Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-01
THE SCARS.
Bearing the Marks of the Lord
Jesus Christ.

Bearing the Marks of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
on CHRISTIAN HEROISM.
The Great Reward That Comes to
the Faithful Soldier of the Cross.
Heroes and Martyrs of Everyday
Life.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage praises Christian
heroism and tells of great rewards. The
text is Galatians vi, II, Il bear in my
body the marks of the Lord Jesus"
We hear much about crowns, thrones,
victories. but l now tell the more quiet
story Of sears, honorable and dishonOr-
able. There are in all parts of the world
people bearing dishon0rable scars. They
went into the battle of sin and were
worsted and to their dying day they
will have Il scarifcation of body or mind
or soul. 1t cannot be hidden. There are
tens Of thousands of men and women
now consecrated 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 rubes-
cence is emaciation. 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 a memory that is deplorable.
In some twinge of pain or some tendency
to surrender to the wrong which they
must perpetually resist they have an I'M
wholesome "reminiscences. They carry
scars. deep scars. ignoble scars.
But Paul in my text shows us a scarf
fication which is a badge of honorable
and self sacrificing 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 maltreatmCnt by mObs. In
my text he shows those scars as he de-
claTes, Il bear in my body the marks of
the Lord Jesus" Notice that it is not
wounds, but scars, and a scar is a 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 a permanent in
dentation Of the fesh-a cicatrix. Paul
/ did we'll to show those sears. 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
to lead in the worlds cyangelization.
Not Ashamed of Scars.
Men are not ashamed Of scars got in
battle for their country. No American is
| embarrassed when you ask him. "Where
did you get that cash across your fore
head?" and he can answer, THAT was
from sabcr cut at San Juan" When
you ask some German. Where did you
lose your right arm?' he is not ashamed
to say, ~ lost it ut Sedan" When yOn
ask an Italian. where did you lose your
eyey' he is not annoyed when he can an
swer, 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 q
Philadelphia courtroom engaged in al
important trial The attorney on the Op
posite side of the case got irritated anc
angry and in most brutal manner refer
red to the distinguished attorneys disfg
ured face, q face more deeply SCARED
, than any face / ever saw. The legal her,
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 he
clothes caught FIRE, and / ran to her t
= put out the fire. | succeeded, but / my
= self took fire, and before it was eXtin
guished my face was awfully burne
, and as black as the heart Of the scoun
: drelly counsel who on the other side o
:, the case has referred to my misfortune.
= The eminent attorney of whom ! speaI
, carried all his life the honorable scar o
his sisters rescue. Albert Barnes, til
), most distinguished of all commentators
Il unless it be Matthew Henry, for years q
4 o'clock in the morning might have bee
seen going from his house in Philade
;, phia to his study in the church and
~ those early hours and before breakfas
n to give all those wonderful concentrate
/ theological library in themselves. II
10 said that as he was pastor he felt bOun
If to give all the rest of each day to wOT
"A connected with his pastOrate. But {
" what ruinous draft upon. his eyesigl
N he did that early morning work, first
IN candlelight and then by gaslight! WhC
III he got through those wonderful volume
n Of Scriptural exposition. Albert Barn,
was blind man. Scars. illustriOus scar
on his extinguished eyesight!
a young college student in Englar
of found all the artistic world in derisi'
If pursuit of William Turner, the paint6
M The young graduate took up his pen
some respects the most brilliant pen tn
lr- was ever put to paper-and wrote tho
h FIVE great volumes on modern paintil
ne the chief thought of which was his
int Tense of the abused painter. The here
art author by some was supposed in his c
en- days to be cynical and fault finding, a
ter when / saw him little while before
nd death he was in decadence; but | knC
es- that all his face and all over his mann
)re were the sears Of heroic defense. In [
os seventies of his lifetime he was suffer-
lp- from the wounds and fatigues of {
at twenties. Long after he had quit I
he battle with authors pen and painte
or pencil he bore the scars of literary III
De tyrdom.
led Rearing a Family.
use But why do we 80 SO far for illust
lSe finn whom ] coulJ take right Ouf Of