The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-23

Of the Conservatives. But at this sea-
SON, and through the most Of the year,
the Holy Land Is oil ablush with floral
opulence. You find an the. royal fam.
lily q flowers there, some that You sup
posed indigenous to the far North, and
others indigenous 10 the far South--the
daisy and hyacinth, crocus and anemone,
tulip and water lily, geranium and
ranunculus, mignonettea and sweet mar
joram. In the college at Beyrout you
may see DR.. Posts collection OF about
1900 kinds Of Holy Land flowers; while
among trees are the oak OF frozen climes,
and the tamarisk Of the tropics. walnut
and willow, ivy and hawthorn, ash and
elder, pine and sycamore. Ii such floral
and botanical beauties arc the wild
growths OF the fields. think Of what gar
den must be in Palestine! And in SUCH a
garden Jesus Christ slept after, on the
soldiers spear. His last drop o; blood
had coagulated. And then sec how APP
prepriate that all our cemeteries should
be floralized and tree-shaded. In June,
Greenwood is Broollyn's garden.
"When, them" you say, 'how can you
make out that the Resurrection Day
will beautify the cemeteries? Will 1t
not leave them q plowed-up ground?
On that day there will be an earthq uake
and will not this split the polished
Aberdeen granite as we'll as the plat n
slab that can afford but the two words,
Our Mary, or Our CharleyY Well.
viii tell you how Resurrection Day will
beautify all the cemeteries. twill be
by bringing up the faces that were to as
once. and in our memories are to US now
more beautiful than any Gala lily, and
the forms that are to US more graceful
than any willow by the waters. Can you
think Of any thing more beautiful than
the reappearance Of these from whom
we have been parted I do not care
which way the tree falls In the blast Of
the Judgment hurricane, or If the
plowshare that day shall turn under the
last rose-leaf and the last chinaser, II
out of the broken sod shall como the
bodies Of our loved one not damaged,
but irradiated. The idea OF the rcsur.
rection gets easier to understand as
hear the phonographunroll some voices
that talked into it or sung into it a year
ago, just y before our friends de-
cease. You turn the wire, and then
come forth the very tones, the very
cough, tho very song of the person thai
breathed into it once, but is now de-
parted. II man can do that, can moi
Almighty God, without half trying, re-
turn the voice Of your departed? And Il
he can return the voice, why not the
lips and the tongue and the throat thai
fashioned the voice? And II the lips
the tongue and the throat, why not ther
the brain that suggested the words.
And If the brain, why not the nerves, O
which the brain is headquarters? Ant
If He can return the nerves, why not The
muscles, which are less ingenius.
And if the muscles, why not the
bones that are less wonderful? And i
the voice and the brain and the muscles
and the bones, why not the entire body
II mon can do the monograph, God Cal
do the resurrection. Wilt be the sam'
body that in the last day shall be reani
mated? Yes but infinitely improved
Our bodies change every seven years
and yet, in one Sense, it is the same
body. On my wrist and the SECOND
finger of my right hand there is a scar
| made that at twelve years of age
when, disguised at the presence Of tw
warts, took red-hot iron and burne,
them of, and burned them out. Sine
then my body has changed at least
half-dozen times. but these scars prov
it is the same body. And we never los
orr identity. flood can and does some
times rebuilt man five, six, ten time
in this world, is it mysterious that ii
can rebuild him once more, and that i
the resurrection? If He can do it te
times think He can do it eleven times
Then look at the seventeen year locusts
For seventeen years gone, at the end Q
seventeen years they appear, and b
rubbing the hind leg against the win
make that rattle at which all husband
men and vinc-dressers tremble as tn
insectile host takes up the march of Dc
VISITATION. Resurrection every sever
teen yearsl
Another consideration makes the ide
of resurrection easier. God made Adam
He was not fashioned after any mode
There had never been human organ
} ism, and so there was nothing to copy
At the first attempt God made perfes
man. He made him out Of the dust {
the earth. If ont of ordinary dust {
the earth and withouta model God coul
: make perfect man, surely out of tn
extraordinary dust Of the mortal bod,
and with millions OF models God ca
make each one of us perfect being
the resurrection. Surely the last unde
taking would not be greater than tn
. first. See the Gospel algebra; ordinar
} dust and plus model equals perfe,
man: extraordinary dust and plus
} model equals a resurrection body. My
: teries about it? Oh, yes; that is or
. reason why ! believe it. 1t would N,
, be much Of God who could do thing
only as far as / can understand. My
tories? Oh, yes; but no more about the re
direction of your body than about il
existence. will explain to you the La
mystery of the resurrection, and NAL
it as plain to you as that two and tv
make four, il you will tell mo now 70,
: mind, which is entirely independent
} your body, can act upon your body
} that at your will your eyes open. or yor
foot walks, or your hand is cxtende,
So l find nothing in the Bible statemel
concerning the resurrection that sta