Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-26
cHApLrsr STREET METHODIST.

cHAPLIsE STREET METHODIST.
The morning congregation at this church
was unusually large. Rev. George (. Hite
preached on the subject of 1.-THE Fact and
Attributes of the Resurrection Body" He
took for his text the SD verse of the xyth
chapter of Corinthians. "For the trumpet
shall sound and the dead shall be raised In.
corruptible and we shall be changed"
The human reason unaided, he argued,
would never have developed such doc,
trine as the resurrection of the dead. 1t is
something that is taken out of its sphere
where reason carries on its operations. st.
Paul, in speaking of this doctrine, says:
Behold, shew you mystery" There is
30 point where reason can gain foothold,
no hint, no parallel. The boasted wisdom
of earth is helpless before this incompre'
bensible mystery. ALI analogy, however
beautiful, fails. Search where you may,
and you will find no analogy in nature to
illustrate the doctrine of the resurrection.
Spring breaking the icy letters of the
grave of winter coming forth in new life.
The seed dropping into the earth, passing
through the process Of decay, appearing
again in the changed form OF stock, and
by and by bud and then flower. The
disgusting worm crawling upon the
ground at our feet, by mysterious law OF
its own being, passing into the chrisalis,
and for period bearing every semblance
of death, and then at length breaking
through the thin walls Of its grave, emerges
before our wondering and admiring eyes q
thing of life am beauty. As interesting,
and pleasing facts of nature, nevertheless
they bear no true analogy
to the resurrection of the dead.
Some morning when we rise We lind one
member of the family fingers in bed be-
yound the accustomed hour for rising. We
ask the cause, and are told that the tardy
one is sick. We experience no alarm. We
think it only passing indisposition. All
right tomorrow, but we are mistaken. To-
morrow comes, but the sick one is worse.
The pulse is excited, the brow Is hot, the
lips are parched. We are alarmed. A
physician is called, but all to no purpose.
The sick one grows worse, and the
worst happens. The weary heart ceases
to beat death puts its Icy seal on the white
brow, "and all is still in the death cham
ber." Signs of decay at once appear. We
think of the deep dark grave that is to hide
away from our fearful eyes the loved face
and form. We think of this body so won
derfully wrought. crumbling down and
mouldering back to the common dust,
and we eagerly ask ourselves the question,
will this body live again." Human rea.
son says no, Inspiration says yes, "The
dead shall rise"
The full text OF Mr.. Hite's beautiful SER
mon cannot be given at this time. He con-
Guided:
All, brethren, comfort one another with
these words. We shall live forever. No
more death-but death is swallowed up in
victory. No shroud, no hearse, no coffin,
no grave for the resurrection body. I'M
mortality is its high destiny. Mortal now
and frail as q flower, but it shall by and by
come to immortality and celestial strength.
Such, my friends, are the attributes we
are told shall be possessed by these dis
eased, wasting, dy ing bodies.
o, We troubled, grief-struck hearts. Sor.
row If you must, but let not your sorrow
be hopeless. Remember what Christ has
said, and as you stand with aching hearts
and tear.dimmed eyes besides the graves
and sepulchres of earth, call to mind the
precious words, II am the life and the
resurrection, whatsoever believeth in Me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live
again"
o, blessed hope, our friends that have
fallen asleep are not dead, the love not
perished-though they lie in the grave for
a thousand years-yet shall they live again.
For the trumpet shall sound and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, aud we shall
be changed"