The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-18
ONEtCENT.
IN THE MErBoD1sT OHURoH.



An Interesting sermon on Eastertide by
the Pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church Was
beautifully decorated with flowers on Sun
day, and the services we're especially ap-
propriate to Eastertide, The morning
text vas from John II, 1925: II am tho
resurrection and the life he that believeth
in me though he were dead yet shall he
i've; and whosoever liveth and believeth in
me shall never die. Bsievest thou this?'
Attention was directed to some of the re-
vealed certainties concerning our future
life. One Of these is that Jesus is the
source Of our Immortality. The natural
Immortality which was mans in virtue Of
his creation in the image of God, but was
forfeited by the fall of the frss Adam,
becomes his by second nature in view of
his redemption by the second Adam "For
as by the offence of one judgment came
upon all men to condemnation, even 50 by
the righteousness of one the free gift came
upon all men unto justification of life'-
that is, the free gift of pardon, which also
restored the life forfeited in Eden, came
hpon all men-unconditionally and uni
versally This life contains the prophecy
and potency of life eternal upon condition
Of believing in Jesus And this is life
eternal, that they might know Thee the
only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou
hast sent" Hence He is our life in virtue
of His death and our resurrection in virtue
of His own. Another certainty is that
there is a distinction between soul and
body-else the text is nonsense. Though
he were deao-shall never die.n So with
other passsg-s: Fear not them that kill
the body but are not able to kill the soul.
Though our outward man perish yet the
inward man is renewed day by day. The
text teaches therefore that though the out
; ward man die yet shall it live but that the
inward man shall never die. This agrees
: with other scriptures which declare that
"he that believeth on the Son hath ever
lasting ife''-whatever this may mean he
! has it row. Nor is it inconsistent with the
passage thst bids US seek for immortality;
for the meaning of the word is not immor-
tality in the sense of continued existence
but incorruptibility. Continued existence
, ia assumed and the thought is directed to its
quality. 1t is only the body that must put
on immortality-the soul is already i'm
mortal else it could not be deathless.
Another truth revealed to us is that the
pious dead are in q state of blissful felicity,
"Blessed"-the word means happy
Happy are the dead which die in the
Lord" To the saint of God the pains of
: death are but the birththroes of the soul
into a larger and divjner sphere of life.
: Paul had visited Paradise and he came
back to tell us that if the earthly house OF
this tabernacle we're dissolved he had q
building Of God, house not made with
0 hands, eternal in the heavens. Anoth el
certainty is that even our dust is precious
q in Gods sight and that the part of mar
that dies shall live again-not until then
D will the victory be complete-when thi,
corruptible shall have pat on interruption
t and this mortal shall have put on immor-
tality, then shall be brought to pass the
IS saying that is written death is swallowed
up in victory'-.hen the victor shall re-
0 ceive his crown and
"soul and body
= Shall His glorious image bear"