Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-01-27

he was translated, therefore did not see
death. Moses and Elias we're representatives
of the resurrection body. Aud may we not
suppose Moses represented the resurrection
Of the saints that shall be sleeping in their
graves at the morning of the resurrection,
and that Elias represented the resurrection of
the saints that shall be living on the earth at
Christs coming, and yet both having the
same appearance2 Speaking Of the righteous
that shall be living on the earth at the sec
ond coming Of Christ not preventing the
dead in Christ rising first, the apostle says,
For this we say unto you by the word Of the
Lord, that we which are alive and remain un-
to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent
them which are asleep For the Lord him
self shall descend from heaven with a shout
with the voice Of the archangel, and with the
trump Of Cod and the dead in Christ shall
rise first Then we which are alive and re-
main shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds, TO meet the Lord in the air (;
and so shall we ever be with the Lord 4"
Plainly showing that the bodies of saints
sleeping in the dust of the earth, decomposed,
at his coming, and those of his then living,
shall be raised together in immortal glory /;
and shall reign forever with the Lord. Take
the language of Job, which is directly TO the
purposes For l know that my Redeemer
liyeth, and that he shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth; and though after my
skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh
shall see God. Whom / shall see for my
self, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
anotheri though my reins be consumed
within me-" Here Job declares that he knew
his Redeemer was then living, and that he
should stand at the latter day upon the earth ;
and though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my Aesh-in this self-same body
shall l see God And with these same eyes
i'm Nsret tk.N.
tion, decomposition, though my reins be con-
sumed within me. Again, ut is sown in
corruption; it is raised in interruption. 1t
is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory
1t Is sown in weakness it is raised in power
II is sown a natural body; it is raised a spir.
itual body" What can be more plain The
body sown in corruption is the very body
raised in interruption. The body sown in
dishonor is the very body raised in glory.
The hour is coming, in which all that are in
the graves shall hear his voice and shall
come forth; they that have done good to the
resurrection Of life, and they that have done
evil TO the resurrection of damnation." 8"
Now if the same body does not rise again,
what need is there Of opening the graves at
the end of the worldY The graves can give
up no bodies but those which were laid in
them" But it may be said the bodies of
some are not in graves, but in the sea. John
saw 1.-THE sea give up the dead which were in
it, 1t may be objected further that others
have been consumed by fire, scattered to the
four winds Of heaven, and mingled with the
elements, forming numberless and new COM
binations. Wherever they are they are
somewhere within the empire of death. And
John saw death and hell (Hades) deliver up
the dead which we're in them"
Finally how changed will be the condition
OF the body when this corruptible shall have
put on interruption. and this mortal shall
have put on Immortality; when mortality is
swallowed up in life, and our decaying bod
les are fashioned like unto Christ's glorious
body! Then those eyes shall no more be
din with age, and from them tears of sorrow
shall no more flow; for all tears shall be
wiped away, and the soul shall gaze with un-
clouded vision upon the transporting scenes
and undying glories of heaven. Those limbs,
which have trembled and tottered beneath in
trinity and age, shall be strong, active and
youthful. That body which has been the
seat of malady, and suffered long years of
exquisite pain, shall live in perpetual health
The inhabitant shall not say l am sick"
That head, which has blossomed for the
tomb, shall bloom with immortal youth.
The hands that have ministered to the neces-
sites OF the destitute shall wave the palm of
victory while the feet which have become
weary travelling on errands of mercy shall
walk the streets of the New Jerusalem with
untiring delight. Ye saints of God, lift up
your heads and rejoice, for your redemption
drAweth nigh! What a day of triumph will
that be to the holy The empire of the
grave shall everywhere be subverted. Death
shall be swallowed up in everlasting victory
The earth, sea, and death itself, shall give up
their dead and unnumbered voices from the
four quarters of the globe, from every land,
tribe aud tongue, shall fill the skies with the
conquering shout, 20 death, where is thy
stng2 o grave, where is thy vctory?" Then,
in further triumph, ascribing all glory to God
the Conqueror, Thanks be to God, who
giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ"