Hast thou no scar?
No hidden scar on foot, or side, or hand?
I hear thee sung as mighty in the land,
I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star,
Hast thou no scar?
No hidden scar on foot, or side, or hand?
I hear thee sung as mighty in the land,
I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star,
Hast thou no scar?
Hast thou no wound?
Yet I was wounded by the archers, spent,
Leaned Me against a tree to die, and rent
by ravening beasts that compassed Me, I swooned:
Hast thou no wound?
Yet I was wounded by the archers, spent,
Leaned Me against a tree to die, and rent
by ravening beasts that compassed Me, I swooned:
Hast thou no wound?
No wound, no scar?
Yet as the Master shall the servant be,
And, pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole: can he have followed far
Who has no wound nor scar?
(Amy Carmichael)Yet as the Master shall the servant be,
And, pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole: can he have followed far
Who has no wound nor scar?
*Amy Carmichael was an Irish missionary to India. She was involved in the rescue of hundreds of girl prostitutes from the Hindu temples there. Amy spent half a century in India and never returned to Ireland.The orphanage she established remains three quarters of a century after her passing. She is buried on the grounds of her beloved orphanage. Amy asked that no headstone be placed on her gravesite. The only marker is a bird bath bearing the word "Amma" (Mother).
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