Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-18

reconstruct my body in the resuree-
tioa
On. th2t viii be very easy as compared
with what ne has already done with
your body four or six or ten tirneA All
scientists tell Us that Tie human body
changes entirely once In seven years, 80
that II VOC are twenty-sisat years OF age
YOU hare now your fourth body. II you
are forty-twe Years Of age you have had
slS bodies. II you are seventy years Of
aged yoa have had ten bodies. Do you
not. my unbeiieviag friend. think II God
could build for ven four or five or ten
bodies he could really bald for you one
more 70 DC called the resurrection body:
Ayel 10 make that resurrection body
will not require half IS much Ingenuity
and power as those other bodies you
have had.
Is II not easier for sculptor 10 make
a statue out of silcnt clay than II would
be 20 make statue cut Of some mate
rial that is alive and moving. and rVa-
ming hither and thither; VIII 1t not be
easier for God to make the resurrection
bled body than il was 10 make your body
over i've or six or eight times while il
was in motion--wallxing climbing, fall
ing or rising? God has already On your
four or five bodies bestowed ten tines
more oInnipctence than he VIII put upon
the resurrection body. Yea. we have
the foundation OF the resurrection body
in Us now. Surgeons and physiological
say there are parts IF the human body the
nses Of which they cannot understand.
They are searching what these parts
were made for, bat have not found cut
can tell them. They are the prelim-
inaries Of the resurrection body. Gcd
does not mako anything for nothing
The uses Of those now surplus parts Of
the body will be demonstrated when the
glorihed form is constructed.
DEATH Is no EoBGoB!Is.
Now. IL Death clears the way fer ali
this. why paint him "a hobsoblin?
Why cali hirl the King of Tsrrors: Why
think CT him az a great spook? Why
sketch him with skeleton and arrows, and
standing on bank az dark waterss
Why nave children so frightened ut his
name that they dare not go TO bed alone,
and old men have their teeth chatter isst
some shortness Of breath hand them over
TO the monster? Ali tho ages have been
busy in maligning Death. hurting rcpul.
sire metaphors as 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 cole
brate the resurrection OF Christ and our
own resurrection when the time is gone
by, and the trumpets pour through the
flying clouds the harmonies that shall
wake the dead. BY the empty niche OF
Joseph's mauaoleum. by the rocks that
parted TO let the Lord come through. let
our ideas of changing worlds be forever
revoluticni-ed.
IL what i have been saying ia true
how differently we ought to think If
our friends departed. The body they
have put CT is only As when entering u
hall lighted and resounding with must
cal hands, you leave your hat and cloak
in the cloakroom. What would ban
oueter do If he had to carry those in
cunbrances Of apparel with him into
tho brilliant reception? What would
your departed do with their bodies If
they had 70 DO incumbered with them
in the Kings drawing room? Gene into
the light. Gone into tho music! Gone
into the festivity! Gone among kings
and queens and conqrerors.
Gone to meet Elijah and hear him tell
of the chariot Of fire drawn by horses of
FIRE and the sensation of mounting the
sapphire stcepsl Gone TO meet with
Moses and hear him describe the pile OF
blsci. hasait that shook when the law
was given! Conc 10 meet Paul and hear
him tell lew Felix trombled, and how
the ship went TO pieces in the breakers,
and how thick was the darkness in the
Manersine dungeon. Gone 10 meot
John Knox and John Wesley and Han
nsh Mere and Frances Havergal. Gene
TO meet the kindred who preceded them!
Why. / ehould not wonder il they had a
larger family group there than they
ever had here.
On, how many Of them have got to-
gether again. Yonr father and mother
went yearsApart. but they have got to-
gethcr. ard their children that went
years ago got together again. Gone
where they have more room! Conc
where they have more jubilsnt society
Gone where they have mightier capacity
10 love you than when thoy were here,
Ifenc out os hindrAnces into unoounded
liberty. Gone out of January into June.
Gone whore they talk about you. as we
always talk abont absent friends. and
say: II wonder when they will come MP
here 10 jein NJ. Hasi! the outside door
of hoavcn swings open. Hark' there
IRE feet on the golden stairs. Perhaps
they are coming.'
THx ED OF ALI. TROUBLES.
/ was told Mt Johnstown after the
Aocd that many people who had been
for months and years bereft, for the
Grst time got comfort when the awful
iced came, - think that their departed
ones were not present to 500 the catas-
trophe. AZ the PEOPLE were floating
down on tho housesops they said, oh.
s~cv glad am that father and mother
arc not hSre." or how glad j am that
the Children are not alive to see his
herrorr' And eneht not We who are
down here ania tire upturnings of this
life b. GLAD that none of the troubles
which sahsasrge ns can ever alright cur
friends sseesSed Before this warTzn,
cur departed eses have been introduced
10 all TIE celebrities Of heaven.