The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-04-13

But IN moment. in the tWlnkllng OF an
eye, as the archangeIs trumpet comes peal,
ing, rolling, crashing across mountain and
ocean, the earth will give one terrific shud-
der. and the graves of the dead win heaV9
like the waves of the sea, and OStend anu
Sebastopol and Chalons will stalk 1ortn III
the lurid air, and the drowned Will come up
and wiring out their wet locks above tne Dill
low. and all the land and all the sea pecoiLe
ore moving mass OF life-al faces. all age''
ali conditions, gazing III oae direction and
upon one throne-the throne OF resurrection.
"All who are in their graves shall come
forth"
"But,n you say, ''if this doctrine of the
resurrection is true as prehgured by TINS
Easter morning, Christ, the first fruits OF
them that slept Christ rising promise and
a prophecy of the rising of all His people,
can you tell us something about the resur~
rected body?" / can. There are mysteries
aJouJ unau DuJ L snan ten you onree or Iour
things in regard to the resurrected body
that are beyond guessing and beyond mis-
take.
In the first place, remark, in regard to
your resurrected body, it will be a glorious
body. The body we have now is a mere
skeleton Of what it would have been if sin
had not marred and defaced it, Take the
most exquisite statue that was ever made by
an artist and chip it here and chip 1t there
with a chisel and batter and bruise it here
and there and then stand it out in the storms
of a. hundred years and the beauty would
be gone. IT.,
Well. the human body has been Clipped
and battered and bruised and damaged with
the storms of thousands OF years-the phys
iraI defects of other generations coming
down from generation to generation, we in
heriting the intelicities of past generations,
but in the morning of the resurrection the
body will be adorned and beautified accord
ing to the original model. Aud there Is no
such difference between a gymnast and an
emaciated wretch in laz iretto as there Will
be a difference between our bodies as they
are now and our resurrected forms.
There you will see the perfect eye after
the waters of death have washed out the
stains of tears and study. There you VITA
see the perfect hand after the knots of toll
have been united from the knuckes. There
you will see the form erect and elastic after
the burdens have gone off the Shoulder--the
very life of God in the body.
In this world the most impressive thing,
the most expressive thing, is the human
face. but that face is yelled with the griefs
of thousand years. but in the resurrection
morn that veil will be taken away from the
face, and the MONDAY sun is dull and dim
and stupid compared with the outdaming
glories of the countenances of the saved.
When those faces of the righteous. those re-
surrected faces, turn toward the gate or
look up toward the throne, it will be like
the dawning of new morning on the bosom
of everlasting day o., glorious resur-
rected bodyl
But remark also in regard to that body
which you are to get in the resurrection, 1t
will be an immortal body. These bodies are
wasting away. Somebody has said as soon
as we begin to live we begin to die. Unless
we keep putting the fuel into the furnace
- .of Il F,a L. ava
canals taking the breadstuffs to all parts Of
the system. We must be reconstructed hour
by hour, day by day. Sickness and death
are all the time trying to get their prey I'M
der the tenement, or to push US off the EN-
bankment of the grave; but, blessed be God,
in the resurrection we will get a body i'm
mortal.
No malaria in the air, no cough, no neu-
ralgic twinge, no rheumatic pang, no fut~
tering of the heart, no shortness Of
breath, no ambulance, no dispensary, no
hospital, no ipvalid's chair no specta Giles to
improve the dim vision but health, iin-
mortal health! Oh ye who have aches and
pains Undesirable this morning-Oh ye
who are never well-Oh we who are lacerated
with physical distresses let me tell you OF
the resurrected body. free from all disease.
immortal immortal
| will go further and say, In regard to that
body which you are to get in the resurrec
ton, 1t will be powerful body. We walk
now eight or ten miles, and we are fatigucd,
we lift few hundred pounds, and we are ex-
hausted, unarmed. we meet a wild beast,
and we must run or fly or climb or dodge,
because we are incompetent to meet 1t; we
toll eight or ten hours vigorously. and then
we are weary. but in the resurrection we are
to have u body that never gets tired. Is it
not glorious thought
Plenty of occupation in heaven. suppose
Broadway, New York. in the busiest season
of the year at MONDAY is not SO busy as
heaven is all the time. Grand projects OF
mercy for other worlds. Victories to be
celebrated. The downfall of despotlsms on
earth to be announced. Great songs to be
learned and sung. Great expediJlCns on
which God shall send forth His children.
Plenty to do, but no fatigue. If you are
seated under the trees of life, it will not be
to rest, but to talk over with some old COM
rade old tmes-the battles where you fought
shoulder to shoulder.
Sometimes in this world we feel we would
like to have such body as that. There is
so much work to be done for Christ there
are SO many tears to be wiped away, there
are so many burdens to lift, there is so much
to be achieved for Christ, we sometimes wish
that from the first of January to the last OF
December we could toll on without stopping
to sleep, or take any recreation. or to rest,
or even to take food--that we could toll
right on without stopping a moment in our
work of commenting Christ and heaven to
all the people But we all get tired.
II is characteristic OF the human body
in this condition. We must get tired. Is
it not a glorious thought that after a while
we are going TO have a body that will never
get weary? Oh, glorious resurrection day.
Gladly will fling aside this poor body OF
sin and fling it into the tomb, if at Thy bid
ding shall have body that never wearies.
That was a splendid resurrection hymn that
was sung at my fathers burial
So Jesus slept. Gods dying Sons
Passed through the grave and blessed the bed.
Rest here best saint, till from His throne
The morning breaks TO pierce the shade
O blessed resurrection! Speak out, sweet
flowers, beautiful flowers while you tell of
risen Christ and tell of the righteous who
shan rise. May GOD ill you this morning
with anticipation
! heard OF father and son who among
others were shipwrecked at sea. The father
and the son climbed into the rigging. The
father held on, but the son after a while lost
his hold in the rigging and was dashed down.
The father supposed be had gone hopelessly
under the wave. The next day the father
was brought ashore from the rigging in an
exhausted state and laid in bed in a fisher
mans hut, and after many hours had passed
he came to consciousness and saw living be-
side him on the same bed his boy