The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-08-04
AT FORT STREET CHURCH.
What We Know Of the Resurrection
CBy Our Reporter.J

ON the above subject sunday night, Mr.
cruzlu spoke as follows:
For ages past 10 has been orthodox 20 teach
that thee bodI-s Jl flesh aud blood shall Oe
raiseI ia the I--IrrelIou, that the ieiormrd
shau BE- raised t- deiyrIned, the weakly and de-
crepid as they were here .u eartHs but HO0 they
teaeL differently very few to-day hold this as
the interpretation Of scripture passages on this
subject. Very few hold that there will be hesh
AM blood resurrection al all aud upon exanina-
tiou we will find that where Ia scripture Is a
fesh and blood resurrection Of the dead taught.
Several passage used to be Interpreted IL that
way The arising Of CHrist- body from the
grave was used AZ illustration Oi his divinity.
II Is also = question whether It Vas the same
ideLuc4I body that had been GA the cross. He
did not use It th= WAY s7 before but as a
Spiritual body, appearing suddenly before them,
passing through closed doors. SuPpOsing it to
have been the same body, it lid not 90 through
the same state Of decomposition and decay that
B. many will before the resurrection.
The possibility u % flesh and blood re5Irrec-
ton should also be taken INTO consideration.
These bodies decOmpose, the different materials
which go 10 make up the body separate, the gas
e. escape, and after a few years nothing remains
not even the dust. Enbalmiug not preserve
them forever. Many are totally destroyed, the
dust Of others is given to the wind. Some say
THAT the chemicals which 60 10 make up the body
will be gathered together again, but this Is
mere assumption, We have no evidence Of it.
How can the different chemicals be gathered to-
gether; they 90 to form different matter, new
combinations are made, earth Is made, vegetable
and animal life Is nourished, AMI after a few
years not % single particle Of the original body
remains. How can God then raise the identical
body ] say II with all reverence there are some
things that even God cannot do. He cannot
make two aud two five. IL IS impossible that the
. elements that make up the body shall be gather
ed together and the same body made.
Again scientists tell Us that the body changes
every seven years. II So which body shall be
rsissd2 II we are T. have the same body We take
b. the grave with u.s. what Of the cpnsumptiv-,
the leper, the mingled auI broken bones Di the
martyrs. whlt Df him whose Iut-Ii--t Is shrpuI-
FL with delIrlum. Are they % enter, tues- dis
easel imbiciIe bDji-5 into the futur- and wear
them there forever Then / would rather die
nov and take with this healthy frame. Being
for q different use, - different purpose, the body
can not naturally be the same. Flesh aud blood
can not inherit the kingdom Of heaven. neither
doth corruption inherit interruption.
What form Will we then III the
tinued life I 10 not know; uo ons can tell; all
that scripture teaches IS that II Will be radi-
calIy different from the body in this world. The
body is now mortal, then 1t will be immortnIi it
Is now a natural body, then it will be a spiritual
body; It sOwn iE corruption, it IS raised IN in
corruption; 1t Is sovn in dishonor It is raised in
glory; it Is sown IN weakness, It is raised in
power. Still there must be an immediate and
the body then. they must be recognizable. A.
every dectying body holds within itself "a germ
Of new life so the seed is sown, and out Of it
comes the germ, it grows, reproduces Its
fruit and holds up It's golden harvest; but be-
tween the seed planted and the body formed
there is immediate connection. The acorn care /
Iessly dropped, contains the germ which soon
shows itself, throws ont its roots ia different Ill
TectiOns, gathers nourishment, strength and
the acorn Is reproduced in the sturdy oak. Still
there Is an immediate connection between the
acorn and the oak. There Is the little worm,
which, after feeding upon the tender leaves Of
the rosebud encloses itself iu its little tomb and
for a time hides itself away. What wonderful
change goes on within, no man knows, but it
comes forth from ITS sepuchre u beautiful but
teriy. We cannot tell what connection exists
timacy Is there. No where in scripture do you
ind promise OF a resurrection of the dead but
from the dead. Allowing that there is an en-
tire change Of the material of the body every
seven years, how Is it that the bite Of a rabid
dog often shows its evil effects after the speci-
ted seven years; why dos q child born healthy
sometimes die Of an inherited disease which
shows itself III the parent years after the death
Of the child; Why has not this scar which carry
my wrist from chIldhooI's days been erased
III thS allotted seven years. WOuli ieutists
fathom this wonderful body which God made
they must examine more closely for it II prove
that some hidden substance does remain within
U.s. May there not be germ force which out
lives the decay Of this body, have we not a ma
terIal and immaterial body and Will not this
immaterial one pass out with the soul Our
chIeisst hope lies IN this immortal IN corrupted
and spiritual l.fe 10 come, therefore. my beloved
brethren, be ye steaIflst, uumOvaLIe, always
sbOUudIng in the work Of the Lord, for as much
a. We know that your labor Is not in vain II the
Lord