ,itemeut OF a tumbling penitent!ar,
I'll when In o storm az sea he took COT
as maud of the ship. the only one on boar
CT COL headed. With his inspired logi
and his courage OF utterance. and =
X mower OF Illustration. and his capaci
NC 10 move audiences. and his spirit OF
cr fance. there was no height Of woElc
IS. rover be might not have gained.
~ What Hannibal was 20 an arm
ed what Dracc was IN making laws. VII
100 | Homer was 10 poetry, what Dem'
ol themes was 10 power Of persuasic
Of what Socrates was 20 philosophy. wh
ne Aeschvlus was 10 the drama. that Ps
Ing might have been 20 an centuries. u
linn never before and never since mace
CHI other human being like him. But VI
de- ID his capacity and opportunity
az achieving worldly renown he turns
ge. back on home and becomes al exile
of bounteous tables and eats his h'
ade crust los the roadside, on the plsas'
mas Yachts that sailed the Meciterran'
gns and embarked on a freightboat IT
hat sle,ardria. on scholars in Athens
ith. tslks 20 fishermen. Instead Of plauC
~ aroused and enthusiastic
ons sernbIaces he addressed audiences I
re- talked back and asked insOlent o.
her tions and broke up in riot. Inst
and OF parlands flung at his feet they hui
ical stones upon his head. Five times
mar was scourged. at each whipping
gen strokes. the fortieth stroke spared
ave, from mercy. but because 30 strc
lem were the seyerest punishment the
they allowed, and they feared. thro
and counting wrong, they might max
hose Il and so themselves be punis
'iato WHY. Paul must have been scarce
e;he over. and be only tells the plain Il
'eies without any commentary when he
cleres: Il bear il my body the ms
IN = ~ The Lord Jesus" IL was as niue
wed 10 say: "See those long scars? Il
'yn-h is where they whipped me. See
= OF that ugly indenture. That Is W
gary, | they stoned me. See you that e
ora I 80. -.~- on my Urief2 That il "