Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02

l. bad as broken heart.
Is There are many who can in the sar
=. sense that Paul uttered 1t say, II be
p In my body the marks of the Lord ]
IL sus'-that ls, for the sake of Christ al
his cause they carry scars which ke
l. their lndenture through all time al
all eternity. Do you think that Pa
+ was accurate when he said thatl
! you have studied his career, you ha,
: no doubt Of it. In his youth he learnt
= how to fashion the hair Of the Clllcla
/. goat into canvas, a quiet trade, an
: then went to college, the president {
} which was Gamaliel, an institutio
which scholars say could not have bee
; very thorough because Of what the
call PauPs imperfect command c
: Greek syntax. But his history becam
exciting on the road to Damascu,
where he was unhorsed and blinded
His conversion was convulsior
Whether that fall from the horse ma
have left mark upon him, know not
but the mob soon took after him an,
fOgged and Imprisoned and maltreatet
him until he had scars more thai
enough to assure the truthfulness O.
his utterance, II bear In my body tn,
marks Of the Lord Jesus"
The Missionary.
All Of Paul's suffering was for Christ's
sake. He had intellectual powers which
could have achieved for him all world
ly successes. You see what he could dc
In a courtroom when with extempora.
neous speech he made the judicial
bench tremble, when on Mars hill he
confounded the Athenian critics, when
he preached amid the excitement Of a
tumbling penitentlary, when In a storm
at sea he took command OF the ship,
the only one on board cool headed.
With his inspired logic, and his eour-
age Of utterance, and bis power Of H.
lustration, and his capacity to move
audiences, and his spirit of defiance,
there was no height Of worldly power
he might not have gained.
What Hannibal was to an army.
what Draco was In making laws, what
Homer was to poetry, what Demos
themes was In power Of persuasion.
what Socrates was to philosophy, what
Eschylus was to the drama, that Paul
might have been to oil centuries. God
never before and never since made an
other human being like him. But with
all this capacity and opportunity Of
achieving worldly renown he turns his
back on home and becomes an exile, on
bounteOus tables and eats his hard |
crust by the roadside, on the pleasure
yachts that sailed the Mediterranean |
and embarked on a freightboat from
on scholars In Athens and |
talks to fishermen. Instead Of plaudits
of aroused and enthusiastic assem-
Dlages he addressed audiences that
talked back and asked lnsolent ques-
lions and broke up in riot; instead Of
yarlands flung at his feet they hurled
stones upon his head. Five times he
vas scourged, at each whipping 80
trokes, the fortieth stroke spared not
rom mercy. but because 40 strokes I
we're the severest punishment the law
llowed, and they feared through count.
ng wrong they might make 1t Al, and
o themselves be punished. Why, Paul
aust have been SCARED all over, and
e only tells the plain truth without
ny commentary when he declares, II
ear In my body the marks of the Lord
esus." 1t was as much as to say:
See those long scars? There Is where
ley whipped me. See you that ugly
ldenture2 There Is where they stoned
e. See you that encircllng scar on
y wrist? There Is where they hand. ]
lffed me. See those curves around q
y ankles? There is where they made a
y feet fast In the stocks" 1
A Christian Army. e
There are many who, like that apos- B
lie martyr. have on them the mark
the Lord Jesus. There Is the great
my Of foreign missionaries, some q
nes mallgned by dlssolute American, I
lglish and Scotch merchants, who at I
Ongkong and Calcutta and CONSTANT q
pie have had their wickedness re- Il
owed by the pure home life Of those b
ssionarles. There Is the great army n
the ministers Of the gospel, now In
ayen, who on small salaries and
lid fatigues that slew them served
cir day and generation. There Is an
Ter great army Of private Christians
10 In Sabbath schools. and In tract
trlbution. and In humanitarian and
ingelistic efforts. have put their life
sacrifice on the affairs Of God. There
another army Of Christian Invalids
10 lost their life in overwork for the oh
lrch and the worlds redemption. n
ople call their Illness neuralgia or tb
vous prostration or insomnia or par ~
J or premature old age. call their pi,
nents scars. as my text calls them on
rs. There Elay be scars on the mem. ex
, scars on the spirits, scars on the pr
rage, scars on the soul as we'll as 20,
rs on the body. and those invisible I'M
he human eye are as honorable az wi
Sc visible. we
IL ye who bear In your body the rer
ks Of the Lord Jesus, have you Or
ught what use those marks will be al
the heavenly worldf What source the
,lorious reminiscence! In that world ocr
will sit together and talk over
-hly experiences. where did you
that scarf" saint will say to saint, s
there will come back a story Of per
1ship and struggle and persecution &
wounds and victory through the cou
,e Of the gospel. Another spirit S
say to listening spirit, Where did wis
get that hurt so plainly markedT &
the answer will be: "Oh, that was this
Of the worst hurts l ever had. Lor
t was broken friendship. We
e In sweetest accord for years, to-
Ter In JOY and sorrow. What one G
lght the other thought. We were love