The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-11

and will not this split the polished
Aberdeen granite ~ we'll ~ tho plain
slab that can afford out tho two words,
Our Mary or Our Cnsrlcyy"
We'll, ! will tell you how resurrection
day will bcsutiiy al! thc cemeteries. II
will bc by bringing Up the faces that
were ~ us once, and In our memories
are u us now, moro beautiful than any
Gala lily and tho forms that arc to US
more graceful than any willow by tho
waters. Can you think Of any thing
more beautiful than the temperance
Of those from whom we have been
parted. I do not care which way tho
treo falls In the blast Of the Judgment
hurricane. OF n the piowshare that
day shall turn under tho last rose loaf
and tho last china astcr. II out of the
broken sod shall como tho bodies OF our
loved n G not damaged. but irradiated.
Tho Idea Of the resurrection gets easier
to understand as hear tho photograph
unrOll sOm0 voice that talked into II or
sung into II . year ago, just before our
friends doccase. You TURN the wire
and then comes forth the very tones.
the very a~ccentuation. tho very cough.
tho vSry song Of tho person that brcathed
into IL once. but IL now departed. II =
man can do that can not Almighty
God. without half trying. return tho
voico Of your departed? And IL Ito can
return the voice, why not tho lips and
tho tongue and tho throat tina, fashioned
the voice? And II the lips and tho
tongue and the throat, why not then
the brain that suggested the words?
And II tho brain, why not the
nerves. Of which tho brain IL the
headquarters? And II lie can return
the nerves. why not the muscles. which
arc less ingenious? And II the muscles.
why o tho bones, that arc less won.
dcrful" And II tho voice and the brain
and the muscles and the bones, why not
the entire body? II man can DO TIE
photograph tiOd can do tho resurrection.
Another consideration makes .hp idea
OF resurrection easier. God made Adam.
lilo was not fashioned after any model.
There had never been q human organ.
ism. and 10 there was nothing % cop
At tho first attempt Giod made q perfect
man. lie made him out Of tho dust Of
the earth. II out Of tho ordinary dust
Of tho earth and without q model God
could make n perfect man. surely out Of
tho extraordinary dust Of the mortal
body, and with millions OF models, God
can make each n Of us q perfect being
In tho resurrection. Surely the last I'm.
dertaking would not DO greater than the
first. 500 the gospel algebra; ordinary
dust minus u model equals q perfect man,
extraordinary dust and plus n model
equals . resurrection body. Mysteries
about II" y. yes; that ~ one reason
why ! believe Il. II would o bc much
Of u God who could do things only ~ far
as I can understand. Mysteries -.
yes: hut no more about the resurrection
of your body than about Its present cx.
istonco. will explain TO you the last
mystery Of tho resurrection. and make
II ~ plain u you N that two and two
make four, II you will toll mo how your
mind. which IN entirely independent Of
your body, u act upon your body 10
that at your will your eyes open, or
your foot walks, or your hand In OK
tended. so I lind nothing In the bible
statement concerning Che resurrection
that stAgRcrs me for u moment. All
doubts clear from my MIND, I say that
tho cemCtcries, however beautiful now,
will bc mor beautiful whom the bodies
of our loved one come up.
They will come In improved condition.
They will come up rested, Tho most OF
them lay down ut the last worry tired.
How oftcn you have heard them say:
u am 50 tired Tho fact IL. II il u tired
world. II ! should 20 through this MI.
dicnce and go around tho world I could
not lind % person In any style of lie ig-
nOrant NJ the sensation " fatigue. ] do
not bcli0vc thcre are tlfty persons In
this audience who IRE not tired. Your
head In tired. or your back Ia tired. or
your foot In tired, or your brain is tired,
or your nerves are tired. Long Journey
Ing, or business application, or bcreavc.
mont or sickness have put on you heavy
weights. so tho vast majority ot those
who went out Of this world wcn.o out
faiigucd, About the poorcs, place to
rest In IL this world. Its Atmosphere,
its surroundings and even its hilaritics
are oxhaasting. So tod stops our earth
ly life, and mercifully closes the eyes
and Quicts tho fcct and folds tho hands
and moro especially gives q%uicsccncc To
the lungs and heart that have no, had
ton minutes rest from the first rcspira-
tion and tho first boat
II u drummer boy were compelled In
tho army to beat his drum for ,wcn,y-
four hours without stopping, his officer
would be court.martialed for cruelty. II
tho drummer boy should be commanded
tn beat his drum for q week wi,hou,
ccasing. day and night, he would die In
attempting H. But under your vcs,mon,
IL u poor heart that began its drum boa,
for the march Of lifo thirty or forty u,
sixty ar eighty years ago, and Il has
had no furlough by day or night: and,
whether In conscious or comatosc state,
It wont right on, for II II had stopped
scven seconds your life would hay,
closed. And your heart will keep going
for somo time after your spirit ha,
flown. for tho auscultator says that af
ter the last expiration Of lun. and tn,
last throb of pulse, and after the spiri,
Ia released, the heart kccps ON bcatinS