Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-02-27

Copyright. Louis Klopsch, 1901
81 y this discourse DR.. Talmage praises
III Christian heroism aud tells Of great
O. 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 | now tell the more quiet
story of sears, honorable and dishonor-
able, There are in ali paris OF the world
people bearing dish6norable sears. They
went into the battle of sin and were
worsted, and 10 their dying day they will
have 6 specification Of body or mind or
soul 1t cannot be hidden There are
tens of thousands of men aud women now
consecrated to God and living holy lives
who were once corrupt; bat they have
been regenerated, ana they are no more
what they once were than rubescence is
emaciation. than balm is vitriol, than
MONDAY is midnight. But in theii 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.
Ia some twinge of pain or some tendency
to surrender to the wrong which they
must perpetuaAv resist they have an un-
wholesome "reminiscences They carry
sears deep scars. ignoble sears.
But Paul in nay text shows Ms sacfi-
,fication which is badge of honora' :
and self-saerihcing service. He had i
his weak eyes the result of too much
study and iu his body, bent and worn.
the signature of scourgings and ship
wrecks and maltreatment by mobs. III
my text he shows those scars as he de-
clares, Il bear in my body the marks of
the Lord Jesus" Notice that it is not
wounds, but scars. and & scar is a healed
wound. Before the SCI is well defined
upon the flesh the Inflammation must
have departed and right circulation must
have been restored and neY tissue must
have been formed. 1t is a permanent in
dentation of the fesh-a cicatrix. Paul
did welt to show those sears. They
were positive and indisputable proofs
that with all has body. mind and soal
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 tie world CHARACTERIZATION.
Not Ashamed of Scars.
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 saber cut at San Juan" When
you ask some German, Where did you
lose your right arm?" he is not ashamed
to say, Il lost it at Sedan When you
ask an Italian, Where did yoa lose your
eye:" 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 III war which are just
as iilustrious. We had IN this country
years ago an eminent advocate who was
called into the presidential cabinet as at
torncy general. In midlife he was in a
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 | ever saw. The legal hero
Of whom am speaking. in his closing ar
gument, said Gentlemen of the jury,
when | was 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 eXtin-
guished my face was awfHlly burned
aud as black as the heart of the scoun-
drelly counsel who on the other side Of
the case has referred to my misfortune"
The eminent attorney Of whom | speak
carried all his life the honorable scar Of
his sisters rescue. Albert Barnes. the
most distinguished of all commentators,
unless it be Matthew Henry, for years at
4 o'clock in the morning might have been
seen going from his house in Philadel-
phia to his study in the church and in
those early hours and before breakfast
to give all those wonderful commentaries.
theological library in themselves. He
said that as he was pastor he felt bound
TO give all the rest of each day to work
connected with his Passionate. But at
what a ruinous draft upon his eyesight
= he did that early morning work. first by
candlelight and then by gnslighti When
he got through those wonderful volumes
of Scrptural exposition. Albert Barnes
was blind man. Scars, illustrious sears,
on his extinguished eyesight..
Reariug a Family.
But why d0 we 20 SO far Tor iliuStTa-
ton, when | coula take right out Of the
memories of some whom l address in
stances just as appropriate? TO rear
Alright for God and heaven large fam
lily Of children in that country home
was a mighty undertaking. Far away
from the village doctor, the garnet must
contain the herbs for the cure Of all kinds
of disorders. Through all infantile COM
plants the children of that family went.
They missed nothing In the way Of child
ish disorders. Busy all day was that
mother in every form of hoaSework, and
twenty times a night called up by the
children ali down at the same time with
the same contaGion. Her hair is white
a long white before 1t il time for SNOW.
Her shoulders are heGt long before the
appropriate time for stopping. 81 ecta-
cies are adjusted, some for close by and
some for far off, years before yon would
have supposed her eyes would need re-
enforcement. Here and there IS short
grave in her pathway, tits headstone
bearing the name Of this child and an
other heatlStone bearing the name of an
other child. Hardy one bereavement lifts
its SHADOW than ano6hcr bereavement
drops one. After thirty yeats Of Hife-
hood aa,i motherhood the pash tlifns to
ward the setting SIN. She cannot walk
SO Tar as sac. used 70. Colds caught bang
GA longer .han formerly. Sonic Of the
children are a the heavenly world, for
which they were wall prenare3 through