Telegram-herald., 1890-04-07


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understand a. beaS tie phonograph anrou
sole voieo thai tSlked into Il or sung into is
q year sgo, iast before cur friends dsoe1ss.
You t4fn the wire, AID tkso come forth ths
very tones tie very Ecoeat gGtloE, IAs very
cough, the very song u tie PERSIA that
bro4thsd into it oaos, sat L. now departed
II a naan can 6o tskt e1nnot Almighty God.
without LAlf trying, rsggTa tbs voice Y your
dsparteai And II Ls can return TIE voice.
My net tie lips and TIE tongue md tie
throat that fzshionsd tho voleei And II the
LIS and tas tongue aud the throat, Why rot
then tbs bsain that suggested The wordsi
which The brain is the he&dqasrtersi And
II be can retorn the nerves, Why not the
muscles, which aIv less ingeniousi And II
the muscles, why not tie bones, that are less
wonderfui And IL tne voice and tie brain
and tho muscles and the bones. why not the
entire bocyt II man can do the phonogrsph,
God can do the resurrection. VIII it be the
same body that In the last day shall be resni.
Iaatsdi Yes but intalsely improved.
Our bodies change svOgy seven years, and
yet, In one sense, it Is the same body. On my
wris, and the second finger Of my right hand
there is a scar. / roade thAt al ie years of
age, when, disZusted az the presence Of two
warts, / took red hot iron and burned them
OF and burned them out SiBcs then my
body has changed az least a half dozen times,
but those scars prove 1t is the same body.
And we never lose our identity. II God can
and does sometimes rebuild u man five, SIX,
ten times, In this world, ts it mysterious that
he can rebuild him once more. and that in
the resurrectioni II he can DO IL tea times, |
thinE be can do IL eleven times Then look
at the seventeen year locusts For seventeen
years gone, at the end Of seventeen years
they appear, and by rubbing the hind leg
against the wing make that rattle at which
all the husba1dmen and vine dressers trembls
as the insectale host takes up the march OF
devastation Resurrection every seventeen
yearsl
THE GOSPEL ALGEBRA
Another consideration makes the idea OF
resurrection easier God made Adam He
was not fashioned after any model. There
had never been human organism, and so
there was nothing to copy. At the hrst at
tempt God made perfect man. He made
him out Of tho dust Of thc earth. II out Of
ordinary dust Of the earth and without n
model God could make perfect man, surely
out Of the extraordinary dust OF the mortal
body, and with millions Of models, God can
make each one Of US perfect being IN the
resurrection. Surely the last undertaking
would not be greater than the first. See the
gospel algebra: ordinary dust minus "A model
equals a perfect man; extraordinary dust
and plus a model equals resurrection body.
Mysteries about itl Oh, yes; that is one rea-
son why / believe it. 1t would not be much
of God who could do things only as far as |
can uldsrsand. Mysteriesi Oh. yes; but no
more about the resurrection OF your body
than about its present existence
/ will explain TO you the last mystery Of
the resurrection, and make IL as plain TO you
as that two and two make four, II you viii
tell me how your mind, which is entirely in
dependent OF your body, can act upon your
body so that at your viii your eyes open,
or your foot walks, or your hand " extended
Sc l fud nothing in the Bible statsnent con-
cerniug the resurrection that staggers me for
a moment. Al doubts clear from my mind.
/ say that the cemeteries, however beautiful
now, VIII be more beautiful when the bodies
of our loved ones come up
THE REST OF THE GRAVE.
They viii come IN improved condition
They viii come up rested The most Of them
lay down a. the last very tired. How often
you have heard them say, II am % tiredw
Ths fact Is, it Is tired world. II should
20 through this audience, and so round the
world, could not find person in any style
Of life ignorant ot the sensation OF fatigue
do not believe there are fifty persons in this
audience who are not tired. Your head Is
tired, OF your back is tired, or your foot Is
tired, or your brain Is tired, or your nerves
are tired Long journsying, OF business ap-
plication, or bereavement, or sickness have
put on you heavy weights So the vast ma
jority OF those who went out OF this world
went out fatigued About the poorest place
TO rest In is this world It's atmosphere, its
surroundings, and even its hiarities are en-
hausting. 50 God stops our earthly life, and
mercifully closes the eyes. and quiets the feet,
and folds the hands, and u1o-e especially
gives quiescence to the lung and heart, that
have not had ten minutes rest from tho frst
respiration and the frst beat.
Ia drummer boy were compelled IN the
army 70 beat bis drum for twenty -four hours
without stopping, bis officer would be court
martialed for cruelty. II tho drummer boy
should bc commanded 20 beat his drum for
weok withoutcsAsing. day and night, he would
die IN attemptt1g IL, But under your vestment
Is poor heart that began its drum beat for the
march of life thirty or forty or sixty CT eighty
years ago, and II has had no furiOugh by day
or night. and, whether in conscious Or cona-
tnss state, IL went right on, for II il bad
stopped ssven seconds ycor life would have
closed And yoar heart VIII keep going uD-
I'll sou,e time after your spirit hes 1owD, for
the auScult1tor soys that after the last expiro~
ton Of lang sod toe last throb q pllss, and
after Tire spirit is released the heaTt Keeps on
beating for time What g mercy, then. ~
n that TIE grave r. The plsc. shore that Won
drous machinery Of veDtrtcie and artery can
hahl
Upder tbe hezfsAfuj chemistry ~ ths s7l
eli the weer and tear of nerve ssd nurse
ard bous VIII ha subtrsct>d and thss bath II
rood. fresh. csesn sos viii wash OF the last
ache. and then soTns 81 IN. same szJls If dust
oas of Which tbs body Of Adam -ss con
Trocted u1ay b> infused into In. rs~urrectiao
BODY. Ho~ css she h.oties of lie human rscs.
which have nsd 10 rsyseBtshueat from TIE
dust ssnoe toe tir,s of Adam ir paradise. at
any recup>rstion from TIE stovshou- fron
vhsoh ke wss Constructed Without our going
hsck into tbe dustf Thst oTtEi0aA hfs rivinz
nstsrsal hsvioe bees sSSed - The body &c y
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