Sharp County record., 1890-04-24

auuIehco' anu 60 round N. 81 ~
could not find a person in ~ Sel
life ignorant of the sensatioa guy 'g
1 do not believe there are q g.. u ~
in this audience who a,a a'' lPs, 4
Your head is tired, Or ~ not d
is tired or your foot il 'u9 s
your brain is tired, or Co. - Ns
are tired. Long journeying' 'Cu' o Asp
application, or bereavement VI VI O0S,s
have put on you heavy weigbt. =. S'stp' b hi
vast majority of those who %o. IaS NS
this world went out fatigno4 o.
the poorest place to restin T. S ~, A Ill
Its atmosphere, its surronns; AMY vi
even its hilarities are eybsrag y
God stops our earthly life "8
especially gives quiescence r. 'a' p
and heart, that have not had .N aFN
utes' rest from the first respir,tal t'u
the first beat. If a drumme,I.
compelled in the army to beat IL! IL! 70 q
for twenty-tour hours without sts s Qe
his officer would be court.ma,tisIPpq f'yPpq !
cruelty. If the drummerbov sbosY I,
commanded to beat his drum fo, rr'
without ceasing, day and , ''S'
he would die in attempting =
under your vestment is noo, ~ Q =
that began its drum-beat f., T !,
march of life thirty Or
or sixty or eighty years ago, and = Z
had no furlough by day or pirb, y
whether in conscious OR comatoSo =. u
it went right on, for if it had s,s' ,@t
seven seconds your life would H. i
closed. And your heart will kss,. !, "
ing until some time after Won, r1 u, n n
has flown, for the auscultator saw, tI' r. z
after the last expiration of lunc an% n
last throb of pulse, and after tbe ~ &
is released, then the heart keens S
beating for time.
What a mercy, then, it is tb,tn e
grave is the place where that woDi,,,. z
machinery of ventricle and arterv =, :
halt! Under the healthful cbem,, !.
of the soil all the wear and tear Of NAM E
and muscle and bone will be subtract, b
and that bath of good, fresh, clean a0l
will wash off the last ache. and Ar II
some of the same style of dust ont "
which the body of Adam was on n
structed may be infused into the pr, =
rection body. How can the bodies <
the human race, which have had nn .
plenishment from the dust since a !,
time Of Adam in paradise N
any recuperation from the sc, E
house from which he was m7
structed without our going bs y
into the dust? That original, liieg lpl
ing material having been added to Il
body as it once was, and all the deie y
left behind, what body will be tt
resurrection body! And will not hub
dreds of thousands Of such appear b
above Gowanus Heights make Gree %
wood more beautiful than any JuA
morning after shower? The dust !
the earth being the original mater Z
for the fashioning of the first humMk,
ing, we have to 60 back to the alt /;
place to get perfect body, Factors :
are apt to be rough places n
those who toll in them ban 5
their garments grimy and All.
hands smutched. But who as
for that, when they turn out tG
beautiful musical instruments or d !
quisite upholstery! What though Y
grave is a rough place, it is a reslna
tion-body manufactory and fromitShl 4
come the radiant and resplendentiGT
of our friends on the brightest mCr4
the world ever saw. You put into d
factory cotton, and it comes out appA
You put into a factory lumber andl@
and it comes out pianos and oFga
And 50 into the factory OF the graTeNP
put in pneumonias and .conSumpaoA
and they come out health. Youp'A
groans, and they come out hallellpAT
For us, on the final day, the mO't
tractive places will not be the parks
the gardens or the palaces, but pe
cemeteries.
And then what futter Of wings ID I
what flashing of rekindled eyes ".
what gladstone rushing across the lan
ly lot, with cries of Father IS w
you?" "Mother, is that you?' W
darling, is that yOu?" "HoW yoa.aA
have changed! The cough gone
Group gone, the consumption gone II
paralysis gone, the WEAKNESS g%
Come, let us ascend together ~
older ones first, the younger ones n'I
Quick now, get into linel The sKysN
procession has already started ~
now by that embankment OF ciOuu
the nearest gate" And as W.
cend, on one side the earth III
smaller until it is no lI.
than mountain, and smaller unuiM ".
no larger than a palace anu 9~'
until it is no larger than Snih III
smaller until it is no larger 'n'.
wheel, and smaller until it IS no is'S ,s
than a speck. Farewell GlS'V !.
earth! But on the other slae' a.
rise, Heaven at first appears NJ ia; I.s|
than your hand. And nearer ~ ~, IA M
like a chariot, and nearer II iOOA' ~
throne, and nearer it looks llko'' 4,
and nearer it looks like SUM nj
nearer it looks like universe, nil
scepters that shall always wave ave- ri
anthems that shall always foii o m|
companionships never again " onss
ken, and friendships never aga,n NV W I'D d