St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-30

other great army OF private Christian
} who, in Sabbath schools and in trac
!; distribution and in humanitarian IN,
} evangelistic efforts have put their LII
in sacrifice on the affairs Of God. Their
il another army Of Christian invader
who lost their life in overwork for tn
church and the worlds redemption
People call their illness neuralgia O.
nervous prostration or insomnia o.
paresis or premature old age. cal
their ailments sears, - my text call
them scars. There may be scars on tn,
memory, scars ON the spirits. scars OF
the courage. scars on the soul, as vel
as scars on the body, and those invisibl.
to the human eye are - honorable ..
those visible. {. & #
All ye who bear in Jour body th,
marks Of the Lord Jesus have you
thought what use those marks will bs
in the heavenly world7 What source
Of glorious "reminiscences! In that
world you will sit together and tall
over earthly experiences. "Where did
you get that SCARF" saint will say to
saint, and there will come back . 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 80 plainly
marked?" And the answer will be:
"Oh. that was one Of the worst hurts
I ever had. That was 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 il all up
here. and Misunderstanding are gone,
and we are in the same Heaven, on
neighboring thrones, in neighboring
castles on the banks Of the same river" /"
"Where did you get that mark7"
says another spirit to listening spirit,
and the answer comes: THAT is q re-
minder of a great bereavement, Of .
desolated household, Of q deep grave,
OF all the heartstrings at one stroke
snapped altogether. But you zee it il
no longer a laceration, for the wound
has< been healed, and my once bereft
spirit il now in companionship with
the one from whom for awhile was
separated" "Where did you get that
long, deep SCARF" says another inn
mortal to listening immortal. and the
answer comes: That was the awful
fatigue Of q lifetime struggle in at
tempting amid adverse circumstances
to achieve livelihood. For 30 years
was tired-oh, so tired! But you
see it is q healed wound, for have
found rest at last for body and soul.
the complete rest. the everlasting rest.
that remaiueth 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
suffered when the flames of mar
tyrdom were kindled beneath mel"
"1gnatius, what is that mark on your
cheek?" "Oh, that was made By the
paw of the lion to which I was thrown
by the order Of Trajan!" Some one
win say to Paul: "Great apostle, that
must have been . deep cut once, the
mark which 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 subject? It is the cultivation Of
Christian heroics. The most of us
want to say things and do things for
Sod 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 and
brave satanic assault when there is |
aggressive and bold and |
dangerous to be undertaken for God |
and righteousness. And If we happen |
to get bit what an adieu we make about |
t! We all need more Of the stun that
are made out Of. We want
more sanctified grit, more Christian
pluck, more holy recklessness a. to
what the world may say and do in
my crisis of our life. Be right and do
tight, and all earth and hell combined
cannot put you down.
The same little missionary who
wrote my text also uttered that piled
up magnificence to be found in those
words which ring like battle axes on
plitting helmets: I'm all these things
ve are more than conquerors through
linn that loved US. for am persuaded
hat neither death, NOR life, nor an
yels. nor principalities. nor powers.
Tor things present. nor things to come,
Tor height, nor depth. nor any other
reature, shall be able to separate us
rom the love of God, which il in Christ
Tesus our Lord"
How do you like that, you towards.
vho shrink back from aggressive work
nd IL SO much as q splinter pierce
our flesh cry out louder than many
one torn in auto da fe? Many SOL
ier has gone through long war, been
n 20 battles. led q regiment up . hill
1ounted by cannon and swept by mus
etry and yet came home without hav.
ng been once hit and without mark
pom him. But it will not be so among
hose who pass in the grand review Of
[eaven. They have all in the holy
,ars been wounded. and all bear scars
md what would the newly arrived in
[eaven do with nothing to show that
e had ever been struck by human or
iabolic weaponry; how embarrassed
nd eccentric such an one in such .
lace! Surely he's would want to b
REUSED awhile from the heavenly
inks and be permitted to descend ON
arth, crying: "Give me another
hance to do something worthy of an