Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02

Is rewards The text is Galatians vi,
Il, Il bear in my body the marks OF the
Lord Jesus"
We hear much about crowns. thrones.
victories, but I now tell the more quiet
story of sears, honorable and dishonor-
able There are in all parts of the world
people bearing dishOnorable sears. They
went into the battle of sin and were
worsted, and to their dying day they will
have a sterilization of body or mind or
soul 1t cannot be hidden. There are
tens of thousands of men and women now
eonsecrated 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 rubescence is
pmaciation, than balm is vitriol, than
MONDAY is midnight. But in their de
pleted physical health or mental twist or
style of temptation they are ever and
anon reminded of the obnoxious past
They have Il memory that is deplorable
In some twingc of pain or some tendency
10 surrender TO the wrong which they
must perpetually resist they have an UNI
wholesome "reminiscences. They carry
sears, deep sears, gnoble sears.
But Paul in my text shows us Il sacri-
fcation which is badge of honorable
and self-sacriicing service He had in
his weak eyes the result Of too much
study and in his body, bent and worn,
the signature of scourgingS and ship
wrecks and maltreatment by mobs In
my text he shows those sears as he de
clares, Il bear in my body the marks of
the Lord Jesus" Notice that it is not
wounds, hEt sears. and Il scar is Il healed
wound. Before the scar is well defined
upon the flesh the inflammation must
have departed and right circulation must
have been restored and new tissue must
have been formed. 1t is Il permanent in
dcntation of the flesha cicatrix. Paul
did well to show those scars They
were positive and indisputable 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 credentials proving his right
10 lead in the worlds evangelization.
Not Ashamed of Scars.
Men are not ashamed Of sears got in
battle for their country. No American is
embarrassed when you ask him, Where
did Won get that cash across your fore
head!' and he can answer, THAT was
from a saber cut at San Juan" When
You ask some German, Where did You
lose your right arm = he is not ashamed
10 say, Il lost it at Sedan" When you
ask an Italian, Where did you lose your
eyeF' he is not annoyed when he can an
swcr, Il suffered that in the last battle
under our glorious General Garibaldi."
But | remind you OF the fact that there
are scars not got in war which are just
as illustrious. We had in this country
years ago an eminent advocate who was
called into the presidential cabinet as at
torney general. In midlife he was in u
Philadelphia court room engaged in an
important trial. The attorney on the OPP
posite side of the case got irritated and
angry and in most brutal manner refer
red to the distinguished attorneys dishg-
ured face, face more deeply SCARED
than any face l ever saw. The legal hero
Of whom | am speaking, in his closing ar
gument, said: Gentlemen of the jury,
when | was a little child | was playing
with my sister in the nursery, and her
clothes caught fire, and | ran to her TO
put out the fire. | succeeded, but | my
self took fire, and before it was cXtin-
Gnlshed my face was awfully burned
and as black as the heart of the scoun-
drely counsel who on the other side of
inc case has referred to my misfortune"
he eminent attorney of whom | speak
carried all his life the honorable scar of
ms sisters rescue. Albert Barnes, the
most distinguished of all commentators,
unless it be Matthew Henry, for years at
clock in the morning might have been
seen going from his house in Philadel-
phla TO his study in the church and in
those early hours and before breakfast
70 give all those wonderful commentaries,
theological library in themselves. He
sad that as he was pastor he felt bound
20 give all the rest of each day 10 work
connected with his passionate. But at
"hat ruinous draft upon his eyeSight
ne dd that early morning work, first by
randielight and then by gaslight. When
ne got through those wonderful volumes
'1 Seriptural exposition, Albert Barnes
was blind man. Scars. illustrious sears.
on his extinguished eyesight!
Rearing a Family.
but why do We go so far for ilustra-
uon, when l could take right out of the
memories Of some whom | address in
stances just as appropriate? To rear
arlght for God and heaven a large fam
ny Of children in that country home
was mighty undertaking. Far away
rom the village doctor, the garnet must
contain the herbs for the cure of all kinds
VI disorders. Through all infantile com
pna'hts the children of that family went
'hey missed nothing in the way of child
.Sh disorders. Busy all day was that
mother in every form of homework, and
'Nenty times night called up by the
nAdren all down at the same time with
."e same contagion. Her hair is white
=, 'ohg while before it is time for snow.
ileF shoulders are bent long before the
~ppiopriate time for STOPPING. Specta-
es are adjusted, some for close by and
'lile Tor far off, years before you would
i've supposed her eyes would need re-
Increment. Here and there is a short
ave IN her pathway. this headstone
4fing the name of this child and an
.i'eE maidstone hearing the name Of an