Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1893-04-07

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arm aiuputareu; ne Is buried to0fIy iSlit'vil
wood. In the resurrection will the foot
come from China. viii the arm como from
England, and VIII the different parts OF the
body be reconstructed In the resurrectloni
How is that possibley"
You say that 1.-THE human body changes
every seven years, and by 20 years OF age q
man has had 10 bodies. In the resurrection
which will come upg" You say; "A man
will die and his body crumble into the dust
and that dust be taken up into the lie Of
the vegetable. An animal may eat the veg
etable: men Eat the animal Ii the resur
rectiop. that body distributed in so many
directions how shall it be gathered upg'
Have YOU any more questions Of this style
to ask? Come on and ask them. do mol
pretend to answer them. ! fall back upon
the announcement Of Gods word, All VINO
are in their graves shall come forth
You have noticed, l suppose, in reading
the story of the resurrection that almost
every account of the Bible gives the IDEA
that the characteristic of that day VIII De
a great sound do not know that 1t VIII
be very loud, but l know it will be very
penetrating. In the mausoieum where 81
lence has reigned a thousand years that
voice must penetrate. In the coral cave
of the deep That voice must penetrate.
Millions of spirits will come through the
gates Of eternity, and they will come To
the tombs of the earth, and they VIII cry
Give us back our bodies; we gave them 10
Won in corruption, surrender them now in
ircorrnption." Hundreds of spirits hover
ing about the crags of Gettysburg, for
II. hV1riaH 4 hundred
thousand spirits coming to Greenwood, toT
there the bodies are buried, waiting for the
reunion Of body and soul.
TIE SEA To GIVE Up ITS DEAD.
All along the sea route from New York
70 Liverpool at every few miles where
steamer went down, departed spirits com
ing back, hoy ering over the wave. There
| is where the City OF Boston persisted. Found
ut last. There is where the President per-
| ished. Steamer found at last. There Is
where the Central America went down.
| Shirts Observation-Disclosures of spirits how
/ ering, waiting for the reunion OF body ana
/ soul Out on the prairie spirit anghts.
! There is where a traveller died in the snow.
| crash goes Westminster abbey, and tho
/ poets and orators come fcrth-wonderiul
mingling of good and bad Crash go the
pyramids Of Egypt, and the monarchs come
Who can sketch the scene? ] sapposc
that one moment before = It general rising
there will be an entire silence, save as you
hear the grinding of wheel or chatter OF
the hoofs Of a procession passing into thG
cemetery. Silence in all the caves Of th'
earth. Silence on the side Of the mountain
| Silence down in the valleys and far out int
the sea. Silence.
But in moment, in twinkling OF az
eve. rs the 8rchangePs trumpet comes peal
ing, rolling, crashing, across mountain on.
ocean, the earth will give one terrlhc shuu
der, ard the raves of the dead Will hesF'
Iil-p tbe waves Of the sea, and Ostend ant
Sebastopol and Chalons will stalk iorth u
the lurid mir. and the drowned viii COM
NJ, ard yrin,, ont their wet locks above TIN
Inflow. and all the llIld and all the sea be
come one moving mass Of life--all faces
all ages. all conditions gazing in one direc
tion and upon one throne-thc throne
resurrection. "All who are in their grave
shall COME forth.
"But." YOU say, IF this doctrine of tn
resurrection is true as prcfgured by TIN
Easter morning, Christ the first fruits o
them that slept Christ rising promis
and a prophecy Of the rising Of all his pee
ME. can YOU tell us something about u
resnrrected bodyY" l can. There are mys
teries about that, but shall tell you thre
or four things in regard to the resurrecte
body that are beyond guessing and beyon
mistake.
In the first place, l remark, in regard t
YOUR resurrected body, it will be a gloriou
body. The body we have now is q MGR
skeleton Of whet it wculd have been If 81
mad not rnarred and deface;l it. Take th
most exquisite statue that was ever mad
Lv an artist and chip it here and chip
: there with a chisol and batter and bruis
it here and there and then stand it out in th
storms oi a hundred years, and the beaut
would be goue.
. and battered and bruised and damaged W.T.
7 the storms Of thousands Of years-the phy
, ical defects Of other generations comm
down from generation to generation, we l.
/ beriting the iufeiicitiss Of past generation
LIT in tie morning Of the resurrection Il
body viii he adorned and beautifed accor'
r inq to the ORIGINAL model. And there is =
s such difference between gymnast and q
: emaciated wretch in a lazaretto Is thel
? will be difference between cur bodies
=, they are now and our rcsurrected forms
: There you will see the perfect eye ast
a the waters Of death have w2shed ont Il
4 stains of tears and study. There you wi
r see the perfect hand, after the Laots Of e
Z have been united from the knuckles. The
Il YOU will sse the form erect and elastic, ;-it
is the burdens have gone on the shoulder
&c the very life OF God in the body.
81 In this wosll the most impressive thin
8 the most expressive thing IS the hum;
u face, but thEt face is yelled with the gfle
OF a thousand years, but in the resu5recti.
II morn that vel win be taken away from q
face, and the MONDAY sur is duh and q
- and stupid compared with the outhamll
IS glories 81 the countenances Of the save
* When those faces Of the righteous. tho
~ resarrected faces, turn toward the gate
ar look. I'M toward the throne il VIA ee y