Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-04-27


ten times more omnipotencc than he
win rut upon the resurrection body.
Yea. We have the foundation for the
resurrection body in us now. Surgeons
and Psychologists say there are parts of
the human body the uses OF which they
can not understand They arc search
ing what these parts were made for.
but have not found ont. can tell
them They are the prchminaricS of
the resurrection body. God does not
make any thing for nothing. The uses
OF those now surplus parts OF the body
viii bc demonstrated when the gioriiicd
form IL constructed.
Now. II death clears the way for all
this, why paint him as n hobgobiin?
Why call him the King OF rcrrorss
! Why think nj him n great spoolx?
Why sketch him with slSclcton and ar
rows. and standing on "a bank OF dark
| watcrSr Why have children 80 fright.
cncd ut his name that they dare not 80
To bed alone, and old men have their
teeth chatter lest some shortncss OF
breath hand them over Ia the monsters
All the ages have been busy in malign-
ing death. hurting rcpulsive metaphors
mt death, slandcring death. oh, for the
sweet breath of Easter 10 come down
on the earth. Right after the vernal
equinox, and when the flowers are be-
ginning To bloom. well may all
nations with song and congratulation
and garlands celebrate the resur-
ton of Christ and our own resurrection
when the time has gone by. and the
trumpcts pour through the clouds the
harmonics that shall wake the dead.
Hy the empty niche of Joscph's tnauso.
lcutn. 10y the rocks that parted Ia le,
the Lord come through, let our ideas
Tor changing worlds Toe forever revolt.
tionixcd. II what nave been saving Is
true, how differently we ought 10 think
Of our friends departed. The body they
have put of is only rs when entering a
hall lighted and rcSounding with mu-
steal bands. You leave your hat and
cloak In the clonlproom. What would
n onnquetcr do II he had 60 carry these
membranes OF apparel with him
into the brilliant reception What
would your departed do with your
! bodies N they had 90 bc encountered
with them in the ldugs drawing-robm9
Gone into the light! Gone into the mn.
sic! Gone into the fcstivityl Gone
among lSingsnnd queens and conqucrorS,
Gone 10 meet Elijah and hear him tell
OF the chariot OF fire drawn by horses
OF fire and the sensation Of mounting
! the sapphire stccdsl Gone 10 meet with
Moses and hear him describe the pile
OF black basalt that shook when the
law was given! Gone 20 meet Paul and
hear him tell how Felix trcmbled md
| how the ship went 90 pieces in the
breakers, ard how thick was tina
| darkness in the Mnmcrtinc dun.
geonl Gone to meet John Knox
| and John Wesley and Hannah Moro
and Frances lIavcrgall Conc TO meet
| the kindred who preceded, Why, |
should not wonder IL they had larger
family group there than they ever had
here. Oh. how many OF them have got
together again. Your father and mother
went years apart, but they have got TO-
gcther, and their children that went
years ago got together again. Gone
where they have more room Gone
where they have more jubilant society
Gone were they have mighticr capacity
10 love you than when YOU were hcrci
Gone out OF hindcrancc into unboundcd
liberty. Gone out OF January into Juncl
Conc where they can talk about you "a
we always talk about absent friends,
and say; 81 wonder when they will
come up here 20 join us. Hank the out.
side door OF Heaven swings open HarlSl
there are feet ON the golden stairs
Perhaps they are coming"
i was told at Johnstown, after the
flood, that many people who had been
for months and Years bercft. for the
first time got con fort when the awful
flood came. 90 think that their departed
ones were not present 90 see the catas.
trophe A. the people were floating
down on the housc-tops they said:
"Oh. how glad an that father and
mother are not here" or How glad |
am that the children are not alive 20
see his hoiTur. And ought not we
who are down here amid the upturnings
Of this lifc be glad that none of the trou-
bles which submecgc ms can ever az
fright our friends assembled? Before this
! warrant our departed ones have been
introduced 10 all the celebrities OF
Heaven, Some enc has said 20 them:
Let me introduce you 20 Joshua, the
man who by prayer stopped two worlds
for several hours. Let me make you
acquainted with this group Of three
heroes John Huss, Philip Mclancthon
and Mart!p Luther. Aha! here is Fens-
lonl Here Is Archbishop Leighton!
Here are Iatimei' and Ridley! Here Is
Matthew Simpsonl Here is poets row
James Montgomery and Anna Barbauld
and ioratius Bonar and Phoebe Palmer
and Lowell Mason. We're your depart
ed ones fond Of music? What ora
torios led OF by Handel and Hayden?
Were they fond Of pictures? What Ra-
phaels pointing out skies with all col
ors wrought into chariot wheels, wings
OF seraphim and coronations? Were
they fond OF poetry? What eternal
rythms led on by john Milton? Shall
we pity our Qlorifed kindred? No. they
had better pity us2 We, the shipwrccls-
cd. and on raft in the hurricane. look
ing out at thom sailing on over calm
seas, under skies that never frowned
with tcmpests, we hopplcd with ,hains.
they lifted by wings. Surely. the bit
tcrness Of death Is past"
Tho Test Of little Things.
In things small lie the cruciblcs and
the touchstoncs. Any hypocrite will
come 10 the Sabbath worship. but 10 is
"a Il.