The weekly intelligencer., 1901-03-02

which scholars say could not have been
yery thorough beesuse Of what they
ALI raul's imperfect command OF
Greek syniax. But his history became
exciting on the road to Damascus.
where he was unhorsed and blinded
His conversion was q eonyulsiou.
Whether taat fan from the horse may
have left a mark upon him know not
but the mob soon took after him and
logged and imprisoned and maltrested
him until he had scars more than
enough TO assure the truthfulness of
his utterance; II bear in my body the
marks Of the Lord Jesus"
All Of Paurs suffering was for
-hrist's sake. He had intellectual
powers which could have achieved for
him all worldly successes. You see
what he could DO in a courtroom when
with extemPoraneous speech he made
the judicial bench tremble; when on
Mars hill he confouuded the Athenian
critics; When he preached amid the ex-
itemsnt OF a tumbling penitentiary;
rhen In = storm at sea be took COM
mand Of the ship, the only one on board
ool headed. With his inspired logic
and his courage OF utteranee. and his
power Of Illustration. and his capacity
10 move audiences, and his spirit of de-
lance. there was no height Of worldly
,ower be might not have gained.
What Hannibal was TO an army,
what Draeo was in making laws. what
Homer was TO poetry, what Depos-
lbenes was in power Of persuasion,
what Socrates was to philosophy, what
kstchylus was TO the drama. that Paul
night have been to all centuries. God
never before and never since made an
ather human being like him. But with
II his capacity and opportunity Of
achieving worldly renown he turns his
,ack on home and becomes an exile, on
boun teous tables and eats his hard
,rust by the roadside, on the pleasure
lachts that sailed the Mediterranean
IND embarked on a freightboat from
Alexandria, on scholars in Athens and
talks 10 fishermen. Instead OF plau6its
u aroused and enthusiastic as
wmblages he addressed audiences that
talked back and asked insolent ques.
tions and broke up in riot. Instead
Of Rarlands hung at his feet they hurled
stones upon his head. Five times he
was scourged. at each whipping 80
strokes, the iortieth stroke spared not
from mercy, but because 40 strokes
Sers the sevsrest punishment the law
,llowed, and they feared. through
,ounting wrong, they might make 1t
II and 30 themselves be punished.
Why. Paul must have been Scared all
ver. and he only tells the plain truth
Without any commentary when he de-
,lares; Il bear in my body the marks
u the Lord Jesus" II was as much as
o say: "See those long scars? There
where they whipped me. See you
hat ugly indenture. That is where
hey stoned me. See you that encir-
ling scar on my wrist? That is where
they handcuffed me. See those ugly
,urves around my ankles? There is
where they made my feet fast in the
stocks"
There are many who, like that apos.
olic martyr, have on them the mark
,f the Lord Jesus. There is tbs great
lrmy OF foreign missionaries. some
times maligned by dissolute American
English and Scotch merchants, who al
Hong Kong and Calcutta and constan'
tinople have had their wickedness re
! ..-@slAA-h -hx, the pure home life Of thos,
missionaries. There Is the great army
a aha ministers OF the Gospel, now II
Heaven, WnO, nO,-~--------lI-. ala -i~- -
imid fatigues that slew them, served
their day and generation. There is an
other great army Of private Christian
who. in Sabbath schools and in trae
distribution and in humanitarian ant
.vangellstie efforts have put their lif'
IN sacrifice on the altars OF God. Their
is another army of Christian invader
) 9ho 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
Iheir ailments scars, as my text call
them scars. There may be scars on tn
memory. scars on the spirits, scars oi
the courage. scars on the soul, as wel
as scars on the body, and those invisibl
; 70 the human eye are as honorable a
those visible.
AL ye who bear In your body III
marks OF the Lord Jesus have 20
thought what use those marks will b
! In the heavenly world? What sourc
OF glorious reminiscencel In tina
world you will sit together and tai
over earthly experiences. "Where di
you get that SCARF" saint will say
saint, and there viii come back stor
: Of hardship and struggle and pers'
cutioh sDd'wounds and victory throug
, the grace Of the Gospel. Another spirl
will say TO listening spirit; "Wher
did you get that hurt so plslnl
msrked?" And the answer will bs
''Oh, that was one Of the worst hurt
= I ever bsd. That was broken frient
I ship. We were In sweetest accord 70
years. together In 10Y and sorrow
What one thought the other though
We were David and Jonathan. Bu
. our personal interests parted, and on
friendships broke never 10 be Tenews
. or earth. But we have made II all U
: here, and Misunderstanding are gon
and we are IN the same Heaven, o
heiKhboring thrones. in neighborin
castles on the banks Of the same river
"Whtre did you get that mark
!. says smother spirit TO listening spiri
and the answer comes: THAT is a r
minder Of a great bereavement, OF
, desolaied household. Of a deep grav
OF all the heartstringS at one stroll
!. snapped altogether. But you see it
= no longer a laceration, for the woun
Z has been healed, and my once bere
:, spirit Is now in eomprnlonship vii
+ the one from whom for awhile WI
. separated" "Where did you get thi
long. deep Ecar7" says another ia
= mortal TO liStening immortal, and u
answer comes; THAT was the swf
:. fatigue OF a lifetime struggle In a
= tempting amid adverse circumstanc,
= 10 achieve a livelihood. For 30 yea
= was tired-oh, so tiredl But yC
y see II is healed wound, for hs'
. found rest at last for body and sor
. the complete rest, the everlasting res
- - that remaineth for the people Of God
!. Some one In Heaven will say TO Mart
i John Rogers: Where did you e
that scar on your foot2" and the a
swer will come: "Oh, that was bun
= ! suffered when the flames OF ma
[. tyrdom were kinded beneath me-
- "lgnatius, what is that mark on yol
a eheek2" "oh, that was made by Il
y !, paw Of the lion 10 which was throw
= by the order Of Trajanl" Some OF
> will say 10 Paul; Great apostle. tbi
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