Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-02-18

ing saints, % he said OF Lazarus, igop
awake them out Of sleep. 4
o how vast the immortal awakening
Who can liz his mind TO the greatness OF
the oecasionl Where is the height from
which we can command view Of the |
sublime spectacle2 In prospect Of It, 'Je-
rus aid. The hour is come, that the Son
ofman should be glori6ed. Verify, verb
", say unto you, Excepta corn Of wheat
kil into the ground and die. il abideth
alone: but fit die, Il bringeth forth much |
fruit As the first fruits of them that
sleep, he has arisen and appeared beiore |
God. the certain pledge Of the great har'
vest-home. Put ye in the sickle, LOT tne
harvest Is ripe; multitudes, muittudes, IN
the valley Of decision The wide earth
shall stand thick and wave, with that
ocean plentitude oflife. The produce OF
the fields, every year, is renewed triumph
oflife over death; but the triumph Of life
on than day will be final and complete,
leaving not an atom for which death can
contend. Il will be q triumph ofthe high
est order, consisting, not. in the mere crea-
ton Of new being, but in the release and
examination Of what had been dragged
away from the territories Of life; death it.
self win be turned into life, corruption will
nut on interruption. The triumph will
be enhanced by the circumstance that 1t
will be achieved on the very spot where
death had reigned; if the power of death
be confnedto this world, what an opprobri-
um must earth be to all the regions Of life,
and how naturally may it be pointed at by
their inhabitants as the mysterious sepul-
.chre oflife, the dishonor of the universe /;
but the morning Of the resurrection will
wipe OF that disgrace, win make earth
their boast and song for, there, they
win be able to say, there death was over
thrown; there the great antagonist of life,
alter wasting the earth for thousands Of
years, and threatening 70 push the con-
quest into other worlds, was expelled from
the universe as an evil no longer to be
borne. And from that very scene where
death once reigned, heaven has received
It's largest influx Of spiritual and immor.
. cal life.' And to consummate thetriumph
life on that day will be crowned with i'm.
mortality |; il will not merely Be restored, bat
ennobled, exalted to the highest state Of
security and glory it can sustain. From
the ruinous heap Of every grave living
structure shall arise, built up into an i'm.
perishable monument of the .Resurrec.
ton and the Life;' in the stead ofcorrup.
tion, it shall be inaccessible to decay; fol
neither can they die any more, they are
equal unto the angels; and are the chill
dren Of God, being the children of the res
rrrection.' In the stead Of dishonor i
viii be raised IN glory, radiating a splen
dor which shall eclipse ell sublunary glo
ry.s Ia the place Of weakness, it shall b
clothed with the vigor of immortal youth
asking no relaxation or repose, the wing
Of the soul accompanying and aiding it il
all is untiring flights. In the place Of 1
natural BODY, il shall be raised a spiritua
body; the original grossness Of its materi
atty shall be purged away, it shall be re
fined and etherialized into spirit, robe o
light rivaling the invisible essence Of tn,
soul itself; while each of its senses shall
form an inlet to foods Of enjoyment, am
each Of It's organs be instinct and emulou
with zeal for the divine glory.
Earth has been often the scene OF splen
did triumphs, the fame Of which has file
che world, and reverberated from age b
age; but how tame, how trifing the great
est achievements Of man compared WI
this Ia triumph which not only ettace
the remembrance Of all that man has done
hut even eclipses the glory Of the divin
.exploits; sthe former things shall n
more come into remembrance Her
man may indulge in wonder without los
of dignity; not to be astonished her
would Be unnaturall Christ himself
represented, ages before his incarnation
as contemplating this scene with boundles
delight, as rehearsing his victory owe
death from eternity, From the bosom I
the Father he looked on through the vis'
Of time, while the successive parts Of h
great work passed in slow and stately prt
cession, till he beheld the scene Of the ri
ING dead; ell the intermediate ages u
stantly vanished; he saw in anticipation
the king Of terrors disarmed beneath b
feet, the world flooded with light and iii
tAe song Of myriads of myriads reach,
has ear, shouting his name as their Gre
Deliverer; and, with holy Impotence
realize the scene. be exclaimed, Iwi
ransom them from the power otthe gray'
Twill redeem them from death; o deaf
Twill be thy plaguesl 0grave, | will
thy destructioni' And during the int
yaltill he came in the flesh, did his int
est in the prospect appear to have evapc
ated2 What truth did he more frequel
Igor solemnly teach2 Thrice, in raj
succession, he exclaimed, Il will raj
them up at the last day. as if he souG
% find, in the bare repetition Of the trul
q solace and compensation for deferri
!. the event. Nor. since his ascension. dc
his desire 70 realize i appear to have 8,
,. .fersd the least abatement. On the cont