The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-04-05

all who arc in their graves shall come
forth. Christ risen, we shall rise.
Jesus "the first fruits OF them that
slept" Now, around this doctrine OF
the resurrection, there are greatmany
mysteries
You come to me this morning and
say: II the bodies OF the dead are TO
be raised, how is this, aud how Is thatr
and you ask me thousand questions l I
am incompetent to answer; butthere
are great many things you believe
that you are not able to explain. You
would be very foolish man to say: u
won't believe anything that can't un-
derstand."
Why, putting down one kind OF HOW.
or seed, comes there up this flower OF
this colorP Why, putting down another
flower seed, comes there up flower OF
this color? One flower white, another
flower yellow, another flower crimson.
Why the difference, when the seeds look
to be very much alike-are very much
alikeP Explain these things Explain
that wart on the finger. Explain why
the oak leaf is different from the. leaf
Of the hickory. Tell me how the Lord
Almighty can turn the chariot OF His
omnipotence on a rose leaf You ask
me questions about the resurrection
cannot answer. will ask you thou
sand questions about every day hfeyou
cannot answer
find my strength in this passage:
"AA who are in their graves shall come
forth" do not pretend to make the
explanation. You can go on and say:
Suppose returned missionary dies in
Brooklyn; when he was in China his
foot was amputated; he lived years
after In England, and there he had an
arm amputated; he is buried to-day In
Greenwood; In the resurrection will the
foot come from China, will the arm
come from England, and will the diff
ferent parts OF the body be constructed
in the resurrection2 How is that pos
sibleP"
You say that 'the human BODY
changes every seven years, and by sew
enty years of age man has had ten
bodies; In the resurrection which VIII
come up9' You say: "a man will die
and his body crumble into the dust and
that dust be taken up into the life OF
the vegetables; an animal may eat the
vegetable, men eat the animal; in the
resurrection that body, distributed In
80 many directions, how shall 1t be
gathered upP Have you any more ques.
tions Of this style to ask? Come on and
ask them. l fall back on the announce
, ment Of Gods word: "All who are in
, their graves shall come forth"
You have noticed, suppose, in read
: ing the story of the resurrection, tha'
: almost every account of the Bible give
a the idea that the characteristic oil tina
a day will be great sound. do no
s know that It will be very loud, but
g know It will be very penetrating II
q the mausoleum where silence ma
+ reipned a thousand years that voie
q must penetrate. In the coral cave @
e the deep that voice must penetrate
d Millions of spirits will come throug
% the gates Of eternity, and they WI
a come TO the tombs Of the earth, an
ia they will cry: "Give us back our bodiel
d we gave them to you in corruptiof
m surrender them now In interruption
,r Hundreds Of spirits lowering about tn
te crags of Gettysburg, for there th
Is bodies are buried. A hundred thousan
20 spirits coming to Greenwood, Tor thei
,e the bodies are buried, waiting for II
,e reunion Of body and soul.
All along the sea route from NE
ne York TO Liverpool, at every few mill
n. where n steamer went down, departt
IT. spirits coming back, hovering over u
Mt wave There is where the City OF Bo
he ton perished. Found at last There
n where the President perished. Steam
No found at last. There is where the Ce
,st trail America went down. Spirits nc
-. erino-hundreds of spirits hoverin
ey waiting for the reunion OF the body al
we souL Out on the prairie spirit aligh
,st There Is where traveller died In 7
,at snow. Crashl goes Westminster A
,st bey. and the poets and orators col
re- forth; wonderful mingling OF good a
in bad. Crashl 60 the Pyramids OF Egyl
O, and the monarchs come forth.
III. Who can sketch the scene9 suppC
lit that one moment before that genei
to- rising there will be entire silence, 50
Of as YOU hear the grinding of wheel,
n clatter of the hoofs OF q processi
list passing into the cemetery. Silence
on, all the caves of the earth. Silence
as the side of the mountain. Siler
ise. down In the valleys and far out into
ion sea. silence But In moment, in
EN- twinkling Of an eye, as the archang'
his trumpet comes pealing, rolling, era
the inc across mountain and ocean,
the earth will give one terrific shudd
ved and the graves Of the dead will he'
of lil,e the waves Of the sea, and Oste
-eet and Sebastopol and Chalons will ST
a. a forth IN the lurid air, and the drowi
Ids will come up and wiring out their
fe's locks above the billow; and all the ID
er's and all the sea become one NOV
res mass OF life-all faces, all ages, all
anne ditIons gazing in one direction
all mon one throne--the throne OF res
8 Of rection. "All who are in their gra
shall come forth
ling "But" you say, IF this doctrine
reat the resurrection is true as prehgu
,uld by this Easter morning, Christ
leon first fruits Of them that slept Oh
item rising promise and prophecy OF
con- rising Of all his people, can you
stly MS something about the resurre'
orse body?" Lean There are myste
hal. about that, bat I shall tell you thre