Democratic messenger., 1892-04-23


over five OF six OF eight times while it
was in walking, climbing. fall
ing or rising: God has already ON your
four or five bodies bestowed ten times
more omnipo;ence than he viii put upon
the resurrection body. Yea. we have
the foundation of the resurrection body
i'll W. now. Surgeons and Psychologists
say there are parts of the human body the
uses Of which they cannot understand.
They are searching what these parts
were made for. but have not found out
can tell them. They are the prclim-
lnaries of the resurrection body. God
does not make anything for nothing
The uses of those now surplus parts of
the body will be demonstrated when the
gloriiied form Is constructed.
DEATH Is no HoBGoBLIS.
Now. if Death clears the way for ali
this, why paint him as hobgoblin:
Why call him the King of TerrorS: Why
think Of him as great spook: Why
sketch him with skeleton and arrows, ant
standing on bank of dark waters:
Why have children so frightened nj his
name that they dare not ~ To bed alone.
and old men have their teeth chatter les,
some shortnsss of breath hand them over
To the monster: All the ages have been
busy i'll malignins Death, hurling rcpul-
Sive metaphors at Death slandering
Death. Oh. for the sweet breath Of
Easter To come down on the earth
Right after the vernal equinox. and
when the flowers are beginning to
bloom, well may all nations with song
and congratulation and garlands cele
bratc the resurrection Of Christ and our
OWN resurrection when the time Is g,ou.
by, and the truInpets pour through III
flying clouds Tie harmunips that shall
wake the dead BY the empty niche us
Josepn's mausoleum. by the rocks that
parted 10 let the Lord come through. let
our IDEAS Of changing worlds bc forever
revolutioni:cd.
II what | have been saving is true
how differently we ought 10 think ii
our friends departed. The body they
have put off is only as when entering i
hall lighted and resounding with musi-
cal bands you leave Your hat and cloak
in the cloakroo.n What would ban
quetcr DO. if he had 10 carry those in
cumbranccs Of apparel with him into
the brilliant reception: What would
your depar, d do with their bodies if
the had To lc incumbcred with them
in the Kings drawing room: Gone into
the light. Gone into the music, Gone
into tn" festivits. Gone among kings
and queens anI conqIerors.
Gone To meet Elijah and hear him tell
of the chariot If fire drawn by horses Of
fire and the sensation Of mounting the
sapphire sleeps. Gone to meet with
Moses and hear him describe the pile of
black basalt that shook when the law
was given. Gone 10 meet Paul and hear
him tell how Felix trcmbled, and how
the ship Went To pieces i'll the breake 5,
and how thick was the darkness in the
Mamcrtinc dungeon, Gone 10 meet
John Knox and John Wesley and Han
nah More and Frances Havergal. Gone
to meet the kindred whoprcccdcd them.
Why. should not wonder if they had Il
larger family group there than they
ever had here.
Oh. how many of them have got to-
gether again, Your father and mother
went years apart. but they have got to-
gether. and their children that went
wears ago got together again. Gone
where they have more room. Gone
where they have more jubilant society.
Gone where they have inighticr capacity
to love you than when they were here,
Gone ont Of hindrances into unbounded
liberty. Gore out of january into June.
Gone where they talk about you. rs we
always talk about absent friends, and
say: Il wonder when they will come up
here 10 join MS. Hark, the outside door
of HEAVIER swings open. Hark! there
are feet on the golden stairs. Perhaps
they are coming
THE END OF ALI. TROUBLES.
was told at .Iohnstown after the
flood that many people who had been
for months and years bereft. for tn"
first time got comfort when the awful
flood came. To think that their departed
ones were not present To see the catas-
trophe. As the people We're floating
down ON til housetups they said, On,
Eusf !: i..,l ann that father end mother
are not here" or how glad am THAI
the children are not alive to see this
horror" And ought not we who are
down here amid the upturnings Of this
life be glad that none Of the troubles
which suimcrgc us can ever alright our
friends ascIided: Before this warrant
our departed ones have been introduced
10 all the celebrities of heaven.
Some one has said To them: Let ms
by prayer stopped two worlds for sev
eral hours. Let me make you acquainted
with this group of three heroes-Johu
HusS. Philip Melancthon and Martin
Luther. Aha. here is Fenelon. Here j.
Archbishop leighton. Here are Lati
mer and Ridley. Here is Matthew Simp
son. Here is poets row-Jamcs Mont
somcry and Anna Barbauld and Hora,
tins Bonar and Phoebe Palmer and
Lowell Mason"
Were your departed ones fond of mu
sic? What oratorios led on by Handc
and Haydn. Were they fond of pictures
What Raphaels pointing ont skies with
all colors wrought into chariot wheels
wings of seraphim and coronations
Were they fond of poetry? What eter
nal rhythms led on by John Milton. Shal
we pity our glorified kindred: No, the,
had better pity us. We. the ship
wrecked, and on raft in the hurricane
looking up at them sailing on over calm
seas, under skies that never frownet
with tcmpests, we hoppled with chains
they lifted by wings. Surely the hit
terness of death is past.
Further. if what have been saying i,
true. we should trust the Lord and b,
thrilled with the fact that our own day
of escape cometh. If our lives were go
ing to end when our heart ceased 10 pul
safe and our lungs to breathe. woult
want Ia take ten million years of lif,
here for the first installmcnt. But, my
Christian friends. we cannot afford al
ways to stay down i'll the cellar of ON
Fathers house. We cannot always In