Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-12-09
The Resurrection Body.

tiSG CHURCH, pToacueu OH CilS SuIJeCI idoo
Sunday night. The interest in this much
speculated On subject and the marked abil-
ity of the minister who was to treat it, at
tracted an audience So large that many had
to go away unseated. Our space will allow
only statement of the preachers p sitons
without the arguments by which they
were maintained.
Text: -''Christ shall change our vile
body that it may be fashioned like unto
his whole body, according to the working
whereby he is able even to subdue all
things unto himself" Phip. 8; 81. The
new revision reads: "Shall fashion anew
the body of our humiliation, that it may be
conformed to the body OF his glory, &c. I"
The doctrine of the resurrection of the
dead has been among theOlogians and
others the subject of the widest. most
useless, and sometimes most hurtful spec
ulations.
1t is not only prominently, but eGclu-
siuely Doctrine of Revelation. In all our
reasoning, therefore, we are shut up to the
teachings of the Word of God. 1t teaches
universal resurrection Of the dead-of
the unrighteous dead ''unto damnation, !"
Ito shame and everlasting contempt"
The present sermon concerns the resurrec-
ton of the righteOus-"How are the dead
raised up and with what body do they
come p'' This is the question of our hearts
as we stand over the graves Of our dead.
and we find it answered in the text.
l. The Resurrection Body of the Redeem
ed qoilI be the Old BODY Transformed.
"Christ shall change our vile body that it
may be fashioned. This present body is
the subject of transformation. Deposited
in the grave it shall be raised up again.
fashioned anew. The Resurrection has
reference to the body and its destiny. This
the preacher proved from five considera-
tions: a. Death Is sleep. The body
alone becomes unconscious, and it alone
can experience IN awakening. ~ The
change of the living at the time of the res.
direction will be a change in the body
much the same as that of the dead-will
have no advantage over the dead: n Thess.
1, 1917, compared with l Cor. Is, 51-52].
10 The Resurrection of Christ is both the
pledge and pattern OF the Resurrection OF
the saints-yet Thomas handled the boIy
which hung ON the cross and was buried.
AZ The very word resurrection, as also
tt Greek word of which it is translation
demands the lifting up of that which has
fallen, the resumption of vigor in thai
which has died, and can therefore apply
'nly to the body. And the verb Ito raise
md the word of which it is translation
occurring eighty-two times in connection.
with the dead. is of the same import and
sti onger. Thence there are no such words
Ia resarrect and resurrected (5.) The clea,
statement of Scripture as seen in the fol-
lowing places in addition to the text: Rom.
y IL, %. John 5; %: 6; 40 Cor. Is; AZ
"A. SIS. A bodily resurrection must be ac-
cepted as the Scriptures must he recon-
strIcted: HE who raised up Jesus from
the dead will raise us up by Jesus.''
III. The Gloritied Body of the Redeeaner is
the Pattern 1chere0nto the Resurrection Body
shall be fashioned. So the text declares
But little is known of Christ's glori6ed
body, but we shall be like him. r Cor Is;
1919. l John 8; 2. Psa. II; 15.] And
fashioned anew, being made comfortable
unto the body of his glory; the Resurrec-
tion Body will be: ~ fncorruptihle; IT,
Immortal; (3.) Shorn of all weakness and
raised in power; a. Spiritual-is spiritu-
allied and fitted for spiritual realm; 49,
tern; (6.) Retain its identity-"God giving
to every seed its own body" This we
know-and it is much. about the Resur-
rection Body. Let US rejoice in the known
and stand in humility before the unknown.
Ill. I'his shall be accomplished bu the
Omnipote1t Power of the Son of God. ''Ac-
cording to the working whereby he is able
even to subdue all things unto himself"
On,nipotence.- IS necessary and sniff
cient to raise the dead this the Offset to
all difficulties, the answer to all objections
against the doctrine. "Why should 1t be
thought thing incredible with you-whn
believe in Divine Omnipotence-that GOO
should raise the dead ?'' Only two factors
are necessary 10 this whole discussion, viz:
God 3 promise, and Gods ability to raise
the dead in the last day. The one you ad-
nit, the other has been proved. What will
you DO with the conclusion ? You must
either deny his ability, or affirm him un-
faithful, or admit he will raise the dead
There is the trilemma. I rejoice in the
the hope OF the resurrection
of the dead. Those who through the long
of death under the star lit dome of heaven
shall lie awakened to behold the glOries of
The resurrection morning. Even the bar
riers of the grave shall one day be broken
burst golden harvest. The hour is COM
ing when the Son of Man shall appear III
the Heavens, and all che holy angels with
him. And as with an Imperial clarion
the summons shall ring throughout the
universe. and all that are in their graves
shall hear his voice and come forth. What
a mighty shaking and moving among the
dead We (which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in
the clouds to meet the Lord in the air
and 80 shall ever be with the Lord" On!
glorious eternity Of living for
ever with the Lord Il shall be satisfied
blessed Savior, when I awake in thy like
ness
DEER HUNTING PARTIES.-The Camp
Armstead party Of Albemarle hunters,
who hunted over their deer grounds near
jennings Gap, killed six deer and SOM
small game. One deer was killed by Watt
Fowler, little son Of Capt. G. l.. Fowler,
of Charlottesville.