The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1865-03-02

by wild beasts, or they may fertilize the earth
aud appear again in the plants that 6 ;ow upon
its surface, but that viii not prevent Their be-
log raised up again by the power Of the Al
mighty, TO enter into q new and closer union
with the immortal spuis, that On this earth
once dwell in tabernacle5 Of clay.
5 Al the objections that have ever been
made to the doctrine of the>resurrCction, how
ever plausible ey may seem, have in reality
but little force in them II nowhere taught
in the Bible, that every particle of matter,
which entered into the composition of the hu,
man body at the moment Of its dissolution,
shall be raised up on the morning Of the resur-
rectiol. The r,verse of this seems TO be inti-
mated. Thou fool that which thou sowest is
not qulckened, except it die; and that which
thou soWest, thou sowest not that body that
shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of
wheat, or Of some other grain; but God giyeth
1t body as it hath pleased him, and to every
seed his own body All we know is that the
ideutity Of the human body will be preserved
The farmer reapS the same wheat that he Sowed;
but the Particles of matter of which it is CON-
posed when he gathers it into his barn, are
very different from those, which formed its tex
ture aud IS substance, when he buried it IN
the earth. Thus will /, be with the harvest Of
human beings that will spring out of the earth
on the last day at the command Of the AL
mighty. God will give US new and more glori-
Gus bodies, but we shall feel and know, that We
are he same persons, who sinned and suffered
in this world. That is all that will be Qeces
sary 10 constitute our Identity. So the objec-
ton Of the infdelfalIs to the ground. His ar.
sUmens cannot shake our faith. We must
continue TO believe that the hour is coming, 10
the which all that. are in the graves shall hear
his voice, aud shall come forth, they that have
done good, unto the resurrection of life: and
they that have done evil to the resurrection of
dsmnatiun.
G. Our victory over death and the grave
would not be complete without the resurrection
of the body. Man is a being posed of soul
and body, of a material body and an immortal
soul, united together by subtle and nysteri-
Gus link, which cannot be sundered without
producing death. Destroy this intimate union
of the soul and the body, and man would be-
long 10 another and different class of beings
His nature would be changed. He would
cease TO be the same being. But his identity
must be preserved, in order that he may be the
subject of rewards and punishments at the day
of Judgment To establish his accountability
to the judge Of ALL it is necessary for us to prove
that mis- body will be raised up and be again
united to the s)ul in its endless voyage through
the scenes Of suffering or Of JOY, that await it in
another and higher state Of existence
1t is not enough that We should believe in
the Immortality OF the soul. 1t is only when
We feel well assured that this corruptible shall
put on interruption and this mortal puT on i'm
mortality, that we are completely delivered
from the fear of death. Listen to the language
Of the Apostle on this subject. So when this
corruptble shall have put on interruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then
shall be brought to pass the saying that Is
yyr;;soa, Death is swallowed up in victory. o
death, where is thy sting? 0 grave, where Is
thy victory? The sting Of death is sin; and
the strength Of sin is the law. But thanks be
to God who gi7eth US the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ SENEX.