The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-11

She original material for the fsshioning
OF tho first human being. VI have to 60
back ~ tho same place 10 got . perfect
body. Factories aro apt to he rough
places. and those who toll In them have
their garments grimy and thoir hands
smutchcd. But who cares for that.
whom thcy turn out for US beautiful
musical instruments or exquisite up
holstcry! What though the eravc 10 .
rough place. II IL o resurrection body
mandatory, and from 1t shall como tho
radiant and rcsplcndcnt forms Of our
friends on the brightest morning the
world ever saw.
You put into q factory cotton. and IL
comes out apparel. You put into q fac.
tory lumber and lead. and II comes out
pianos and organs. And ONTO the fac.
tory Of the grave you put In pneumoniss
and consumptions. and they come out
health. You put In groans, and thcy
como out hallelujahs. For US on tho
final day the most attractive places will
not be the parks or tho gardens or the
palaces. but tho cemeteries.
We are not told In what season that
day will como. III should be winter
those who come up will DO moro
lustrous than tho snow that covered
them. II In the autumn. those who
some up will DO more gorgeous than the
woods after tho frosts have pcnciicd
them. II In the spring, the bloom on
which they tread will be dali compared
with the rubicund of their cheeks d,
the perfect resurrection body! Almost
every ono has somo defective spot
In his physical constitutions; u dull
ear. or % dim eye. or q rhcu-
matte foot, or q neuralgia brow. q"
u twisted muscle. Or u weak side,
or IN infiamcd tonsil. or some point at
which the east wind or q season Of over.
work assaults him. hut tho resurrection
body shall be without one weak spot.
and all that tho doctors and nurses and
~apothccarics Of earth will thereafter
have to do will be- to rest without inter
ruption after the broken nights Of their
earthly existence. Not only will that
day bc the Qualification OF we'll kept
cemeteries, but some Of the grnvcyards
that have been neglected. and been the
pasture ground for cattle and roofing
places for swine, will for the first timc
have attractivcncss given them. II was
q shame that In that place u%ngratciul
generations planted M trees and twisted
no g~arlands, and sculpturcd no marble
for their Christian ancestry: but N tho
day Of which ! speak tho resurrection
shall make tho place VI their feet glori.
Gus. From under the shadow Of the
church, whore they slumbcrcd among
ncttlcs and mullen stalks and thistlcs.
and slabs ~aslant, they shall rise with
n glory that shall flash tho win
dows of tho village church. and
to worship. and above the old spirc be-
side which their prayers formerly ns.
ccndcd. What triumphal procession
never did for . street. what an orntorio
ncvcrdid Tor an academy, what an orator
never did for % brilliant auditory, what
obclisk never did for q King. rcsurrcc-
ton morn will do for all the cemeteries
This Easter tells us that In Christ's
resurrection, our resurrection II W. arc
His, and the resurrection Of the pIous
dead. IL assured. for lie Was 'the first
fruits oi them that slept" licnan says
lie did not rise. hut i've hundred and
eighty witnesses, sixty of them Christ's
enemies, say lie did rise, for they saw
Him after lie had risen. II lie did not
rise how did sixty armed soldiers let
Him get away" Surely sixty living sol.
dicrS ought to be- able to keep one dead
man Blessed bS God! lie did got
away. After Ills resurrection Mary
Magdalcnc saw Him, Clcopas saw Him.
Ton disciples In an upper room Ut .Jcru.
salem saw Him. On u mountain tho
eleven saw Him. Five hundred ut
once saw Him. rrof. Ernest Rcnan.
who did not sen Him. will excuse US for
taking the testimony Of the Ave hundred
and eighty who did soc Him, Yes. yes;
Ito got away, And that makes mo sure
that our departed loved ones and We
ourselves shall get away. Freed Him.
self from tho shacklcs oi clod. ilc IL nOt
going To leave us and ours In tho lurch.
There will bc no doorknob on tho inside
Of tho family scpulchcr. for We u not
come ont of ourselves; but there IN .
doorknob ON thu outside and That Jcsua
shall lay hold Of and opening will say:
'Goud morning. You have slept long
enough, Arise. Arise" And then
what iluttcr Of wings, and what flashing
%! rckindlcd eyes and what gladsomc
rushing across the family lot with cries
of Father Is that YOU" mother. 10
that you?' 'My darling Il that you?'
''iiow you all have changcd?"
1.-THE cough gone. the Group gone, the
consumption gone, tho paralysis gone.
the w%carincss gone. Come, lot Us ~.
ccnd togcthcr' The older mes t,rst. tho
younger ones next Quick now,g got into
line! The skyward procession has al
ready started. Steer now by that PM
bankment Of cloud for tho nearest gatcv'
And Ms We ascend on one side the earth
gets smaller until IL IL nv larger than a
mountain. and smaller until IL Is no
larger than . palace, and smaller until
1, Is no larger than u ship, and smaller
until 1, Is No larger than u wheel, and
smaller until II Is ~ larger than q
spcck. Farewell. diSsolving earth. Eu,
on the other side, rs va rise Heaven
NJ first appears no larger than your
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