The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
REV. ANDERSON ON
 MARKS OF JESUS" Breaches Sermon to Young
 People at WOOdlawn
TEXT IN GALATIANS
Says No One Should Boast Until He Is Able to Show Some Scars Which He. Has Incurred in
 Cause of Jesus

7 the Fifty-sixth Street Baptist church, took as his subject for the Sunday morn- ing sermon, "The Marks of the Lord Jesus" MT. Anderson spoke to special audience of young people.
 His text he chose from Galatians 6:16, . From henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus" In part he said:
 Tn the ancient days there were many slaves and slave holders, and it became necessary, so they thought, to brand or mark the slaves. This seems to us cruel and indeed it was. Nevertheless 1t was the custom, and sometimes today the Ken lucky farmer marks or brands his stock. It is said that in the old days the de- votee sometimes branded on his body the image of the god he loved best. Doubt less when the Apostle Paul was express ing himself he thought of that. Anyway. he said, Let no man trouble me, for 1 bear the marks of the Lord Jesus.' There were some men troubling him; there were, some men going from place to place fol- lowing him; there were some men saying this man Paul is not just what he says he is, and is not as true to Christ as you would think. He said r bear the marks. Look, see on my wrist the very print of the chains have worn for Him; look at my back where five times I received 40 stripes save one for Him; look on my body and see these scars when I was beaten and left for dead. It is said that after the civil war one of the southern men was talking to an officer and point ing to an empty sleeve said,- This is my sign of my love for my country or this Is my mark of my loyalty and love for my country" I think there was a pathos in Paul's voice as he wrote this and fire in the hand that wrote it. Do not let any man trouble me any more. I bear on my body the scars of my Lord There are people today who bear bodily scars received in service to their Lord. There are some marks that we must bear if we are true
 Mark of Positive Obedience
 There is the mark of positive obed- fence to our Lord. Have you ever thought about that being one of the marks of Jesus himself. In one of the Psalms David speaks of Christ as ut tering these words. To, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of Me, I delight to do thy will, o, my God
 
 when found in the temple teaching. He said, Wist ye not that I must be about my Fathers work My Fathers call comes before you, my Fathers au- thority before yours, my Father busi- ness before mine. I wish we might all remember this phrase of Jesus, and let us make 1t our own I do always those things that pleases Him. He said It @eout Himself and about His Father The Apostle Paul caught up this great principle of obedience and said, as :. by one mans disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Have you thought of the shadow and death of disobedience. By disobed- fence the shadow has fallen but by the death of the Son of God the shadow is lifted. More than 1900 years ago Jesus was doing always those things that pleased Him. o, If we could get a great church like this to say, Lord Jesus, I pledge my obedience to Thee regardless of man or personal desires Any church that would do this could turn any city upside down. Do you know that what the Lord Jesus wants is that men would yield to Him. He Is our authority, our guide and there is no other. I can hear that voice now which came down from heaven when Jesus was baptised in the river Jordan and the spirit descended and lighted upon Jesus saying. This is my be- loved Son, hear ye Him Had you thought about the words servant and slave as used In the New Testament? In New Testament times a servant was just about like servant now. A man who worked for a stipulated wage and at the end of the day, if the work was satisfactory, received his pay and then was his own man. but the slave was a man just like slave has always been, a man that was owned by somebody else, nothing was his own. Have you ever thought how Paul named himself as regards Jesus Christ? If he ever said servant he said bond servant. He said often of himself bonded slave, not servant but slave of Christ-his body. his iife his soul, all were His. I do hot believe in human bondage to human being. but I do believe in bondage to Him. which bondage gives to use our greatest liberty and high est and holiest joys.
 Holy Enthusiasm
 This brings us down to the point of holy enthusiasm. I take the grornd that Jesus was not fanatic, but He was an enthusiast and not a cool headed philos- opher. If there was ever oeing in this world who was enthusiastic it was our Saviour. Sometimes when che occasion suggested 1t He prayed all night and after strenuous days work of service to men. women and children. when most people would have rested, He vert on the mountain and prayed and arose great while before day that He might meet the people and bless them. Oh. hat enthusi- cstic life of our Lord. and yet sometimes Ne are steady, cold philosophers, ecclesi-