The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-22

old those ashes. Nevertheless, our
is,cr lives. Do you ask ,ylien and
ihataler condition isg l AnfEer that
cannot tell. | only know 4Aeis sill
D Gods house, 1 can only say With
Whittier here.
~ know mot where His islands IN
Their ironded palms in air
only know rhp cannot gnit
Beyond His love and care"
One thing | belieyc-I believe that
,ur aged Sister hss past the last shadow, |
nd wherever she now lives she 10 held
or just what she IL worth not one atom
aote. por one atom less. That wastrpC
u her here, it 10 true ihtre. Principles
never chaRge-plaOC cannot change
lheM. A truth Of earth is a truth in
heaven. No matter at what ford she
crossed the Jordan Of death, no cry Of
"Shibbolsth" vas heard 90 the other
shore. True. on this vide Of tie river
at he many fords stand tbs guards Of
different determinations, demanding
passpsds Of life; but on the other
shore no such tests are demanded, No
guard stands lliorc--no gate is shut.
Tho leyelssVs says in bis beautiful Wis
ion
land the gates oft shall not DO shue:li
~ by day: for there shall bc no night there
Yes, everywhere here. we bear the
deinaud--as the door Of every church
We hear It, saying, cay pov Oar shib
bolelh.' Thank The lord such scenes
ars c9tGqed TO Garth, when wS cross
tks cold Jordan, no angel viii demand
Of US any church password but loving
hands shall clasp ours, aud We shall be
received for ourtrue worth. Again, do
yoa ask me what her faith and hopes
were 2 | answer ] cannot tell, | never
asked her. Her friends are tue proper
p,rsuns to answer such questions
When | was told that this sad duty was
10 be mino, | turned from tho OyolT8ay.
ering testimony Of man, to the reveals
ton u Him whose worlds a,lanp to my
feat, for words and thoughts to comfort
these Borrowing souls. Shall read
sou what | found? il revcrscs tho usual
question, how did she dic-what was
her hopc? and asks,
''llow are the dead raised upl aud With
What body do they GOMEZ
Paul Immediately answers,
nTnou foil, that which thou sowest is mol
quiekCnli, except Il die: Aud that which
thou sowtsi, thou saves. not that body Thai
shall he, but bare gaia, 1t may chance OIL
wheat, or some other GRAIN"
According to Paul, there IL q spirit
ual body which IS ai 70 Il as truly sub.
.tan,ial Us lhe body Of flesh We now oc,
eupy. Again he says, "Thsrc is 0
natural body and there Is o spiritpa
body" II lsarCsl body in both cases
There are also celestial bodies, aud
bodies terrestrial both good in thcil
place though differing in kind. 1.-THE
glory Of tho celestial is one. and the
glory ofllie terrestrial is another, 'botl
are equally real. Paul Immediately
adds.
"TuEaE is ono glory Of the sun, and mn.
other glory 0i the moon, and another glory
Oflhe stars for oNt star diHtreth from as.
U1iiER star Ia glory, So also IS the rcsurrcc
tiun Oftlie dead. tits suwn la corrupliou,i n
IS raiEed In interruption: It's sowH III dis
honor. II IS raised IN gloryt itiasVwn III
weakness, It ls raised Ia power; Its sown d
natural body, itiBiaised a spiritual bOdy.n
AS ono star diiFereth IRON another
star IN GLORY, (waefe all arc slars) SO
in tho resurrection, the corruplibl5 diff.
fsrs from the incorruptiblr-the natu.
raj from the spiritual, and the earthly
from the heavenly. But does The rcs.
direction Of tho dead consist in nothing
more than the raising up from this
earthly ezisseecOl Wlch Jesus said
IL am the resurrection" no implied
something more than q future conscious
existence. Already Martha believed
that her brottor would rise again
Jesus said uato her, AN the resurrection
aud tile life lie that btlieEeth in nc, though
be were dead, yet shall be live: And WHO.
soeVer liyeth and belieycthin NC shall never
die. BGiieyeit thou lhlS7p
These words weio certainly designed
TO express fact concerning tho dead
and their resurrection Of which Martha
was ignorant, and which would com.
Jo,t her. When Jcsu. says, "hO that
b,lioyclh in Nc, though lie were dead
20: shall lie live, Aud whosouyer liv.
9th and bolieveth ia NIesbsll never
do" He tells US. in effect, that be-.
levers only arc raised, lhoso who be.
liSve now are raised here in this life,
and ,bosO who shall believe after death,
shal! there have q resurrection "a res
direction that makes w equal unto
tue angels, and the children Ot God. I"
The Jews believed in future resurrcc.
ton at tic last day; yetJ csus brought
"lite aud immortality TO light" in the
sense probably that .4llc was NE res
direction aud Mcllsp In other words
10 was tho paitra-tlis first fruits.
This is the view Paul seems 10 take
when no spcaksof tue manner Of the
resurrection:
"Tlic frs, man Is ofthn earth, earthly: tho
second man Is the Lord from heaven. Asis
the earthly, such 4Rx they also that arc
cartay; aud as IS Tue heavenly. such ARE
they also tlat are hravenly. Aud as We
have borne tile Image OF tie earthly, we shall
also bear the image 1fthc heavenly
Hero Adam stands at Tue bead of tho
human race as 10 this world, and Jesus
at the head of the human race as to the
resurrection:
''Eow Il Chiisiri,tn from tic dead, AND
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