The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-18

mention il time and space would permit
/ will, however, say few words in regard
to the subject introduced in last weeks
issue by our friend "Jay Mac" namely:
"How Shall WeAppear
believe BRO. Mac" has about the right
view of the subject. but he should have
developed his ideas little more fully
that we might see his position little
more clearly. 1t is certainly An estab-
lished truth that Christ will come at his
and we are told that I'VE shall be like
him. for we shall see him as he is.
St. Paul argues this point at length in
Cor. XIV, in answer to the question,
what sort of bodies are the saints hereat-
ter TO receiver Are their bodies when
they are raised TO be the same sort of
bodies that they were when earth claimed
them as it's own? And he shows that it
no more follows that what is raised from
the grave is 10 have the same structure
and organization, the same properties and
attributes with what is laid In the grave,
than it follows that what comes up from
the spot where seed has been dropped
must possess the same bodily form and
character as the seed. The fact on the
other hand that what springs up from the
emit from the bare grain itself, affords a
strong presumption that what is to be
raised from the tomb may differ still more
widely from what is lying there now. l
Cor XIV, 42-44: $50 also the resurrection
of the dead. II is sown In corruption; 1t
Is raised in interruption; II Is sown In
dishonor, IL is raised in glory; it is sown
In weak ess; it is raised in power Tit is
sown a natural body it is raised a spir-
itual body"
There is a natural body and there is
spiritual body" Flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom OF heaven" | might
refer you to many other passages, but
these will suffice at present to show that
we shall be changed, yet We are not to
suppose that we will be 80 far changed as
to be unrecognIzable in the future state.
The bare grain is body adapted TO the
place to which it is to occupy and the
function which it serves under ground.
But it comes up, having body suited to
the place now to be occupied and the
function now to be served in the bright
and warm light of day. So these material
frames of ours as they are now COM
pacted and organized are admirably
adapted to the place they have to occupy
and the function they have to serve in
this lower world. But il they were to rise
just exactly as they are now they might
be ill-adapted to the sunshine of that
higher heavenly region; into which they
are to pass if we have lived worthy OF that
reward OF the righteous.
The presumption, therefore, is that He
who brings up the bare grain that is
sown, not bare grain" still. but that
graceful stem of ripe and yellow corn, He
brings up the body that is now moulder-
ing in the dust. not such as it now is, but
such as will suit that brighter and glori-
GUS sphere where all dissolutions and de-
cay are unknown. The particulars are
specified in respect of which the resur-
rection body may be expected to differ
from the present day. Instead of corrup-
ton it shall be inaccessible to decay for
neither can they die any more" Instead
of dishonor it shall be raised in glory,
radiating splendor which shall eclipse
all sublunary glory. In the place OF
weakness it shall be clothed with vigor
and immortal youth, asking no relaxation
or repose, the wings of the soul accom-
panying and aiding it in all it's untiring
flights. In the place of natural body it
shall be raised a spiritual body. The
original grossness of maturity shall be
purged away, it shall be refined and ether
ialized into spirit, robe of light, rivaling
the invisible essence of the soul itself,
while each of its senses shall form an in
let to floods of enjoyment and each of its
organs be instinct and emulous with zeal
for the divine glory. Still there is real
identity. Every seed is to have its own
body" We shall rise from the dead puri-
fed, indeed, and brilliant, and indestructi-
bic, but nevertheless each retaining 80
much of Lis own peculiar lineaments that
we shall not be a new rank of creatures,
but strictly the old remodeled and yet the
same. transformed but not losing identity,
the parent still recognized by the child,
and the child still recognized by the
| parent.
Dear readers, will close this for the
present as it is already too long, but may
| continue in some future letter But allow
me to say it is not the future state we
should seek to know so much as our pres
ent standing in the sight of God. Then
let US see to it that we are ever ready for
the great change to come and God will see
to that. Yours in Christ, PATRIOT.
Greencastle, Ind, May IL.