The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-11-11
rue RESURRECTION OF THE
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al rs enough ~ s1A1as 1FNts 3sE @1s
y unreasonable and uahalleaAd eugiosi-
r.. Speaking If The body. h says. II
!: avn in rorrupllnss--iI = raised IN in.
.,rrup.ion." The sgrnngess frame - NJ.
ga broken dowE BY disease IN . day.
Hox ollen do we look upnn anr friends.
,uA reiulce al ti,e appearance nj health.
,s,r and acElsisg xhlrh they exhibit. ssy
,Inos. insgiactiFely - our.sises. they
,l,u live lhraugh the.l - nj nsns gene.
,,,,onsI A DAY. arss. q month sitail
haze passed away. and AL thai - aillmess
al (ora. has sunk lnl"r - ,''wer 4
1 eorua,ioa and lies a nta,'a Srfiag aui IN
/ ,,si mass under the. oiol II ihr valley
LUX n yander falr 49, 5'raat.nus larE
--bshold hos Ghr plasme had ii Ha'nrF
Ia fashioned its iossly aid rlihl' ME
\ proaarloas--see how lne spun III tifh
so.ns,ion Pushes upnt shesch' 81. -'ar.
lIe, lra.n The eve. and lenpar's 1a.nsty
70 he step. It's the very prt.an'iieasInn
I Of life and health. And sr" thr rIemsmls
OF decay here. Ye.. my brethren, ghe
s,.ra.ia! punciples ol dtsshiaslnn are
deeoly embedded in tts tram - ark--and
al ~ cnmeilness il The heir ri death
all ~ Loveliness must end IA IN ahase.
4 aeai of the grave. HuaIaa nslnre
shraks from Ihe canssm,ia,,"n III lie
work OF decsy when reinres I've bods
II la,n IT. primitive slrtnsnls, We LOVE no.
.a loas II thai lntle handful nj ,lusl, mr.
:, those deuadrd AMI aeshIess bones.
shlsh elnphsncaliy witness the poser III
corfup;oa aud mark the triumph NJ death.
Bur sadiening - II may be " the
thoughts In Contemplate this inevitable
lac ii or na,ure~-reFoItng - q may
b.. 10 witness the desoIallon 1T The i0mb,
", the voice Of reselasIoa invests these
aournIul relics. IN tho view of faith. with
solemn and SURPRISING laleresl. For tile
btra.h Of God shall vet breathe upon
these hones--and hone shall be knn to
is fellow bone--and living flesh shall
sons over ~ nakedness. and each IiInh
shall be strung sllh undsIDg vIear. and
The rrfashioued bsdy come firth trrn ns
resting place. ImperishsbIe and unehsnge.
IL able
Ill il sown in dishonor; it is raised in
glory" Death Is a mighty lesrIler Of all
Distractions. The monarch and the beg
em--lhe master and The slave--she rich
AL the poor. strangely meet and find
h themselves on the level NJ a pcrfgct equi'
lrty, in his darn and rurful halls True
IL i thai The slFrenon af the hsiag all
often mark with external embellishments
the resting places ri the dead So Tn sto
II tied urn and sculplared marble ny N
Eey To pnsserisy lhe brief history al thelr
achievements and suferIngs--she shon
eatalpgue Of their vIrtues--where aud
shea they began 10 hve-where aud
4 Hhfa they died. aud how their lor. is
soasecraled II remembrance IN the ba
SONS Ut surviving friends But where
are these mute ceno,aphs--what The era.
ven urn and wha, the monumental mar,
bic, 10 deaih' Ills work ~ silently -.
ing on beneath all these win structures
Of human pslde or human affection: and
corruption is marung the beauty Il man
and The worm Is tcr,llag Oh his strength,
aud both alike canspirlng 10 fix the I'm
press ol dlshonor Oh tina, moltlng form,
Which once walked abroad nn earth, in
all The majesty anil dignity Of Gods han.
dy work. III IL sowa IA dishsa9r."
And shall ever man rise in glory. from
tins foul bed Of corruption. where his
honor WIS laid IN the dusl!" Reveal
ION answering. in the Heaven inspired
words OF an apostle, replies, " IL Is rails
mm glory" The power Of God gather.
ing again Its scattered particles, shall re-.
unite them in glor,ied budy. no longer
'ae seal Of uGh"'y appeliIes and. propen
sa'es--ne toager furnishing Inlels by lis
4 passions and senses iDr manifold tempta
ions. lis dlshunoTed members. reani~
male with Immortality shall become a
@mple OF holiness. rich IN purity and
bright with the lusGre Of righteousness.
which neither death shall destroy nor sin
aehe any more,
Again. /" II IL sown in weakness; il is
raised III pnwer." Every thing about
man reminds hun Of The fralliy Of the lie.
senen' IN which his spirit here dwells.
IN his s.risings AFTER knowledge--ln his
Efforts to unfold the histories Of science,
ne often finds the body like a slothluI ser.
want; yielding reluctant, obedience 10 the
demands Of the intellect. ln his aspira.
aoas alter holiness, how often he is com
PEELED, In the bitterness OF his soul. TO
subscribe 10, the truth Of the Apostle :
word |" The flesh iasteth against The spi-
ri! Thus in his noblesl aims, man is
continually clngged and impeded by the
claims Of body that is ever demanding
,o'a Tor lis sus,enance. sleep Tor its re.
Eeshment. and exercise for 'i,s health and
F'sor. In these daily, hourly recurring